Assembly Leader

Position Title: Assembly Leader

About Us: Established in 1988, Parmerit is a leader in custom machining, fabrication, and automation. Parmerit works with the latest technology to design and fabricate automated tooling, systems and components for a diverse client base across a variety of industries including automotive, pharmaceutical, aerospace, and defense. Over the past 33 years, we have been dedicated to being an elite supplier of service, quality, and technical expertise.

We value passionate and highly motivated team members who want to make a difference. We pride ourselves on our culture of working as a team to find innovative solutions, relentlessly pursuing excellence, and taking on challenging assignments.

Parmerit is also a manufacturer of downstream equipment for companies producing extruded plastic pipe. The Adescor product line is now being engineered and manufactured at Parmerit’s plant in Strathroy, Ontario.

We are committed to an aggressive growth strategy and look forward to growing with you!

Role Purpose: The Assembly Leader is expected to take ownership / lead the assembly department. This candidate must be comfortable performing employee performance evaluations, identifying, developing & coaching high potential employees to deliver area results. This candidate would be responsible identifying & crafting department strategy & direction in alignment with business objectives. They must possess the capabilities to drive department requirements into development and continuous improvement initiatives for the delivering on the next future state.

Reports To: General Manager

Duties and Responsibilities:

General and Task Management

• Responsible for developing 1-year vision/strategy of assembly area to deliver business objectives
• Ensure achievement of production throughput against capacity targets.
• Ensure the team are aware of day to day targets and responsibilities
• Assist production control to plan production schedule as required and ensure it is being maintained to meet on time shipment of orders based on customer expectations
• Improving the overall performance of your team through implementation of lean initiatives including standard work
• Responsible to set, organize & lead kaizen events with a cross-functional team
• Establish and maintain work standards for product costing and productivity measurement.
• Accountable to develop area safety standards
• Observe safety procedures and report any safety issues.
• Carry out incident, accident and non-conformity investigations and associated reporting and action closure
• Corrective action that leads to coaching / development
• Identify and deploy the technical skill sets, resource levels and systems to deliver projects, key performance indicators (KPI’s) including the engagement of external resources as required
• Regularly communicating with team members regarding issues impacting product, production, quality and safety across departments
• Using problem solving techniques to analyze, find root cause and permanently correct problems related to all aspects of cell operation

Leadership

• Create training matrix and help to facilitate new team member training
• Build teams capability to help execute on business objectives
• Support team to understand company vision and direction, ensure team alignment with company goals
• Responsible for daily management and support for the team to achieve operational success
• Craft personal development plans with team members
• Provide growth & feedback points for personal development
• Liaise and communicate with other departments and ensure an effective interface is maintained
• Drive measures to improve production SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) within department

Key Competencies and Behaviors:

-A Professional approach and someone who is passionate about Parmerit values and culture

-Delivers Business Results:

• Goal-oriented, organized team player
• Able to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively
• Desire, determination, and aspires to be the best
• Creative problem solver who thrives when presented with a challenge
• Takes ownership and drives initiatives
• Passion for a better way, brings energy to the task
• Works collaboratively with team to bring projects from concept to the floor

-Inspires Internally And Externally:

• Collaborates and works across boundaries
• Is “real” and relatable, humble
• Works for the best of the customer and company

-Works to high standards:

• Data driven with an analytical mind
• Develops deep understanding of customers and their needs
• Provides alternative solutions to complex problems
• Creative thinker

-Technically inclined:

• Able to effectively execute projects
• Understand how to comply with all regulations and customer specific requirements

-People oriented:

• Develops people
• Identifies people with high potential, engages & challenges them
• Adept at focusing the team (Constraining vs. scattering)

Qualifications & Experience:

• Post-secondary diploma or degree in a technical field
• Strong leadership background and ability to coordinate and direct team efforts (Min. 5 years of experience in a leadership position)
• Proven ability to work in manufacturing environment and perform against established performance standards
• Ability to coach and mentor team members
• Experience leading a team through a lean transformation - capable of organizing and driving 5S/Kaizen, etc. events and maintaining standards
• Intermediate computer skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Parmerit Inc. welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• On-site parking
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• Lean manufacturing: 5 years (preferred)
• Leadership: 5 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person