Operations Manager

Role:  Operations Manager

Location: Mississauga, Ontario

Excellent Pay and Benefits! 

Qualitrol employees receive competitive Salaries, great Healthcare benefits, Pension Plan with company contributions, generous vacation/sickness plans, Life Insurance and more.  We are a family friendly workplace with Flexible Working Hours, and some remote, work from home opportunities.  We have annual reviews and career development planning to help get you to the next level in your career.

You will love working with colleagues who have a genuine desire to innovate and seek out complicated problems. We believe in absolute inclusion and diversity. Qualitrol associates enjoy the autonomy, breadth of responsibility, and creativity that are typical in a medium-sized company, while sharing resources, standard methodologies, and growth opportunities that are found in a Fortune 500 company like Fortive. 

Your Impact

The Operations Manager will provide leadership, direction and hands-on involvement while managing personnel and processes involved in areas of responsibility. The Operations Manager is responsible for driving the continuous improvement of our processes and systems in support of strategic and policy deployment objectives. They will also lead the day-to-day operating activities along with production capacity planning, capital project justification, risk analysis, and support for new product/process introductions.

Here’s where you’ll demonstrate your proficiencies: 

·         Plans, directs, and supervises day to day operations in manufacturing.

·         Develop continuous improvement in manufacturing procedures and productivity using lean manufacturing tools.

·         Ensure safety, quality, on time delivery, training, and productivity in the manufacturing department.

·         Responsible for creating and maintaining product Value stream future and current state maps.

·         Establish performance standards and objectives for the manufacturing team that align with achieving site and future state goals.

·         Develops and implements an annual operating plan including Kaizen opportunities, capital plan, productivity projects and production department budget.

·         Scale the FBS culture and drive positive engagement through ongoing development and managing of sensors supervisor, team leaders, and operators.

·         Lead Daily, weekly, and monthly Gemba reviews to drive alignment and focus on meeting and exceeding customer expectations.

·         Oversee product acceptance by Manufacturing, released from Product Engineering. 

·         Present status reports, root cause analysis and action plans to senior management.

Skills & Experience

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:  

·         Minimum 3-year Technologist Diploma from a recognized community college in Electronics, Manufacturing, Power Electricity, or other relevant discipline. Engineering diploma preferred.

·         Extensive experience working in a related manufacturing environment including 5 years in a management or supervisory role with hiring responsibilities.

·         Demonstrated leadership qualities, organizational abilities and capable of planning and monitoring work in progress in a manufacturing facility.

·         Working knowledge of various manufacturing processes with preferences for assembly, injection molding, SMT production, CNC, plating and / or machining.

·         Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and quality principles and tools (problem analysis, statistical tools, design of experiments, control charts, and other quality methodologies).

·         Ability to do presentations with the leadership team.

·         Experience with high voltage equipment, Oracle MRP or other MRP is preferred.

Physical Demands:

·         Works in office setting with periods in a clean shop setting. 

·         Occasional exposure to potential injuries from power tools.

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.

We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact. 

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference. 

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone. 

At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating. 

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth. 

Ready to move your career forward? Find out more at careers.fortive.com.

QUALITROL manufactures monitoring and protection devices for high value electrical assets and OEM manufacturing companies. Established in 1945, QUALITROL produces thousands of different types of products on demand and customized to meet our individual customers’ needs. We are the largest and most trusted global leader for partial discharge monitoring, asset protection equipment and information products across power generation, transmission, and distribution. At Qualitrol, we are redefining condition-based monitoring.