Packaging Technical Supervisor

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About the role

  • Packaging maintenance supervisor leading technicians and reliability initiatives at Apotex, a Canadian pharmaceutical company. Improving equipment performance, compliance, and production uptime.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise the Packaging Maintenance team and ensure work complies with Safe Work Practices, cGMP, Standard Operating Procedures, and company policies
  • Coordinate, assign, supervise, and review maintenance activities and outcomes for Mechanical and Electrical Technicians
  • Drive continuous improvement consistent with the Engineering/Operations Strategic Plan
  • Develop systems and metrics to evaluate productivity, individual performance, and contribution
  • Initiate and execute safety, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Develop proactive maintenance activities and minimize equipment downtime
  • Execute the Maintenance Strategy while meeting timelines and minimizing disruption to the Packaging schedule
  • Drive SAP maintenance metrics including PM compliance, schedule adherence, breakdowns, backlog, and reliability
  • Align the Packaging Technical team with departmental and corporate strategic initiatives
  • Build relationships with business partners and provide recommendations to management
  • Resolve employee issues and act as a specialized Engineering resource for complex technical and equipment issues
  • Serve as departmental representative in the absence of the department manager
  • Recruit, train, develop, coach, and manage direct reports
  • Review development plans and ensure direct reports are trained and qualified
  • Manage performance through one-on-one meetings, probationary reviews, and mid-year discussions
  • Attract and retain talent and provide feedback and recognition
  • Ensure compliance with ethics, quality, safety, environmental, HR, and regulatory requirements
  • Perform other assigned duties

Requirements

  • Engineering degree — postsecondary degree or Diploma
  • Demonstrated leadership experience, particularly in approachability, dealing with direct reports, managing diversity, setting goals and objectives, and measuring performance
  • High level of numerical, statistics, and trending skills
  • Previous experience in the Food, Consumer Packaged Goods or Pharmaceutical industry an asset
  • Proven experience in complex technical problem solving
  • Computer literacy with Microsoft Office programs and exposure to CMMS program; SAP an asset
  • Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to work within a team environment, as demonstrated through previous work experience
  • Ability to motivate self and others
  • Excellent written and spoken English communication skills
  • 5 years’ experience in a relevant technical field
  • 3–5 years’ supervisory experience

Benefits

  • Bonus programs based on position in the organization
  • Comprehensive benefits
  • Pension plan
  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Accommodation for applicants with disabilities

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$83,126 - CA$116,377 per year

Degree requirement

Associate's Degree

Location requirements

OnsiteNorth YorkCanada

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