Assistant Grafting Supervisor

Location: Ontario Plants Propagation Limited (St. Thomas, ON)

Reports to: Grafting Supervisor

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

At Ontario Plants, we operate at scale, producing millions of high‑quality vegetable transplants that support growers across North America. Our success depends on strong teamwork, attention to detail, and leaders who help others succeed. As we continue to grow, we're looking for someone who enjoys coaching others, leading by example, and supporting daily operations in a fast‑paced production environment.

The Assistant Grafting Supervisor plays an important role in helping maintain the quality, efficiency, and consistency of our grafting operations. Working alongside the Grafting Supervisor, this role helps create a productive team environment by supporting daily production, promoting quality standards, and ensuring employees have the guidance they need to succeed. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys leading by example, coaching others, and building leadership experience while remaining actively involved in greenhouse production.

The Assistant Grafting Supervisor supports the Grafting Supervisor in coordinating the day‑to‑day operations of the grafting department. In the Supervisor's absence, this role provides frontline operational support by assigning daily work, monitoring productivity and quality, coaching employees, and addressing routine operational concerns. Employee performance concerns, disciplinary matters, safety incidents, production changes, or decisions requiring management approval should be discussed with and escalated to the Grafting Supervisor, Operations Manager, or other designated leader for guidance and direction.

• Support the Grafting Supervisor in coordinating daily grafting activities to meet production schedules.
• Assist with assigning daily work, monitoring productivity, and adjusting priorities to help achieve production schedules and daily targets.
• Provide day‑to‑day coaching, guidance, and support to grafters while promoting a positive, collaborative team environment.
• Help train new employees on grafting techniques, quality standards, and safe work practices.
• Monitor grafting quality and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Resolve routine production and workflow issues while escalating employee performance concerns, safety incidents, quality concerns, or operational decisions requiring leadership direction.
• Act as the primary operational resource for the grafting team in the absence of the Grafting Supervisor, helping maintain workflow continuity and production standards.
• Support the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and quality.
• Ensure company policies, greenhouse hygiene, and biosecurity procedures are consistently followed.
• Assist with inventory preparation, workstation organization, and maintaining a clean work area.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Develop coaching and team coordination skills.
• Learn production planning and quality control processes.
• Build experience supporting daily operations in a fast‑paced environment.
• Develop transferable supervisory and coaching skills.
• Gain hands‑on experience supporting a high‑performing production team.

• Production schedules are achieved while maintaining quality standards.
• Grafters feel supported, trained, and engaged.
• Daily operations run smoothly with minimal disruptions.
• Quality issues are identified and addressed quickly.
• Safety, biosecurity, and company procedures are consistently followed.
• The Grafting Supervisor can rely on you to help lead the team and maintain operational efficiency.

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