Building Leaders Program – Production Supervisor

Overview

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values.

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Job Description

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The Building Future Leaders Program (BFL) is an integral part of IKO’s succession planning strategy and has successfully been in place since 2022.

We are seeking recent engineering graduates (or similar) to bring into our organization as Production Supervisors. The Production Supervisor role will focus on producing a high-quality product by leading employees to maintain a high level of awareness on safety, environmental and process compliance.

While fulfilling the role of Production Supervisor at one of our manufacturing locations, participants will simultaneously participate in the 24-month BFL Program. Through this program, incumbents will collaborate with fellow BFL members, gain exposure to all facets of the IKO business, meet with key executives and be assigned an executive mentor, tour several IKO manufacturing plants and participate, participate in career mapping workshops, and participate in numerous professional development initiatives, including all 10 modules of IKO’s Supervisor Essentials Program.

This is a full-time permanent role. Once the 24 month program period has been completed and the incumbent has completed the BFL Program, they will be eligible to move to other relevant roles that match their interests within IKO.

• Competitive salary ($75,000.00)
• Health Insurance (includes teledoc, virtual health, FSA, HCSA & other benefits)
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Health Spending Account
• Employee Support and Mental Wellness
• Short term disability
• 401k Match
• Paid vacation
• Floating days
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Engagement Events
• Awards and Recognition
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Service Awards
• Employee Perks & Discounts
• The opportunity to work with an industry leader in manufacturing
• Eligible to move to other relevant roles after program completion

• Actively participate in BFL offerings, courses, meetings and other activities.
• Lead a positive change effort to improved performance by motivating, recognizing and inspiring others to be effective and efficient in their activities
• Maintain a high level of awareness on safety, environmental and process compliance
• Champion hazard identification, evaluation and control through the behavior based safety and risk assessment programs
• Lead and direct all production operations for the duration of your shift (This will include rotating shift work)
• Increase employee engagement and improve the labor relations climate through participation in continuous improvement (get suggestions, report problems, participate in team problem solving sessions)
• Drive accountability for both results and actions of direct reports through education, motivation, documentation and behavior-based coaching
• Increase operator involvement in maintenance
• Participate in Root cause analysis (5 why, fishbone, etc.) with team members, maintenance and engineering
• Continually improve the operational efficiency of the plant
• Work with and support other department goals
• Ensure proper documentation and complete reports (compliance, checklists, production reports, spreadsheets, metrics, incident investigations, etc.)
• Facilitate effective meetings and team discussions
• Effectively communicate with all levels both internal and external to the organization
• Job training with STD work description, SOP and WI
• Safety training, STOP. FLRA and all others safety programs
• Resolve any conflict immediately and assure that behavior is in line with IKO values, ask for help if needed
• Ensure a rigorous follow-up of all 5S

• Senior (Expected May 2026 Grad) or Recent Graduate (within 12 months) specializing in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, or equivalent…