Production Manager

If you're a manufacturing leader who thrives on building strong teams, improving performance, and driving continuous improvement, this opportunity is for you. Join a company that values safety, quality, and sustainable growth while giving you the autonomy to make a meaningful impact. Grow your career in a collaborative environment where your leadership can help shape results every day.

Join John Quick's team as a Production Manager in Rockingham, NC and help build a more sustainable future.

• A competitive annual salary starting at $95,000
• Profit sharing and an employee share purchase plan
• A hybrid work model: 3 days in the office (2 fixed + 1 flexible)
• A full range of benefits: group insurance, telemedicine, and an employer-supported retirement plan
• An annual allowance to spend on goods and services of your choice
• A yearly wellness program and employee assistance program
• A collaborative, respectful, and people-centered workplace

• Lead and develop the production team.
• Promote a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee production scheduling and workflow planning.
• Optimize resources to meet production targets.
• Ensure products meet quality standards and specifications.
• Implement and enforce workplace safety procedures.
• Monitor production costs and identify savings opportunities.
• Track key performance indicators and report results.
• Provide coaching, training, and development opportunities.
• Lead lean manufacturing initiatives and best practices.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong team-building and people development skills.
• A collaborative leadership style that engages employees.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Experience working with SAP or other ERP systems.

If you bring as much heart to who you are as to what you do, we can't wait to meet you!

Cascades values diversity and inclusion and considers all applications equitably.

This posting is for an active vacancy within our organization.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Production Manager’s mission is to achieve the manufacturing objectives associated with his or her unit's business strategy by optimizing available resources, rigorously applying business processes and establishing an effective communication system. You therefore participate in the implementation of processes, practices and tools specific to your unit aimed at optimizing operational efficiency. You also build a mobilized and competent team and support their production efforts while nurturing a culture of continuous improvement and health and safety.

As a result, you contribute to the achievement of your unit's strategic plan by positively influencing the adoption of healthy and safe behaviours, operating costs, performance and production capacity and quality.

• Ensure the safety of its employee sand a safe environment free of all risks
• Ensure optimal execution of operations by achieving targets in terms of occupational health and safety, production capacity, standardization of operating costs and quality
• Establish and apply standard production practices and procedures to achieve your unit’s objectives
• Engage and develop all your employees

• Scrupulously apply business processes.
• Implement processes and tools to foster a culture of continuous improvement within your sector
• Ensure that conditions are in place for constant communication with employees (floor rounds, logbooks, etc.)
• Actively participate in the creation and implementation of optimization and investment projects
• Help to make your business unit’s strategic plan
• Ensure healthy working relationships and…