General Supervisor - Afternoon Shift

• Ensures work progression in accordance with safety, cost, quality and schedules.
• Implements and enforces Seaspan Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality processes on the shop floor and strives to eliminate safety hazards at every opportunity.
• Escalates trade issues with Management and implements solutions as identified by Management.
• Support the Production Delivery team by ensuring the deployed trade work force is suitably qualified and experienced.
• Provides timely feedback to the Trade Superintendents/Supervisors about the work performance of their deployed trades.
• Partners with the Trade Superintendents/Supervisors to ensure trade employees have the skills, equipment, training and certifications required to perform planned work activities.
• Ensures work crews minimize waste expense and unnecessary delays in construction and/or repair work.
• Works with Management to eliminate inefficient work practices and fully use their work crew experience and skills to progress the work.
• Allocates trades employees in accordance with schedule and priorities, assigning work to trade employees with the skill and ability to efficiently complete scheduled work.
• Responsible for discipline, including performance and attendance management, termination of employment, as well as assigning or removing chargehand responsibilities to trades employees.
• Follows and enforces the collective agreement and management practices to manage trades employees effectively.
• Responsible for timekeeping administration and approval of direct and indirect reports.
• Ensures all employees are provided with a work environment that is respectful and harassment free.
• Works closely with Wellness and Abilities Management as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Trade certification is preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of Ship Repair work experience; or advanced education in Ship Repair with 2 years related trades work experience.
• Previous supervisory experience is an asset.
• Proficient knowledge of trade responsibilities specific to heavy manufacturing (welding, metal fabrication, electrical, pipefitting, paint/sandblasting, mechanical, rigging, etc.).
• Possess strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficient with MS Office products and web based applications.
• Possess excellent management and leadership skills and the ability to motivate and work with and through others to achieve desired results.
• Appreciates and understands the value of diversity within a team.
• Conflict resolution and negotiation skills to resolve disagreements quickly and effectively, bring a problem-solving attitude to conflicting approaches and priorities involving others.
• Experience in the application of behavioral based safety.
• Demonstrates ability to make mature and timely job-site decisions.

• In addition to an annual bonus and pension plan matching, this role provides you with a very competitive salary in line with the successful candidate's experience.
• We also provide the best-in-class health and wellness benefits package for this position, including things such as extended health care (i.e. paramedical services for massage therapy, speech therapy, mental health coverage, physiotherapy, and more), dental care, vision care, life insurance, medical leave coverage, parental leave coverage, childcare benefit partnership, $500 personal spending account, and an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP).

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