General Supervisor - Afternoon Shift
Top Benefits
About the role
The Afternoon Shift (2 nd Shift) General Supervisor is responsible for managing teams of multi-discipline trade workers. They help oversee all work assignments as per the Day Shift Turnover notes. The Afternoon Shift (2 nd Shift) General Supervisor is responsible for ensuring all work is carried out in accordance with shipyard safety, quality, and environment standards, policies and procedures. To ensure standards are met the General Supervisor will regularly check on performance and conduct performance management tasks, including but not limited to: disciplining trades employees, approving trade employee time entries, trade employee leave requests and ensuring the collective agreement is applied appropriately.
Note: Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 825 Admirals Road, Victoria.
What you'll do
- 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.
What you'll bring
- 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.
Why you'll love working here
- This is a full-time, permanent position. With multiple operations and long-term projects, Seaspan employees enjoy job stability as we look ahead to build ships for decades to come.
- 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).
The estimated salary for this position is $106,900 - $128,300. In determining final salary, Seaspan considers many factors including the successful Candidate’s skillset and experience as well as position location and internal equity. The final base salary offer will be at the Company’s sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.
Seaspan is committed to Employment Equity, supports diversity in the workplace, and Encourages applications from all qualified individuals including women, members of visible minorities, aboriginal persons, and persons with disabilities.
#LI-ONSITE
About Seaspan ULC
Seaspan is an association of Canadian companies involved in coastal marine transportation, shipdocking/ship escort, ship repair & refit, shipbuilding, and commercial ferry services on Canada's West Coast.
The scope of Seaspan's services, the quality of its employees and over a century of successful participation in coastal commerce, make the company a major partner in the economy of the Pacific Northwest.
General Supervisor - Afternoon Shift
Top Benefits
About the role
The Afternoon Shift (2 nd Shift) General Supervisor is responsible for managing teams of multi-discipline trade workers. They help oversee all work assignments as per the Day Shift Turnover notes. The Afternoon Shift (2 nd Shift) General Supervisor is responsible for ensuring all work is carried out in accordance with shipyard safety, quality, and environment standards, policies and procedures. To ensure standards are met the General Supervisor will regularly check on performance and conduct performance management tasks, including but not limited to: disciplining trades employees, approving trade employee time entries, trade employee leave requests and ensuring the collective agreement is applied appropriately.
Note: Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 825 Admirals Road, Victoria.
What you'll do
- 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.
What you'll bring
- 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.
Why you'll love working here
- This is a full-time, permanent position. With multiple operations and long-term projects, Seaspan employees enjoy job stability as we look ahead to build ships for decades to come.
- 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).
The estimated salary for this position is $106,900 - $128,300. In determining final salary, Seaspan considers many factors including the successful Candidate’s skillset and experience as well as position location and internal equity. The final base salary offer will be at the Company’s sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.
Seaspan is committed to Employment Equity, supports diversity in the workplace, and Encourages applications from all qualified individuals including women, members of visible minorities, aboriginal persons, and persons with disabilities.
#LI-ONSITE
About Seaspan ULC
Seaspan is an association of Canadian companies involved in coastal marine transportation, shipdocking/ship escort, ship repair & refit, shipbuilding, and commercial ferry services on Canada's West Coast.
The scope of Seaspan's services, the quality of its employees and over a century of successful participation in coastal commerce, make the company a major partner in the economy of the Pacific Northwest.