Job Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented and skilled Working Forman to join our team at Northwest Enclosures, a fast-growing company. This role is key for our recent expansion to the Eastern part of Canada, with a new facility located in Bolton, Ontario. With support from our team in Abbotsford, the right candidate will help oversee a team of skilled welders and fabricators to assemble enclosures for clients in the Eastern region of Canada and the US.

Responsibilities

· Overseeing the Lead Hand and Fabrication team

· Responsible for delegating daily tasks to all shop personnel

· Assisting in scheduling projects according to the Master Production Schedule

· Responsible for all shop tooling & maintenance

· Responsible for JHSC, making sure monthly meetings are taking place

· Responsible for daily shop production meetings

· Responsible for all shop personal training, confirming everyone is given the right amount of training for success

· Responsible for scheduling shop needs when applicable (i.e. crane loadings, transport trucks, audits, testing) and ensuring that it is within project budget

· Work Closely with Operations & Quality to complete all project redlines for final documentation

· Assisting Operations with hiring and terminating employees as needed

· Work closely with Operations to ensure each job has the proper amount of manpower for completion

· Work closely with Operations Manager, confirming best practice is taken place

· Work closely with Procurement / PM team to obtain required parts and material in proper sequencing for each project

· Work closely with the Design team to review drawings, ensuring best build practice is being used

· Participate and lead the manufacturing team to ensure quality control meets high company standards

· To lead the shop personnel following the company’s core values (Safety, Teamwork, Quality, Fun, Customer Focused)

· Adhere to safety standards and procedures with continuously changing working environments

Experience

· Effective organization and communication skills with customers, inspectors and coworkers in both verbal and written forms

· Demonstrated decision-making skills for allocating personnel and subcontractor resources appropriately for projects to meet deadlines and budgets

· Technical skills for interpreting construction methods and technologies along with contracts and technical drawings

· Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills to manage multiple projects efficiently

· Great Spatial visualization

· Resourceful

· Required to have experience with welding quality assurance

· Required to have experience and understanding with sheet metal design, welding and fabrication

· Required to have a basic understanding with electrical design

· Required to have experience with building codes such as, CSA, B139, UL 142/ULC s601

· Ideal to have a basic understanding in Generator / Electrical House industry

· Familiarity with MS Office such as (Excel, Word, Teams)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $104,000.00-$135,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- Dental care

- RRSP match

- Vision care

Work Location: In person