Company Description

Who we are:

Remember the last time you opened a bottle of champagne? A cold beer after a hard day’s work or a bottle of sparkling mineral water to quench your thirst? Well, it was probably made by us. We are O-I and we love that we make more glass containers than anyone in the world.

O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world’s best-known food and beverage brands. We are proud to provide high quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Company operating name: O-I Canada (Brampton)

Business address: 100 West Drive, Brampton Ontario, L6T 2J5

Terms of employment: Permanent

Wage: $75,100 – $112,700 a year

Location of work: 100 West Drive, Brampton Ontario, L6T 2J5

Position: Line Leader

Reports To: Tank Manager

Job Grade: Grade 15

Posting Date: September 1, 2023

Job Description

Responsible for managing the total operation of the line (defined as total production line) on a 24 hour / 7 day a week basis through the continuous shift operation to maximize production performance within established safety, quality and cost parameters.
A particular emphasis of the role is to facilitate a team culture across all functional and cross functional disciplines for the specific line. Through both formal and informal continuous improvement opportunities, implement and refine improvement ideas to maximize the performance of the line.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Aligns resources in the plant’s personnel (operators, mechanics, etc) to focus on all areas of the process center; i.e. quality assurance, furnace, machine repair, mold shop, general maintenance, cold end, and job change coordinator.
• Reinforces positive team efforts and embraces Continuous Improvement concepts to ensure workers understand that their work activities are part of a whole and have an impact on the operation and common goals.
• Motivates the generation of ideas and initiates by discussing them on multi-disciplinary teams.
• Defines initiatives and operations goals with input from other plant personnel to improve overall performance.
• Develops technical specialized skills and knowledge, as well as team work, continuous improvement and discipline strengths.
• Develops multidisciplinary knowledge and skills, and awareness of customer oriented common goals and achievements.
• Make sure local and contractual agreements are followed
• Responsible for all audit compliance for Quality, Safety, GMP, Procedures, Swabbing and Forming.
• Ensure correct use of safety equipment and that company safety policies are followed
• Works with shift foremen to have consistency on all shifts.
• Assists in developing personnel
• Defines shop expectations
• Lead workshops resulting in tangible key performance indicator improvements
• Deploy the appropriate People / Safety / Quality / Cost / Delivery / Productivity metrics and management routines at all levels of the organization
• Act as a change agent (leader) to instill a Problem Solving and Continuous Improvement culture on site and in related areas of the company
• Ensure through audits that tools are appropriately and effectively used
• Ensure lean principles are appropriately taken into consideration at all stages of the process improvement project
• Serve as a business change agent leading process improvement initiatives, process redesign activities/projects which will enable the organization to reach the next level of world class operations by implementing continuous improvement-lean manufacturing practices throughout the plant

Qualifications

• Minimum requirement of High School Degree or equivalent. Prefer Bachelor’s Degree in Production or Operations Management, Business, or other related disciplines
• Minimum requirement of 1 year experience supervising/leading people and processes in a manufacturing environment, preferably Glass production.
• Project Management and/or Lean Certification desired.
• Significant understanding of Flow Manufacturing concepts that use Continuous Improvement and Kaizen events.
• Computer literate w/ proficiency in Microsoft Office Products
• Adequate knowledge of informational systems & ability to analyze data (i.e. PIC, MCS, MCSII, VSPC, SAP, WorkBrain, etc.).
• Strategic thinker, with clear vision and direction of change management - Strong facilitation and interpersonal communication - Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills - Proven ability to coach, mentor, and energize team members
• Proficient in English

Additional Information

O-I offers a very generous benefit package – some of the highlights are:

• Vacation time and paid holidays
• Medical, dental, prescription and vision care coverage
• Pre-tax accounts
• Well-being program which includes opportunity to earn employer contributions
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• 401(k) retirement saving plans with employer contributions
• Financial advisors to assist with retirement planning and financial wellness
• Employee Assistance Program

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

O-I is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other protected category.

Qualified individuals with disabilities or disabled veterans who are unable or limited in their ability to apply on this site may request reasonable accommodations by emailing hr.recruiters@o-i.com.

Contact:

Joanne Britt

Joanne.Britt@o-i.com

Phone number: 647-966-4603