Shop Foreman

Are you looking to work with a family owned business with corporate resources? Does working with innovation and cutting edge technology excite you? Would you like working in an environment where you have the freedom to achieve your career goals? Then look no further than South Country Equipment!

We are a family-owned, 8-location John Deere dealer network that operates throughout southern Saskatchewan. We have a culture that focuses on working as a team and supporting one another to accomplish our goals. As the agriculture industry continues to innovate, so does South Country. We ensure that the farmers we support are educated and equipped to take their production to the next level.

Our Culture

At South Country we pride ourselves in our team members’ success and accomplishments. Those that have had success within South Country typically share the following traits:

• A team first mentality
• Eagerness to take on new challenges and development
• A welcoming and friendly personality
• The ability to understand how their role supports the bigger picture and how they play a part in achieving our enterprise goals
• A passion for supporting the agriculture industry in their community
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Details:

Location: Weyburn, SK

Apply by: March 9, 2026

Position type: Full-time, permanent

What is in it for you:

• Training and development opportunities
• Career growth opportunities
• A welcoming family owned and operated organization that puts individuals first
• Opportunity to represent John Deere and support growers in food production
• Utilizing John Deere and outside sourced professional training to support with continuous learning
• Autonomy to set you up for success and allow you to be part of the innovation within agriculture
• Participation in incentive program
• Paid overtime hours

What you’ll do:

Our Shop Foreman plays a key part in ensuring maximum productivity within our shop. You will assist with the coordination of the workload in our service department to ensure a smooth flow. You will also be tasked with providing training and direction to the technicians to support with development, efficiency and accuracy in their work. This role consists of:

• Mentoring and training apprentice and service technicians
• Ensuring shop flow and work order assignments are aligned to ensure maximum efficiency in the shop
• Liaising with service manager in the planning, scheduling, arrangement of parts and efficiency of repairs in the shop
• Maintain a high level of quality control by inspecting repairs to ensure that the quality, workmanship and cleanliness is up to standard as required
• Maintain a safe work environment through day-to-day observation as well as participation in safety meetings
• Support with customer service where service manager or technicians are unavailable
• Maintaining a current knowledge of John Deere and competitive equipment
• Keep all service shop tools up to standard and advise service manager of any repairs or replacements required
• Participate in on-call and overtime hours to ensure a high level of customer service in the department

Requirements

What you bring:

• 5+ years of experience within a mechanic shop, preferably focused on agriculture equipment
• Certified Red Seal heavy duty technician, with a preference towards an agriculture focus
• The ability to supervise, coach and mentor apprentice technicians
• Experience providing constructive feedback and coaching in the moment
• Strong attention to detail
• High level of organizational and scheduling abilities
• Problem solving skills and the ability to come up with creative solutions

Benefits

• Pension plan
• Health benefits
• Dental care
• Life insurance
• Vision care
• Paid time off
• Store discount