Production Manager Job

Primary location: Mississauga, Ontario
Employment status: Full-Time
Travel: Minimal, less than 5%
Non-compete: No
Pay range: $88,660 - $115,000, commensurate on experience
Vacancy Type: Current vacancy

Production Manager

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Production Manager is responsible for coordinating plant production and operational activities to ensure safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost goals are met. This role provides leadership to production personnel, promotes a strong safety culture, and drives continuous improvement while serving as a key interface between production, internal teams, and external customers. This is an operationally intensive role requiring strong floor presence, multitasking ability, and hands-on leadership to drive day-to-day manufacturing execution and team performance.

What You’ll Be Doing

Production & Operations Management

• Coordinate day-to-day plant production and operational activities to meet business and customer demands.
• Organize and monitor jobs in a 100% custom shop environment to ensure timely execution and ship date adherence.
• Resolve production issues that arise throughout the manufacturing process.
• Collaborate with plant and office teams regarding shop drawings and operational requirements.
• Communicate production performance related to schedules, headcount, budgets, and operating plans to management.
• Support plant cost initiatives and drive achievement of annual cost savings targets.

Leadership & Team Development

• Guide and advise Team Leads on company policies and employee-related matters.
• Work with Plant Manager to determine staffing requirements and support onboarding of new employees.
• Promote positive employee relations by engaging frequently with employees and addressing concerns.
• Provide employee training, supervisor development, and continuous skill improvement opportunities.
• Encourage participative management through meetings, communication, training, recognition, and delegation.
• Foster a collaborative and engaged team environment across operations.

Safety, Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Lead and promote the Plant Safety Process while ensuring compliance with plant safety policies.
• Drive a safety-first culture and environmentally compliant work practices.
• Maintain product quality through plant systems management and Lean principles.
• Promote housekeeping excellence and lead GEMBA/5S initiatives to improve workplace organization and efficiency.
• Ensure operational focus remains on delivering products that meet customer quality expectations.

What Will Make You Successful

• Success in this role requires thriving in a busy, operationally intensive environment with the ability to maintain a strong floor presence and provide hands-on leadership throughout daily operations.
• Ability to multitask effectively while balancing shifting production priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to motivate, coach, and develop teams.
• Strong organizational and planning skills with the ability to drive execution toward deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills across all levels of the organization, especially with hourly employees.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to resolve employee and operational challenges effectively.
• Results-driven mindset with strong accountability for safety, quality, and productivity metrics.
• Ability to spend significant time on the production floor (3–4 hours per day) driving engagement and improvement.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience with Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma methodologies.
• Strong ability to read and interpret drawings, including shop drawings.
• CNC machining/programming experience.
• Experience developing new products in a manufacturing environment.
• First-line supervisory experience.
• Engineering degree, technologist diploma, or P. Eng designation preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading GEMBA, 5S, and process improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering preferred; Technologist Diploma or related technical field considered.
• Equivalent job experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Minimum 3 years of manufacturing experience.
• Minimum 2 years of direct production or plant leadership experience in North America.
• Basic knowledge of OSHA and environmental regulations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team-based environment.

Why should you join Plasterform, Inc., a subsidiary of Armstrong World Industries?

Plasterform, Inc., a subsidiary of Armstrong World Industries (AWI) is a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative commercial and residential ceiling, wall and suspension system solutions in the Americas. With approximately $1.3B in revenue, AWI has about 3,600 employees and a manufacturing network of twenty=-one facilities in North America.

At home, at work, in healthcare facilities, classrooms, stores, or restaurants, we offer interior solutions that help to enhance comfort, save time, improve building efficiency and overall performance, and create beautiful spaces.

For more than 160 years, we have built our business on trust and integrity. It set us apart then, and it sets us apart now, along with our ability to collaborate with and innovate for the people we're here to serve - our customers, our shareholders, our communities and our employees.

We are committed to developing new and sustainable ceiling solutions, with design and performance possibilities that make a positive difference in spaces where we live, work, learn, heal and play. It's an exciting, rewarding business to be in, and we're committed to continue to grow and prosper for the benefit of all of our stakeholders. We hope you join us.

Our Sustainability Ambition

"Bringing our Purpose to Life" - lead a transformation in the design and building of spaces fit for today and tomorrow.
We are committed to:

• Engaging a diverse, purpose-driven workforce;
• Transforming buildings from structures that shelter into structures that serve and preserve the health and well-being of people and planet;
• Pursuing sustainable, innovative solutions for spaces where we live, work, learn heal and play;
• Being a catalyst for change with all of our stakeholders; and
• Making a positive difference in the environments and communities we impact.

About the location (Mississauga, ON)

Mississauga is a city neighboring Toronto on Lake Ontario. On the lakefront, Port Credit has shops, a working lighthouse and a marina with a grounded freighter. Multi-use trails wind through the city's parks and woodlands. In the center, Mississauga Celebration Square hosts multicultural festivals and has a skating rink in winter. A popular shopping destination, the city has several huge malls. The city has a population of over 700,000 and is known for their active cultural life with galleries, theaters, art centers, concert halls and museums.

Plasterform, Inc., a subsidiary of Armstrong World Industries, is committed to providing an environment free of discrimination and harassment on the applicable prohibited grounds under applicable human rights legislation, where individuals are treated with respect, have equal opportunities in accordance with applicable human rights legislation, and can contribute meaningfully in the workplace once employed.

Come and build your future with us and apply today!