Posted 4 months ago
Production Supervisor
@ JDI
Doaktown, New Brunswick
Overview
J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) is hiring a Production Supervisor to lead a team of 20-25 production workers at a sawmill facility. The role drives performance against key indicators, training, scheduling and reporting. The posting states a salary range of $70,000 - $100,000 and flexible rotational day and night shifts.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of 20-25 production workers toward performance targets
- Ensure quality, safety and environmental compliance
- Monitor productivity each shift and adjust tasks, resources and scheduling
- Deliver training and development for team members
- Handle scheduling, weekly payroll and daily reporting
Requirements summary:
- Supervisory experience and demonstrated ability to lead a team
- Experience in an industrial or production environment (preferred)
- Post-secondary degree, diploma or trade certification (asset)
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Comfortable in a fast-paced environment
- Available for rotational day and night shifts
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · oraclecloud
- Employer posting date
- 2026-07-02
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-09
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Manufacturing & production |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day, evening, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Plant or factory |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Trade certificate (preferred), College diploma (preferred), Bachelor’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Industrial technology, Engineering, Forestry, Business administration, Management |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
JDI
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 645 |
Reporting to the Operational Manager, the Production Supervisor will lead a dedicated team, to drive operational success, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement. As the Supervisor, you will join a high-performing team at a modern, technologically advanced sawmill facility. You will work alongside your team to motivate and enhance their capabilities through effective performance management addressing key performance indicators, training, and team development. The salary range for this role will be $70,000 - $100,000.
If you’re ready to take your leadership skills to the next level, we want you on our team!
- Lead and engage a high-performance team of 20-25 productions workers in achieving target performance indicators
- Ensure quality, safety, and environmental compliance.
- Monitor productivity throughout the shift and adjust tasks, resources, scheduling, or inputs so that production targets are met, and resources are used efficiently.
- Training and development for team members.
- Administrative support such as scheduling personnel, submitting weekly payroll, and daily reporting.
- Post-secondary degree/diploma/trade certification, preferably in industrial technology or engineering, forestry, business administration, or management would be an asset
- Ideal candidates will possess supervisory experience along with the demonstrated ability to lead a team.
- Experience working within an industrial or production environment is preferred.
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Committed to top performance in a safe work environment.
- Available to work flexible rotational day and night shifts
Founded in 1882, J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) operates in Eastern Canada (New-Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador), as well as in USA. We are a team of 20,000 dedicated employees. At J.D. Irving, Limited, you are part of a dynamic team of professionals who lead with integrity and are passionate about delivering results. With a culture that nurtures talent and creates an inclusive workplace, you can grow your career across our various operating divisions.
We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates, and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary, or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.
Worried you do not meet all the requirements? Studies have shown that many applicants apply only to job opportunities when they feel they meet 100% of the criteria. We promote an inclusive environment where everyone is appreciated, recognized, and empowered to contribute fully. If you are interested in this position but are worried you did not meet all the requirements, we would encourage you to still apply.
Our recruitment advisors and hiring teams will utilize human screening combined with AI technology to help identify the skills and qualities that matter most to our business, while safeguarding your privacy and using AI responsibly.
We appreciate your interest in our company however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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