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Production Manager Welding Fabrication Shop Foreman- Heavy Industrial Precision FabricationCustom Machinery Manufacturing Metal Fabrication Location: Guelph- Cambridge -Kitchener, ON areaBase Salary: 110K-125K base +bonus benefits5 days a week on SiteDay shiftMonday -FridayMinimum Experience Required (MUST have): Min 7-10 years as Manager / leadership experience in a large sized 100+ employee custom metal fabrication facility with full responsibility of Production & H&S KPIs under the Canadian Health & Safety RequirementsOur client is a leading large manufacturer of custom built heavy equipment manufacturing for mining and similar applications and have a job open for Production Manager Welding Fabrication Shop Foreman for custom machinery manufacturing to oversee Production, Material & Production Planning , H&S, Shipping and work closely with Quality & Engineering. Hands on Fabrication / machining/ welder experience with 10+ years in running fabrication shops under Canadian H&S requirements is a MUST have.Production Manager Welding Fabrication Shop Foreman is fully responsible for giving leadership to the two shifts and lead Production Supervisors, to ensure shift productivity, material labour usage, capacity optimization and work closely with HR, Quality, H&S,and over see the plant shop floor -CNC Lathe, Cutting , bending welding within this custom fabrication plant and be responsible for Production Planning, Production scheduling, Material Planning and supervision. You will be responsible for scheduling, safety, performance management, coaching and mentoring. You will oversee the production budget and work along Quality & Plant Engineering Process Improvement, Continuous Improvement lean initiatives.Production Manager Welding Fabrication Shop Foreman will ideally have 10+ years as welder/ welder fitter/ machinist with 10+ years as shop foreman / Production Manager / a minimum of 7-8 years leadership experience as Production manager / Plant manager in large 100+ employee sites within Canadian Health & Safety requirements within custom machining welding metal fabrication. Hands-on welding experience / experienced welder (MIG TIG ) with leadership / management/ team lead experience highly preferred.Qualified applicants already in the Guelph- Cambridge -Kitchener, ON area or willing to relocate to the area on their own expense (candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada) ON area are invited to forward their resumes in MS Word format to Preeti.Dayal@hays.com. Please write Production Manager Welding Fabrication Shop Foreman in the subject line of your e mail.While we thank all applicants for your interest, only the most qualified candidates will be contacted due to volume of applicants.