Forest Products Processing Supervisor Job

The Forest Product Processing Supervisor role is responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and scheduling the daily operations of facility workers who process various lumber products.
Some of the Responsities include:

- Recommend measures to improve productivity
- Resolve work problems, provide technical advice and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
- Ensure that systems and equipment are operating efficiently and that proper maintenance and repairs are performed
- Recommend personnel actions such as hiring and promotions
- Establish work schedules
- Prepare production and other reports
- Recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
- Set up machines and equipment
- Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule (and possibly review) activities of workers
- Monitor safety conditions
- Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
- Train staff/workers in job duties, safety procedures and company policies
- Oversee safety of operations

Supervision
11-15 people
Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing
Lumber graders and other wood processing inspectors and graders
Other wood processing machine operators
Sawmill machine operators

Credentials
Certificates, licences
- Lumber Grader Certificate (prefered) or familiar with identifying various grades and species
- Industrial First Aid Certificate (preferred)

Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Public transportation is available ~ 30 min walk.

Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player

Creekside is a high-efficiency value-added remanufacturing facility that produces specialized, higher-value wood products for construction, industrial, and consumer markets.