Operations Manager in Richmond

Our Marine organization is a trusted provider of innovative solutions for the worldwide boating and boat building industry, and we recently expanded our scope to lead the boating industry into an electrified future. Dometic has won numerous NMMA Innovation Awards over the years, and we are always striving for new ways to make boating easier, safer, and more enjoyable. We are on a journey of continuous growth – now looking for our next star – a passionate Operations Manager. This position reports to the Director of Operations and will work in Vancouver, BC. Dometic Marine’s headquarters are in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. The facility develops and manufactures hydraulic, electronic, and combustion-based products.

As Operations Manager of the Vancouver team, you will be overseeing the tactical activities of assembly production within the facility. Responsible for leading and coordinating the delivery of quality products on time, at the lowest cost, while maintaining a safe and positive work environment. Promote continuous improvement while meeting established annual improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and direct and indirect costs. Provide strong leadership through appropriate and timely feedback, coaching and mentoring all levels of production employees.

General Responsibilities

• Ensure production is done safely, efficiently, and timely, while producing quality parts.
• Use part and product demand information from materials and customer orders to review capacity and staffing levels; determine and implement solutions and schedules to produce required parts on time and at a low cost.
• Identify areas for continuous improvement, including labour, process cycle times, utilization, scrap and maintenance costs.
• Oversee production supervisors; coach, guide, and mentor direct reports to achieve higher performance of assigned duties and responsibilities.

What do we offer?

• An interesting role in a dynamic, fast-paced and global environment with great opportunities to grow, evolve with the company and take on new challenges.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Disability insurance (STD/LTD)
• Retirement Programs (RSP and Company Pension Plan)
• Paid Vacation
• Statutory Holidays
• Free on-site parking
• Tuition and Professional Designation dues assistance
• Employee discounts on our incredible products
• Company events
• Opportunities to make an impact

Skills & Requirements

The ideal candidate for this role will bring demonstrated success in an engineering environment. Additionally, they will have acquired the following qualifications and experiences:

• Degree or diploma in Engineering or Operations or a suitable combination of experience and education.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience as a manager with non-technical and technical reports.
• Experience with Lean methods and implementation.
• Strong proficiency with MS Office programs including: Word, Excel, Access, Outlook and PowerPoint; and, the ability to learn other applications quickly.
• Strong analytical skills, problem solving and decision making abilities.

To be successful in this role, we believe that you possess the following skills, competencies & characteristics:

• Strong interpersonal skills, able to work respectfully and effectively with a wide range of people from different cultures and educational backgrounds at all levels of a company.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage a variety of tasks.
• Able to drive change while maintaining good working relationships.
• Leading and managing change; inspire, engage and promote innovation and continuous improvement.
• Able to teach, guide, coach and mentor.
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
• Consistent sense of urgency.
• Not happy with the status quo, constantly sees opportunities for improvement.
• Quick learner, flexible, and able to think quickly and outside the box when needed.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

Dometic’s Core Values

To thrive and succeed in this role, you understand the importance of our core values – Together We build our future, We play to win, We embrace change and We walk the talk; these values reflect the heart and soul of Dometic and they define what it takes to work here and how we do things. Dometic is passionate about building together an inclusive and equitable working environment, that respects individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that diversity enables us to thrive across our differences. Be yourself and join us!

Dometic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Dometic evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.