Do you love engineering, infrastructure, and creating solutions that shape the future? We do!
At Trylon, we build rugged towers, engineered structures, and the smart accessories that make them work. For over 90 years we’ve delivered innovative products and construction services—and we’re still evolving. We’re expanding into new sectors and exploring opportunities where our expertise in infrastructure and manufacturing can make a difference.
If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and want a chance to make your mark in multiple markets, we’d love to meet you.
We offer:
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including a matching Group RRSP
- Real opportunities for career growth — your success drives our success
- Direct impact on factory performance and exposure to advanced manufacturing technologies
- Strong visibility within Trylon
The Production Manager, CNC & Logistics is accountable for the daily leadership and execution of CNC machining, shipping, receiving, warehousing, material flow, and logistics operations. This position will work closely with the Shipping Manager and production leadership to ensure that people, materials, information, and finished goods move efficiently through the plant in alignment with production schedules, customer delivery commitments, safety expectations, quality standards, and cost targets.
- Own daily performance of CNC, Shipping, Receiving, warehousing, and material flow functions.
- Ensure production priorities are executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with schedule requirements and customer delivery commitments.
- Improve CNC utilization, throughput, labour efficiency, inventory accuracy, freight/logistics execution, and on-time shipment performance. Working towards measuring OEE.
- Establish strong shop-floor discipline, visual management, escalation routines, and daily accountability within assigned areas.
- Develop supervisors, leadhands, CNC operators, and shipping/receiving personnel.
- Partner with Production Control, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing leaders to remove constraints and improve flow.
- Support ERP transaction discipline, accurate inventory movement, and timely release/closure of production and shipping activities.
- Drive continuous improvement projects focused on safety, productivity, cost reduction, quality, and customer delivery performance.
- Partner with the Director, Welding & Fabrication to ensure daily production schedules are achieved, interdepartmental product flow is maintained, coverage gaps are addressed, and overall manufacturing plant support is coordinated effectively.
- Lead day-to-day CNC and Logistics operations on the day shift, including labour allocation, prioritization, issue escalation, and performance follow-up.
- Review production schedules, shipping requirements, WIP status, material availability, and constraints to establish daily execution priorities.
- Ensure CNC jobs are properly staged, tooled, scheduled, executed, and completed in accordance with quality and productivity expectations.
- Lead Shipping/Receiving and warehouse teams to ensure accurate receiving, put-away, picking, staging, loading, shipping documentation, and material movement.
- Maintain high standards for inventory accuracy, ERP transactions, cycle count discipline, and physical organization of assigned areas.
- Monitor KPIs and initiate corrective action when performance falls below expectation.
- Work with Engineering, Maintenance, and Manufacturing leaders to resolve equipment, tooling, quality, and process issues.
- Support employee training, performance management, cross-training, attendance management, and workforce development.
- Participate in safety audits, incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation.
- Identify and implement improvements to reduce bottlenecks, overtime, rework, waiting time, excess handling, and freight/logistics inefficiencies.
Qualifications
- Post-secondary education in Manufacturing, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Engineering Technology, Business, or a related discipline preferred.
- 5+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience in a production environment.
- Experience leading CNC, machining, warehouse, shipping/receiving, or material flow functions preferred.
- Strong understanding of production scheduling, material planning, ERP/MRP transactions, inventory control, and shop-floor execution.
- Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, or Six Sigma experience considered an asset.
- Experience in steel fabrication, telecom infrastructure, structural products, or engineered-to-order manufacturing are considered an asset.
- Strong leadership presence with the ability to set expectations and hold teams accountable.
- Practical problem solver with a bias for action and follow-through.
- Strong communication and cross-functional coordination skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, schedule-driven manufacturing environment.
- Data-driven approach to KPIs, root cause analysis, and corrective action.
- Strong understanding of safety, quality, productivity, inventory accuracy, and customer delivery performance.
- Ability to coach, develop, and performance manage supervisors, leadhands, and hourly employees.
- Continuous improvement mindset with strong attention to operational details.
You are described as a practical, hands-on problem solver that can relate and influence people. You take ownership of equipment and process performance and focus on measurable impact and continuous improvement. If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you.
Apply by sending your resume to [email protected]. Check us out at www.trylon.com.
Salary range for this position is expected to be between $120,000 and $135,000 depending on experience and qualifications. Candidates must be located in Canada and legally eligible to work here.
We thank all applicants, but only those who are selected to participate in our recruitment process will be contacted. Although we do not currently use AI in the recruitment and selection process, Trylon reserved the right to use AI in screening, assessing or selecting applicants.
No agencies please.
Trylon TSF Inc. is dedicated to diversity, inclusion and accessibility in the workplace. Please reach out to our recruitment team to discuss any accommodation needs that you may require during the hiring process.
Pay: $120,000.00-$135,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Elmira, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
Experience:
- manufacturing leadership in a production environment: 5 years (required)
- CNC, Machining, logistics: 3 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person
