Jeff Willson Email & Phone Number

Ancaster, On

• Manage and foresee fabrication processes and supervise and mentor 3-15 employees by leading by example.• Negotiate with suppliers and ensure Purchase Orders placed with vendors are accurate: pricing, dates, quantities, and additional charges such as freight are correct.• Daily organization of shop including stock, material, consumables, housekeeping issues, safety, etc.• Aware of inventory and daily needs as well as projected requirements based on schedule and upcoming work• Control of specific tooling (sign out)• Inspections – daily, monthly• Training employees on shop equipment• Receiving and creating daily work orders for shop and field crew• Supervise shop workers ensuring they utilize safe, proper, and efficient methods in fabricating products according to order specifications• Following up on maintenance of equipment and facility• Create and manage the production schedule• Oversee jobs and ensure that proper quantity and quality products are shipped complete and on-time• Estimates of materials, time, and labor.• Communicate fabrication and installation issues with departmental heads.

Hamilton, On

• Fabricate and install industrial/commercial/residential HVAC ductwork.• Assist the general supervisor with new and ongoing business.• Assist in the direction and leadership of shop and field activity of a workforce of 5 – 10 employees.• Job costing.• Communicate fabrication and installation issues with customers and departmental employees.• Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production requirements.• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.• Analyzes work orders and blue prints to determine information such as material to be used, type of operations needed, and sequence of operations needed.• Ensures employees follow safe work practices.

Mississauga, Ontario

• Responsible for the strategic direction, leadership and overall shop activity of a workforce of 25 – 35 employees.• Develop and implement new business strategies for creating or improving processes and procedures to improve corporate performance.• Monitor departmental performance against goals to ensure that progress is being made, and that corrective action is taken if necessary.• Meet regularly with department heads/business unit leaders; facilitate resolution of issues/problems between business units and/or departments.• Responsible for recruitment, hiring, terminations and performance management. • Manage the morale in the facility by setting and demonstrating a strong business ethic for dealing with employees, suppliers and customers.• Enhance and develop policies, procedures and service systems to meet the goals of the facility.• Monitor financial performance to ensure the facility is meeting or exceeding budgetary commitment.• Handle customer enquiries and complaints which are escalated from the departments.• Analyze the customer’s concern and present options to solve their issue.• Examine reports (e.g. Inventory, production and daily reports) to determine the operational activities of the company and ensure optimum performance.