Shift Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure that the operational requirements of the working shift are fully met in an efficient and safe manner in accordance with current safety regulations and health and safety policies.

• Oversee the overall efficiency of cargo handling operations, including coordinating the various activities of different staff groups to maximize the efficient deployment of labour and resources.

• Enable the best possible level of communications within the shift team. 

• Manage personnel, including hiring, training, discipline and off boarding, to ensure that the Company’s needs and requirements are adhered to.

• Ensure that systems and procedures are followed to enable the progress of operations to be monitored by other staff, customers and authorities.

• Drive a performance management culture within the team ensuring that staff meet their targets in line with the business needs.

• Advance agreed upon initiatives, propose new initiatives and adopt a sense of continuous improvement.

Knowledge & Qualifications

• A degree in business, operational management, logistics or other related discipline. 

• Previous experience in waterfront supervision or other related operational experience preferred.

• A positive, hands-on approach and the ability to work as a team member.

• Excellent people management skills with well-formed motivational skills, including solid negotiation, influencing, change management and labour relations skills.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build and maintain good working relationships and achieve buy in and ownership to quality standards/ initiatives with all departments and levels.

• Sound judgement and analytical thinking that enables decision making, ability to manage projects and prioritize and manage timelines.

• Comprehensive understanding of ship loading operations, vessel construction, cargo stowage, cargo securing and applicable regulations.

• Solid computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office and the proven ability to learn new systems quickly. 

• Flexibility to meet the requirements of a 24/7 operation, including shift work.

• Fluent in English.

• Previous Canadian work experience or experience working directly with Canadian industries.

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 115,000 employees, spanning 79 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimizing disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.

At DP World Canada we’re proud to offer a well-rounded total compensation package, for all permanent positions, that supports your health, wellbeing, and career growth. This includes but is not limited to:

• Competitive salary and annual bonus

• Generous vacation time with paid flex day and volunteer days

• Comprehensive health & dental benefits starting on day one

• Annual health/lifestyle spending account

• Defined contribution pension plan

• Employee wellness initiatives

• Internal training & learning opportunities

• Professional development support