Station Supervisor YHZ

Job Summary

The Station Supervisor YHZ is a member of the Airport Operations leadership team and is responsible for Porter’s safe aircraft turn performance, passenger service experience, ground handling, and team member experience within the station. As part of a rotating schedule, the Station Supervisor provides leadership to the Station, together with the Station Manager seven days a week.

The Station Supervisor is accountable for the station’s consistent execution to defined safety, operational, passenger service and ground handling standards. The Station Supervisor identifies and eliminates barriers to reduce station-controllable delays and works cross-functionally to reduce system controllable and uncontrollable delays. Works diligently and in conjunction with other departments to achieve a safe and accident-free operation. Regularly engages with team members to foster their commitment to Porter’s success.

Constantly seeks ways to drive operational efficiency while supporting team members and passengers.

The Station Supervisor is responsible for building and sustaining a high-performance culture of teamwork, commitment to service and operational reliability throughout the Station, with significant focus on actively developing the Team’s ability to safely and consistently achieve our Turn targets and provide exceptional customer service.

The highest value activity performed by the Airport Operations team is the Turn. To achieve the mandates above, the Station Supervisor’s primary focus should be at the gate to support the Team as they execute the Turn.

The Station Leadership Team’s schedule is assigned in a manner to provide 7 day a week coverage with hours targeted at peak operational periods.

• As a member of the Station leadership team, participate in 7-day-per-week, in-station leadership coverage (overseeing operations and passenger interactions at the check-in counter, at departure gates and on the ramp), with hours focused on peak passenger times. The expectation is that the Supervisor is to spend 80% of their day engaged with the team and the operation.
• Actively engages with operations, passenger interactions and team member coaching at departure gates, on the ramp, and at the check-in counter 80% of their day; higher during peak travel periods or if core operational, service, and safety metrics are not being regularly met.
• Oversees the Team’s safe and reliable execution of the Turn.
• Identifies and eliminates barriers that interfere with the Team’s ability to properly execute the Turn. Examples include:
  • Ensuring the appropriate Team Members are assigned to the Turn, drawing from other areas of the Station operation if need be.
  • Ensuring that the necessary equipment required for the Turn is available and serviceable.
  • Ensuring cross-functional alignment between various departments to enable the Turn.
• Ensure the safe operation of the Station. Monitor and enforce compliance with safety protocols.
• Oversee the customer service experience within the Station. Ensure Team Members provide proper customer service in accordance with Porter’s standards and nine core service behaviours.
• Conduct daily inspections of Team Member performance to ensure compliance with safety, reliability, service, and regulatory standards and guidelines.
• Assist Station Manager with recruiting and hiring of station team members. Participate in disciplinary sessions of team members.
• Acts as station manager, including team leadership and administration, operational oversight, invoice approval, hiring, and disciplinary matters in the absence of the station manager.
• Oversee local administrative coordinator to handle the station’s administrative support needs. Cross-trains administrative coordinator to augment CSR staffing during extreme irregular operations, during staff shortages and during low season operations.
• Conducts regular after action reviews with the Team following turns to ascertain what went well and should be reinforced / repeated and the causes of turn misses so that they can be corrected for subsequent turns. Trending causes of turn misses should be raised to the Station Manager to be addressed as…