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Leggett & Platt, Incorporated Validation Tech Supervisor in Lakeshore, Ontario
Validation Tech Supervisor
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Date:Apr 8, 2026
Location: Lakeshore, ON, CA
Company: Leggett & Platt
We make life more comfortable.
Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.
Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. AsThe Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.
From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.
Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history
POSITION SUMMARY
Implements work plans, equipment and process methods for validation to meet the branch product validation
needs to maximize the use of branch validation capabilities. Ensures work schedules and staff are assigned as
needed to meet program validation needs in support of timelines. Coordinate efforts with other labs to meet
program validation needs
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Promote company vision/mission, values and EHS to reporting teams and acknowledge team members evidencing support
Propose and support regional validation methods, equipment, processes, facilities, and services to provide best use of resources that meet requirements.
Work with validation staff members to propose improvements that will reduce validation time, costs or increase throughput using existing resources.
Support development of the validation teams, ensuring global directions are integrated to the regional and branch validation center teams. Continually seeks improvements in the process, tools and engineering methods
Integrate new customer validation needs and processes as needed. Present information to the Validation Team leadership to establish future validation requirements.
Propose new technologies to generate validation cost advantages for the company. Lead to be creative and well versed in validation technology trends. Ensures the use of a proper evaluation and selection process to do this.
Collaborates with cross functional teams to develop validation plans. Perform tests in support of validation plan and provide results to product development teams.
Ensures all needed compliance and audit deliverables are met.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE(
Educational requirements, Certifications:
College Technology degree in mechanical, electronics, or mechatronics
Experience:
• 2 years direct leadership and development of technical staff, with at least 1 year in product validation management.
• Direct cross functional team contact and product delivery to automotive customers .
• Knowledge of automotive customer launch processes (APQP, Phase gate, DVP&R)
• Must be familiar with technical information received such as specifications, test methods, processes, etc.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITY:
Good communications skills, strong organizational skills, able to mentor and inspire all levels of team, strong presentation skills, good problem solving skills
technical skills related to creating validation methods, and adapting validation methods to meet changing testing needs.
COMPENSATION:
Salary ranges from $80,000 to $88,,000 based on experience.
In addition, we offer Great benefits including prescription, dental, optical, a company sponsored registered pension plan, optional RRSP, and more!
What to Do Next
Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for! Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team. Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available. If you require assistance completing an application, please contact our team at careers@leggett.com
Our Values
Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.
Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.
Our Commitment to You
We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veteran status, and more. Join us!
We welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications, we’d love the opportunity to consider you.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO APPLICANTS
Regarding Equal Employment / Equal Access
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, and all its Canadian affiliates value the diversity of skills, knowledge, and perspectives our employees bring to our workplace. We believe the presence in our workforce of individuals with characteristics protected under local human rights legislation, including but not limited to females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, veterans, persons from all faiths and national origins and of all colors reward us with greater talent, new ideas and unique perspectives.
It is therefore our policy to recruit, hire, promote, transfer, administer benefits and handle all other conditions of employment in a non-discriminatory manner without discrimination regarding any protected status under local human rights legislation. Our Chief Executive Officer has requested that all of our employees make equal opportunity a priority.
We are committed to workplace accessibility and accommodation of persons with disabilities. Should you have any need for accommodation at any stage of the hiring or recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to provide appropriate accommodation or address any accessibility-related needs. This information will be handled as confidentially as practical. You are welcome to contact a member of our Corporate Employee Relations staff at 417-358-8131 if you need assistance to apply, wish to discuss an accommodation, or have questions about this notice.
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