Key Responsibilities:
People & Safety
- Ensure that the working environment, working practices and general behaviour of all employees support the company policies, procedures and applicable laws.
- Supervise staff to ensure a harmonious and efficient production environment.
- Interpret business requirements to employees and assigns duties accordingly.
- Interface with others in the organization to ensure customer deadlines are met and ensure that the OTIF target of 100% is being achieved.
- Responsible for performance management, training and development of staff in conjunction with Production Manager and Production Trainers.
- Manage and control the physical work area to ensure a safe working environment at all time.
- Be technical lead for production running issues, resolve/escalate to Production Manager and Engineering team
- Responsible for time and attendance management and escalation in conjunction with the Production Manager
- To work with the Production Manager to ensure manufacturing costs are controlled
- To work with the Production Manager to monitor and work toward a zero target of machinery downtime.
- Develop and recommend and implement changes in work practices and manual and automated processes to increase efficiency
- In conjunction with Production Manager establish labour standards and routings for the clean room and component storage area and ensure those standards are met.
- Works towards the reduction / elimination of Work in Progress (WIP) within the Clean room and Component Storage Areas.
Quality
- Inspect and measure parts and products to verify conformance to specifications and to support the introduction of quality initiatives.
- Supervise equipment adjustment to prevent manufacture of products which fail to meet standards.
- Maintain all relevant production and quality documentation as required
- In conjunction with the Quality and the Production Team, investigate and close Non-conformance Reports (NCR's) in a timely manner.
- Develop, recommend, and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) within the Clean room and Component Storage Area.
- Take part in the development of initiatives to improve standards of quality within the business.
Production
- Coordinate and communicate daily production processes to ensure production schedules are met.
- Analyse work orders to estimate worker hours and complete relevant work order details as required.
- Feedback to Operators when gaps or deviations occur to standard requirement and work toward retrieval of lost time.
- Identify and requisition raw materials, sub-assembled stock and supplies required for production schedule.
- Plan flow of materials through department and recommend physical layout of machines according to work orders demands and people requirements.
- In conjunction with the Production Manager, manage, establish and adjust work procedures to meet production schedules.
Essential experience/ qualifications:
- Analytical thinking
- Problem solving ability
- Customer focused
- Strong Interpersonal skills and conflict resolution
- Teamwork
- Strong oral and written communication
- Managing diverse ranges of people
- Quality management
- Cost consciousness
- Strong work ethic
- Ethical judgment, reasoning and decision making ability
- Planning, organizing and prioritizing
- Attention to detail
Computer Skills
- ERP software
- Database software
- Inventory software (Sage)
- Excel Spreadsheet software
- Word Processing software.
Education and/or Experience
- 3-5 years' experience in clean room manufacture with supervisory experience.
- A good level of education and experience in GMP manufacture.
- Priority planning
- Change management
- Team Building
Desirable skills/ experience/ qualifications:
- EHS awareness/ qualification, NEBOSH diploma
- Desire to succeed and drive efficiencies
- Motivational skills/ experience within team environment
- Driving culture change, collaboration and teamwork
- SMED training and implementation
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