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Manufacturing Supervisor / England
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Added: | 2019-05-07 |
Location: | Reading, England |
Salary: | Competitive salary, excellent packages |
Duration: | Permanent |
Apjid | 3 |
Our Clients Manufacturing based in Reading is responsible for delivering items for the Oil & Gas Market, manufacturing both hydraulic distribution and topside electrical products. We are looking for an experienced Manufacturing Supervisor/Manager who can strengthen our team and support our ambitious growth plans and lead our day to day Manufacturing activities
Qualifications / Personal Attributes:
- Lead a team of Assembly & Test Technicians within the Reading Manufacturing site
- Provide performance feedback, both informal and formal, to technicians on a regular basis
- Provide, or enable, coaching and mentoring, including identifying training needs and requirements for technical development, working within the competency framework owned by Production Engineering
- Assign production orders to individual technicians based on priorities provided by Manufacturing Planning
- Facilitate technical problem solving, ensuring that issues are flagged, captured with a Quality Notification as applicable, and are being actioned by the relevant Production Support Engineer
- Work with Production Engineering to ensure that procedures & best practice documents are followed and maintained, and that test equipment is readily available and reviewed in line with the maintenance schedule
- Lead by example with regards to Continuous Improvement, including ensuring participation & engagement of the team in Mylar Board & 5S activities
- Provide input to daily operation meetings, giving updates to job progress and highlighting any issues requiring resolution
- As required attend design reviews, first article build, pre-production and other meetings representing the Reading shop floor
- Be an active champion for Continuous Improvement, working with the embedded Continuous Improvement advisor within Manufacturing
- At all times maintain a focus on HSSE, including participating in Safety Walks and ensuring unsafe activities are stopped
- As necessary, perform other duties requiring a similar level of skill and responsibility
Qualifications / Personal Attributes:
- HNC or higher in Engineering discipline, or similar demonstrable equivalent experience
- Demonstrable experience of leading a team
- Understanding of Lean methodologies, including 5S
- Working knowledge of mechanical assembly, repair & testing systems
- Proficient in Microsoft Windows, Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint
- Working knowledge of SAP desirable
- Confident communicator, both verbal & written
- Leader – able to allocate & assign work
- Analytical – able to constructively resolve issues on shop floor
- Team Player
- Proactive
- Organised
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