Production Shift Supervisor

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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