Reporting to

Production Manager / Head of Manufacturing

Purpose of the Role

Supervise the machine shop to assist in the timely delivery of parts to high standards, maintaining a high level of diligence, ensuring safety, quality and customer specifications are met.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise the machine shop (Team of approx.10)
• Ensure the team produce specific component parts to high tolerance.
• Carry out all responsibilities as instructed by the Production Management team.
• Offer insights and feedback into work allocation.
• Ensure teams members are clear and concise on the shift objectives.
• Daily hand overs with the night shift
• Work closely with Fabrication Lead, delegate cut lists, manage saw man’s time in line with production needs.
• Ensure production deadlines are met.
• Champion and standardise good working practices / initiatives ensuring innovative processes are implemented and maintained
• Drive efficiencies and continuous improvement
• Produce component parts in tolerance of drawing specifications.
• Maintain a high standard of quality control.
• Investigate Dept. NCR’s and offer ‘lessons learnt’
• Communicate regularly with the Production Management team on specific production requirements.
• Ensure the work environment is conducive to product and service quality
• Comply with the Management System requirements for Health and Safety ensuring others work to company and policies and procedures.
• Report any accidents to line manager.
• Comply with Risk Assessments, Method Statements and the Health and Safety Management System.
• Ensure compliance with the management systems requirement for the Environment and Quality by working to company policies and procedures.
• Liaise and work in partnership with all other functions
• Undertake additional responsibilities and tasks as required

Key Skills

• Supervisory experience.
• Competent in the technical aspects of CNC Turning / Milling / Manual Machining.
• Experience working with both ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
• Able to produce components to a high standard whilst working to tight deadlines
• Working knowledge and general awareness of health and safety issues
• Team-player and ability to work on own initiative
• Attention to detail

Desirable Qualifications

• Minimum City & Guilds or NVQ in relevant discipline (Desirable)