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
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Supervise the machine shop (Team of approx.10)
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Ensure the team produce specific component parts to high tolerance.
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Carry out all responsibilities as instructed by the Production Management team.
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Offer insights and feedback into work allocation.
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Ensure teams members are clear and concise on the shift objectives.
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Daily hand overs with the night shift
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Work closely with Fabrication Lead, delegate cut lists, manage saw man’s time in line with production needs.
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Ensure production deadlines are met.
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Champion and standardise good working practices / initiatives ensuring innovative processes are implemented and maintained
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Drive efficiencies and continuous improvement
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Produce component parts in tolerance of drawing specifications.
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Maintain a high standard of quality control.
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Investigate Dept. NCR’s and offer ‘lessons learnt’
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Communicate regularly with the Production Management team on specific production requirements.
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Ensure the work environment is conducive to product and service quality
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Comply with the Management System requirements for Health and Safety ensuring others work to company and policies and procedures.
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Report any accidents to line manager.
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Comply with Risk Assessments, Method Statements and the Health and Safety Management System.
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Ensure compliance with the management systems requirement for the Environment and Quality by working to company policies and procedures.
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Liaise and work in partnership with all other functions
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Undertake additional responsibilities and tasks as required
Key Skills
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Supervisory experience.
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Competent in the technical aspects of CNC Turning / Milling / Manual Machining.
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Experience working with both ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
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Able to produce components to a high standard whilst working to tight deadlines
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Working knowledge and general awareness of health and safety issues
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Team-player and ability to work on own initiative
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Attention to detail
Desirable Qualifications
- Minimum City & Guilds or NVQ in relevant discipline (Desirable)