Production Manager
Location: Cape Town - Cape Flats (Maccassar - Landsdowne)
Responsibilities:
- Managing factory employees (approx. 30 people) including:
- Production planning in each department and ensuring adequate scheduling of staff.
- Monitoring and managing time and motion of factory employees.
- Ensuring every job is completed on time and in full with all quality standards met.
- Ensuring production equipment is working properly and maintained.
- Ensuring standard operating procedures are adhered to at all times and/or developing new standard operating procedures.
- Ensuring all staff is trained and organizing training when needed.
- Ensuring all Health and Safety regulations are met in line with South African legislation.
- Regularly presenting feedback to management on all issues related to production manager's role.
- Ensuring responsible waste control.
- Establishing a balance between increased productivity and reduced costs of manufacturing operations.
- Setting productivity goals for each manufacturing team.
- Developing workflow policies and procedures that improve efficiency without compromising safety or quality.
- Managing various teams in the factory – i.e., CNC, Perspex, Metal, etc.
- Liaising with Project managers and Rigging manager regarding production and installations.
- Management of the company’s production and fabrication processes including review of the issued specifications, bill of quantities, drawings, time schedules, and works instructions, and making necessary proposals if changes are required.
- Managing materials, manpower, and equipment to effectively meet delivery times, quality standards, and cost parameters.
- Monitoring that all project timelines are being met daily and that the quality of products and components manufactured meets acceptable standards.
- Quality & Costs Management – ensuring all product and work produced meets targeted quality and minimizes waste and reworks.
- On Time Delivery Targets – ensuring targets are met consistently and managing supervisors and staff on productivity and time & attendance targets.
- Health & Safety Parameters – ensuring all safety requirements are in place and met.
- Equipment Condition – maintaining all equipment and tools on an asset register and maintenance schedule.
- Maintenance schedule of all tools and machinery.
- Waste & Housekeeping – ensuring the factory and premises are neat & tidy at all times and waste is categorized for disposal or recovery.
- Daily communication and planning review with shop floor to effectively manage staff performance.
- Manpower management including daily review and weekly reporting of time and attendance of staff, output against delivery schedules and quality standards.
- Requesting and obtaining freight quotations for shipping and organizing collection by the relevant rigging team.
- Checking and optimizing the cost of freight with optimum loading and shipping of jobs.
- Liaising with rigging & service manager regarding target dates for delivery of products.
Skills:
- Strong commitment to service delivery including meeting project deadlines, quality standards, and cost estimates.
- Ability to take and follow through on corrective action required by staff, including coaching and disciplinary action.
- Zero tolerance for non-performance by staff to maintain output levels.
- Ability to communicate and motivate staff effectively.
- Strong focus on following technical and production work instructions daily.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience:
- Qualification in Production and Process management at NQF Level.
- 10 years in an operational managerial role, preferably in a job shop operation.
- Experience in handling schedules, materials, manpower, and delivering performance.
- Knowledge of effective task allocation and scheduling to meet quality standards and delivery targets.
- Working knowledge of applicable labour legislation in a factory environment.
- Experience using information technology for administration and feedback.
- Knowledge of Health & Safety requirements of a factory.
Profile:
Strong result-driven Production Manager that will oversee overall aspects of the value chain, technical aspects, and costings, coming from a technical hands-on background.
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