Production Office Apprentice

Main Duties:

To learn and contribute to improvements in the Production Office Planning and scheduling: planning and organising the production of a companies products Co-ordination between sales, design/production to ensure customer delivered are achieved Identifying issues: detecting and resolving issues as they arise Improving processes: finding ways to improve productivity and reduce costs Communicating: working with other employees and suppliers to ensure the production process runs smoothly Reporting: creating status and performance reports and presenting them to managers Complying with regulations: ensuring compliance with health and safety standards and workplace legislation Estimate project needs for manpower, equipment and raw materials Manage project paperwork Ensure that correct robust data is recorded onto the MRP system Managing material and equipment availability, scheduling production and monitoring the production process for problems Responsible for daily upkeep of databases, expediting workloads from the technical office, for on time delivery/issuing Correct planning of the production facility capacities Responsibility for managing the NCRs planning and correct data recording against the correct sales order number

Accountability:

To check the production programme daily and raise queries with the appropriate staff to ensure that the correct materials are available to meet the production requirements To plan the production capacity, communicate with both technical office and production to pull information from one department to the other

Nature & Scope

To plan the production capacity, communicate with both Technical Office and Production to pull information from one department to the other Plan and organise production workflow for one or multiple products Review and prioritize operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay Estimate project needs of manpower, equipment and raw materials. Set goals, tasks and priorities for workers and other staff Forecasting, scheduling, making decisions, planning and material control

Decision making:

Decides on the quality of raw materials needed to me the production programmed Testing and defining workflow Establish a strategy for ordering materials Spot potential bottlenecks Implement regular personnel training Improving production efficiences via automation Keep company data safe and under control Planning - planning determines what will be produced, by whom, and how Routing - routing determines the path raw materials flow withim the factory Scheduling - scheduling emphasises when the operation will be completed Loading, disptaching, following up

Workplace skills you will learn as part of this apprenticeship within an Engineering firm:

Workplan - Company MRP system Autocad - standard drawing application Radan - Proprietary quoting/nesting software Autodesk Inventor - Proprietary design/drawing software Rad-import - Proprietary quoting/nesitng software BOM Importer - in house materials importer Technical drawing

Training:

There is no day release to college required for this apprenticeship course.

You will be assigned an assessor who will visit you approxaimately every 8 weeks in the workplace to support you on your apprenticeship Upon successful completion you will receive a Level 3 Business Adminsitration qualification You may be required to complete English/maths Functional Skills if you do not hold a grade 4/C/Level 2 Functional Skills upon enrolment

Training Outcome:
Progression to a fully employed Production Assistant

Employer Description:
We have a great track record in taking on and retaining apprentices. We have also been awarded the 'Gold Standard Excellent Employer' accreditation from Next Gen Makers.

Working Hours :
Monday to Friday 08:00- 16:30

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Problem solving skills,Analytical skills,Outgoing