Catfoss Recruitment Ltd are currently in partnership with an award-winning specialist manufacturing company based in Oxfordshire and they are looking to recruit a Production Supervisor (Night Shift) on a permanent basis to their expanding team.Production Supervisor (Nights) - ROLE OVERVIEW The role of the Supervisor is to oversee and facilitate the safe and efficient running of a production area, by leading all members of the team in, maintaining the quality of the product, communicating production/maintenance schedules to the group, providing clear and concise hand overs between shifts and reporting results back to management. You must have a professional and positive ‘can do’ attitude that reflects the culture and high standards of the organization whilst able to motivate all team players to achieve specified quality standards, production targets, business objectives and communication across all business units.Production Supervisor (Nights) ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Quality• Compliance with product quality standards in accordance with the company quality manual and visual aids and reporting to Production Manager/Quality Department where required.• Control process flows within the unit ensuring all Quality and H&S standards are met.• Maintain the SCRAP log, ensuring all scrap is logged and all corrective actions are actioned.• Ensure all finished product leaving the production area is correctly and safely packaged ready for shipping.• Coordinate all raw materials coming into the unit ensuring it is of the correct specification to the BOM, correct quality, and within date.Cost• Monitor the unit, always looking to ‘continuously improve’ all aspects of the environment and working practices.• Optimising labour distribution according to priorities to deliver production requirements.• Ensure all machines are running optimally and are correct to the relevant setting documents.• Monitor, manage and reduce unit consumable costs.• Reduce the waste and scrap within the unit.Delivery• Monitor and communicate production requirements to and from the business and team using supplied production processes (Hand over sheets, registers, skills matrix, etc.).• Maintain planning schedule from sales order book to ensure customer demand is met ‘On Time In Full’.• Electronic booking of stock from shifts production output.• Ensure all machines are handed over to Maintenance in a “safe state” and at the correct time.• Carryout all tool changes to ensure they are completed efficiently to reduce machine downtime.• Ensure all machines are handed back to production in a “ready to run” condition.People Management• Rotation of staff within the team to ensure a good balance of skill sets and cross training.• Maintain skills matrix for your unit, identifying and acting upon skill gaps.• Educating the team on safe systems of work and correct handling of product and machinery, including PPE requirements.• Manage team motivation.Production Supervisor (Nights) - MANDATORY RESPONSIBILITIES All employees have the following responsibilities:• Working in accordance with the company health and safety policy to take reasonable care for their own and colleagues health and safety, reporting any incidents via your line manager or Health and Safety representative.• Refrain from intentionally misusing or recklessly interfering with anything that has been provided for health and safety reasons.• Adhere to the Company’s H&S requirements (i.e. risk assessments, work instructions and through training). • Work in accordance with information and training provided, and not undertake any task for which authorisation and / or training has not been given.Production Supervisor (Nights) - DESIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCETechnical• Experience working as a supervisor in a fast pasted, high pressured manufacturing environment• Forklift License• Lean techniques• Quality Inspections & Audits• Monitor and Track Production KPI’s• Understanding of TPM• Injection/Compression moulding experience• Tool changing experience• Machine setting experience• Robot programmingIT Skills• PC skills using Microsoft Office applicationsSoft Skills• Supervisory skills including, educating and motivating a team• Good communication skills, verbally and in writing• Issue resolution – covering product, process and personnel• Understanding of ‘Continuous Improvement’• Good team player, coach, mentor and motivator• Patient leader of peopleYou will report directly to the Production Manager on a day-to-day basis. All staff are required to work as part of a team, and therefore you can also expect to report into senior members of staff across other areas of the business. You may at times be required to support other roles and responsibilities within the business, in addition to your regular roles and responsibilities outlined above. Production Supervisor (Nights) previous suitable job titles: Manufacturing Supervisor, Production Manager, Production Shift Supervisor, Production Shift Manager, Nights Production Supervisor, Nights Production Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Production Team Leader, Manufacturing Team LeaderPlease apply ASAPDue to current high volumes of applications to our advertised jobs, we are unable to respond to every application. All successful candidates will be contacted as soon as possible.....Read more...
