The Company:
With the company's success continuing to grow steadily, they are looking at expanding the work force on site in order to maintain production levels. They are a market leader within a highly profitable precision manufacturing industry and are looking forward to another successful year within this marketplace. The business has shown consistent growth and is constantly developing new systems to maintain their competitive advantage in existing markets. The Machine ShopManager will receive support and development which will provide you with an excellent opportunity to further yourself and progress your career within a continually expanding business.
The Role:
To plan, coordinate and control the resources of people, materials and equipment employed within the Machine Shop & Production Engineering departments to ensure that products are produced efficiently; that they are of the right quality, quantity, and cost; and that they are produced on time within a CNC manufacturing environment. Leading and guiding the Production Engineering team and Machining team to identify methods of manufacturing which deliver continuous improvement and efficiencies.
Monitor the requirements of the Master Shipment Plan – Shortage list, and support planning with expected completion dates for the work to be carried out.
Meet daily with the Machine Shop Team Leaders to check and monitor progress against the production plan (Resource Work to List / Master Shipment Plan requirements) to ensure that it is achieved in a timely and cost-effective manner. Establishing accurate cycle times and updating the system accordingly. Ensure the highest priority job is always worked on.
Monitor daily machine hours, loss times, efficiencies, labour and machine utilisation to improve OEE and effective utilisation.
Participate in the Weekly Capacity Meeting, reviewing the current capacity graphs for all key resources and the utilisation and performance of each.
Review manning levels and make recommendations to ensure the levels are suitable to successfully achieve the requirements of the production plan.
The Candidate
* Production or Workshop Management experience within a precision or CNC manufacturing environment
* Technical background ideal or qualification
* Experience of managing CNC machine shop for high strength grade materials with horizontal milling, turning, VMCs, spark and wire cut process.
* Considerable experience in all aspects of workshop practice.
* Experience in all aspects of Production management i.e. - Materials Management, Inventory Control, Production Control, and Purchasing Management.
* Experience of supervising and managing a large team of employees
* Experience of advanced manufacturing tools and techniques to monitor and improve productivity of machine shop
If you are interested please call Justin Reynolds on (phone number removed) or apply online
* Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this position
Salary description
£55000.00 - £60000.00 per year