Manufacturing Supervisor in Bangor

Department: Production

Reports to: Production Manager, through the Production Supervisor

Job Type: Full Time Permanent – 2 week rotating shift pattern Mon – Thurs (day shift 0730-1930hrs and nightshift 1930-0730hrs). Successful candidate must also be able to work overtime when required (at times on short notice) or change shift if required.

Role Purpose: As Extrusion Team Leader in the extrusion department you will play a crucial role in ensuring smooth and efficient operations within the department. You will be responsible for coordinating daily activities, supervising staff, and making sure production targets are met while maintaining quality and safety standards, ensuring customer requirements are met. As Team Leader you will act as a bridge between management and your team, communicating goals, resolving issues and motivating the team to perform at their best. You will also monitor workflows, ensure efficient utilisation of materials and machines, identify areas for improvement, and help implement processes that increase productivity and reduce waste.

Key Responsibilities:

• To lead by example and promote good employee relations within your team.
• To support the Production Supervisor in ensuring an efficient and productive department, whilst at the same time supporting the management team in promotion of company policies and procedures in all aspects of the company.
• To ensure all production complies with company and customer specifications, the required quality standards and that all checks and documentation have been accurately completed in accordance with ISO or other relevant standards.
• To maintain and improve housekeeping standards within the plant and to enforce safe working practices in accordance with the company’s Health and Safety Policy.
• To promote good communications between all areas of manufacturing, facilitating effective problem solving and enhanced understanding of customer and company requirements.
• To liaise with scheduling and purchasing to ensure materials are available, thus minimising downtime and scrap.
• To identify opportunities for material saving through the use of recycling, alternatives and specifications.
• To assist in the development and training of extrusion operators in line with company business objectives.
• To assist the company in all areas of continuous improvement with innovative ideas and facilitating problem solving using Lean tools.
• To drive Lean projects within the department.
• To ensure effective planning and execution of daily activities with regard to people, tooling and machines.
• To ensure proper completion of relevant D365 requirements.
• To carry out external training as and when required.

Management reserves the right to add any other reasonable duty to this job description.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• GCSE Maths and English or equivalent.
• At least 2 years’ supervisory/people management experience within a fast paced, highly pressurised manufacturing facility.
• At least 2 years’ experience running a production department.
• Experience/skill in understanding schedules to ensure customer orders are met on time.
• Experience in computerised stock systems.
• Working knowledge of 6S housekeeping standards.
• Working knowledge of H&S procedures within a busy department.
• Good numeric skills.

Key Skills:

• High level of motivation/positive attitude and action orientated.
• Organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise and make decisions.
• Able to embrace personal challenges, use own initiative and work unsupervised.
• Able to engage participation and commitment from team members, including setting objectives and defining responsibilities.
• Able to achieve results by setting high standards and communicating clear objectives.
• Strong problem solving skills, offering logical solutions.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Be confident and self aware.

Desired Skills:

• Yellow Belt and/or qualification.
• Supervisory qualification.
• Knowledge of working to Value Stream principles.
• Knowledge of ISO9001.
• Knowledge of plastics extrusion.

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