Production Supervisor (machining)

MTrecs new career opportunity

As a Production Supervisor you will manage the machine shop to maximise output with a key focus on proactively driving and implementing continuous improvement in a precision engineering manufacturing environment.

If you have supervised within a machining environment then this position could be ideal for you.

The job you’ll do

• Lead, motivate and develop your team to achieve business goals, ensuring work standards are met and aligned with company policies and procedures.
• Create a process driven culture and remove variation supporting achievement of short and medium-term goals.
• Communicate and implement company policies, procedures and practices.
• Drive the Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People (SQCDP) culture.
• Implement and develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Lead daily SQCDP cell meetings.
• Proactive management of absence and performance issues.
• Ensure full compliance to all business standards (H&S, quality and site performance).
• Ensure incidents/accidents are captured, reported and contained with corrective actions.
• Support in delivering business objectives.
• Provide guidance and feedback to team members, setting clear expectations.
• Identify poor performance and manage through performance improvement plans.
• Ensure training and development needs are identified and met.
• Contain faults and put corrective actions in place.
• Understand and drive Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) across the site.
• Ensure constructive handover and capture of all issues is completed.
• Practice and maintain 5S standards.
• Ensure quality systems and procedures are being adhered to i.e. first and last off inspections, in-process checks, Statistical Process Control (SPC) data and completion of documentation.
• Liaise with production engineers to jig and fixture design and routing amendments to ensure processes are capable of achieving drawing tolerances.
• Support with amendments to work lists on a daily basis.
• Promote and ensure high standards of quality at all times.
• Drive, implement and support continuous improvements ensuring improvements are acted upon
• Trouble shoot manufacturing problems to achieve optimal manufacturing outcome.
• Collate and report data to identify problem areas.
• Ensure that you work in a safe manner and comply with the British Engines Group Health, Safety and Environmental Policy.

About You

• To apply, we ask that you are an experienced Production Supervisor with significant experience working in a fast-paced engineering/manufacturing environment, ideally in high precision machining.
• You will have experience managing teams in manufacturing processes, including staffing levels and machine capacity planning.
• You will be experienced in implementing and maintaining HSE standards and able to demonstrate people management to motivate and develop your team.
• We are looking for someone who is a strong leader, results orientated, with ability to plan and deliver against production deadlines.
• If you can demonstrate strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive, positive and enthusiastic approach to adopt and implement new ideas and processes we would love to hear from you.
• NEBOSH general certificate and six-sigma green belt qualification would be advantageous.
• This position will be on a full time, permanent basis, and working day shift hours of 38.75 per week.

The Rewards and the Benefits

• Wellbeing app (Employee Assistance Program)
• Holiday buy and sell
• Car scheme
• Competitive pay
• Enhanced pension
• Training and development