Production Section Leader
Full job description
Anthony James Recruitment
Salary: £42,000 – £48,000 per year
Production Section Leader
Uxbridge, Greater London £35,000 – £40,000
Company Profile
As a market leading manufacturer in their field this company has developed their own product lines within in their niche market. They have an open friendly management style with a vision on developing their staff both internally and external. This has enabled them to have a very high staff retention rate and teams that work together to achieve the production targets and company goals.
Job Profile
Being the successful Production Section Leader you will experience working in a well-structured and friendly environment with a company that has a minimal turnover of staff.
You will have overall responsibility for the shift team of 12 – 15. You will manage the team on a day to day basis from motivation and development through to ensuring machine weekly target are met. This team will include machine operators and setters, assemblers and material handlers.
Duties
* Monitor MRP plans and recommend any changes to works order plans to satisfy master schedules where applicable
* Ensure that the correct plans are issued to the work station, in-line with the relevant bill of materials and machine capability
* Organise departmental quality circles to answer customers and internal complaints in response to published reject analysis data
* Maximise machine and labour capacity to achieve maximum output and turnover, while keeping reject and scrap rates to a minimum
* Responsible for training the operators within the department
* Maintain the preventive maintenance procedures to achieve maximum machine availability
* Monitor stock levels of all consumables and materials used within the department
* Maintain relevant departmental data on the company customer system which is SAP
* Liaise with other departmental supervision to effect good work flow and shift changeovers
* Comply fully with all current health & safety regulations in operation within the company whilst carrying out your duties
Skills & Experience
* Experience of motivating and developing teams
* Excellent problem solving skills
* Desire to learn and develop further skills
* Knowledge of SAP would be an advantage
Hours & Benefits
* 40hrs per week
* 15.00 – 23.00 Monday – Friday
* 25 days holiday
* Bonuses
* Company pension scheme
* Death in Service scheme
* Subsidised canteen
* Excellent working conditions
Key Skills
Production Section Leader, Chargehand, Team Leader, Production, Engineering, Manufacture, Manufacturing, Machining, Welding, Assembly, MRP, M.R.P, SAP, Packing, Packaging
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