Shift Supervisor

Key Duties:

• Work with other departments to meet and better production targets, particularly plant output, plant operations, product quality, product cost and department expenditure.
  
  
• Enable the shift to keep the plant running at most efficient operating conditions.
  
  
• Manage WIP to ensure minimum stock holding and dwell within operational KPIs.
  
  
• Liaise with production planning to ensure machine schedule and priority parts are adhered to.
  
  
• Report downtimes and put preventative actions in place.
  
  
• Communicate with maintenance team to ensure planned maintenance and production priorities are considered.
  
  
• Monitor and record floor to floor times against plan.
  
  
• Use problem solving techniques to resolve issues and implement improvements.
  
  
• Daily housekeeping walk and corrective measures activated.
  
  
• Liaise with supporting functions on plan quality, trouble shooting, maintenance and improvements.
  
  
• Facilitate daily production meeting(s)
  
  
• Produce reports (using a variety of methods) to cover SQCDP.
  
  
• Attend and support Shift Manager at meetings. Chair meetings where necessary.
  
  Knowledge & Experience
  
  
• Knowledge of HSE requirements and demonstrable experience proving ability to apply correctly (essential)
  
  
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience with a proven track record of Supervision/Management in a manufacturing setting (essential)
  
  
• Minimum of ILM or CMI Level 3 or equivalent supervisory qualifications. (essential)
  
  
• Extensive knowledge of Engineering production processes, preferably in Aerospace or Automotive
  
  
• Knowledge of quality standards, particularly ISO9001/AS9100
  
  
• Ability to coach and train others (essential)
  
  
• Demonstrable lean manufacturing skills and experience: can provide a case study example demonstrating driving a process improvement from start to end (essential)
  
  
• IT literature – capable with Microsoft Office package and can create excel formulas to manipulate data (essential)
  
  
• Experience using ERP systems (essential)