Production Supervisor - Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

Role: Production Supervisor

Salary: £40,000 - £42,000 (Including shift allowance)

Hours of work: Monday to Friday 2.45pm - 11pm

Location: Buckingham

MDE are currently looking for a Production Supervisor to join a leading manufacturer of high-end products for the worlds leading performance and luxury Automotive brands.

Key Responsibilities:

Shift operational responsibility for Assembly, Moulding, Aluminising, Coating & Anti-fog including the following:

• Organisation of all manpower to achieve the daily production & activity plan.
• Organisation of all Technicians to achieve the daily production & activity plan.
• Organisation of all Team Leaders to achieve all daily & weekly plans.
• Raising Tool or Maintenance tickets and escalating concerns to the Manufacturing Manager as appropriate.
• Liaise with the Production Planner to understand schedule position and constraints.
• Supporting on calls and escalation within the shift.
• Maintain personnel records for all staff on a daily, weekly & monthly basis.
• Drive and monitor internal zone flexibility and skill.
• Manage and mentor shop floor training of new workers through a managed on-the-job training programme..
• Isolation, stock control and inspection of quality related concerns including Quality Alert sharing.
• Maintain daily 5S standards within operational zones through the coordination of the Team Leaders.
• Effective handover of all information to the following shift and receipt of handover from the previous shift.
• Weekly feedback to Manufacturing Manager on operators attendance and punctuality
• Create EOS report:
• Review all production performance sheets with team leader mid-shift and at end of shift.
• Create EOS report and provide them to Manufacturing Manager.
• Review EOS sheets following day with T/L and discuss points raised by Manufacturing Manager.

Responsibility for the following Assembly, Mould Shop & Aluminising KPIs:

• Production downtime.
• Technician downtime.
• Tool change plan vs actual [time].
• Provide accurate zone and shift headcount to Production Manager daily, and advise on shortages/requirements.

Health & Safety responsibilities:

• Continual review of gangways and fire exits are clear for use and free of debris.
• Once daily audit of operator workstations and area safety Inc. tooling & equipment.
• Accidents, near-miss reports to be completed within reasonable timeframe.
• Root cause analysis with appropriate countermeasures to be initiated and monitored for affectability.

Process

• Two operators per day, audit of process confirmation against job pack conformance.
• Once per shift first-off part quality standard audit, all tool changes on all machines.
• Weekly 5S audit.
• Weekly safety audit.
• Weekly process audit.

Area

• Weekly review of Manufacturing Manager 5S audit, with results and corrective action plan.
• Weekly review of Manufacturing Manager Safety audit, with results and corrective action plan.
• Weekly review of Manufacturing Manager Process audit, with results and corrective action plan.

Improvement activities.

• Mentor staff and pro-actively assist development of all improvement activities on all zones.
• Escalation procedure to be followed in line with procedures.

Experience and Qualifications:

• At least 2 years previous experience at a supervisory level.
• 5 years experience in a plastic component production environment.
• Management and Leadership experience.
• Injection Moulding expertise.
• Previous experience of Quality and Environmental systems and procedures.
• Previous experience of implementing SMED (*_Single-Minute Exchange of Dies_).*
• Capable of driving and leading continuous improvement initiatives.
• Previous experience of handling chemical substances and hazardous waste.
• Experience with Microsoft office, excel, word, PowerPoint.
• Good presentation and communication skills.
• Experience of dealing with disciplinary and grievance issues.
• Be an effective communicator with other departments within the organisation.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Approachable personality.
• Good Team player