Reporting to

Production Manager / Head of Manufacturing

Purpose of the Role

Supervise the machine shop to assist in the timely delivery of parts to high standards, maintaining a high level of diligence, ensuring safety, quality and customer specifications are met.

Key Responsibilities

* Supervise the machine shop (Team of approx.10)

* Ensure the team produce specific component parts to high tolerance.

* Carry out all responsibilities as instructed by the Production Management team.

* Offer insights and feedback into work allocation.

* Ensure teams members are clear and concise on the shift objectives.

* Daily hand overs with the night shift

* Work closely with Fabrication Lead, delegate cut lists, manage saw man's time in line with production needs.

* Ensure production deadlines are met.

* Champion and standardise good working practices / initiatives ensuring innovative processes are implemented and maintained

* Drive efficiencies and continuous improvement

* Produce component parts in tolerance of drawing specifications.

* Maintain a high standard of quality control.

* Investigate Dept. NCR's and offer 'lessons learnt'

* Communicate regularly with the Production Management team on specific production requirements.

* Ensure the work environment is conducive to product and service quality

* Comply with the Management System requirements for Health and Safety ensuring others work to company and policies and procedures.

* Report any accidents to line manager.

* Comply with Risk Assessments, Method Statements and the Health and Safety Management System.

* Ensure compliance with the management systems requirement for the Environment and Quality by working to company policies and procedures.

* Liaise and work in partnership with all other functions

* Undertake additional responsibilities and tasks as required

Key Skills

* Supervisory experience.

* Competent in the technical aspects of CNC Turning / Milling / Manual Machining.

* Experience working with both ferrous and non-ferrous materials.

* Able to produce components to a high standard whilst working to tight deadlines

* Working knowledge and general awareness of health and safety issues

* Team-player and ability to work on own initiative

* Attention to detail

Desirable Qualifications

* Minimum City & Guilds or NVQ in relevant discipline (Desirable)