Job Purpose:
* Oversee department H&S and quality needs,
* Maintain a clean & tidy working environment – using the 5s philosophy,
* Develop & maintain individuals’ training and skill requirements,
* lead teams and direct focus towards goals for achieving production deliverables,
* Be a strong communicator and team motivator,
* Being an ambassador/voice of the mechanical fitting team,
* Demonstrate strong engineering, mechanical skills to assist with manufacturing/production problems,
* Participates in working activities & solves working problems,
* Focus on continuous improvements by creating efficiencies, implementing & completing projects,
* Covering areas/tasks in the absence of the production manager.
Key Responsibilities:
* Department H&S – work area checks at end of working day – promoting good housekeeping.
* Overseeing machine build progress.
* Achieving production deliverables ready for electrical fitting and FAT’s.
* Communicating, leading & motivating the team.
* Act as an educator, communicates expectations – processes, procedures, quality standards & mentoring individuals, e.g. apprentices, new starters.
* Encouraging collaboration & teamwork.
* Setting high quality expectations & upskilling others.
* Reviewing shelf-life of adhesives, checking stock levels of consumables – requesting purchase.
Qualifications:
* Apprenticeship trained
* City & Guilds
* ONC
* trade qualification
* CSE, GCSE, NVQ in English Math, other.
Skills:
* Mechanical Instrument / Special machine building and fitting.
* Understanding and working to technical drawings, using measuring instruments & following SOP’s.
* Bench craft skills – marking drilling cutting, threading, forming & using various hand tools.
* Minimum of 5-year’s experience, in a mechanical manufacturing environment.
* Computer literate and competent in Microsoft