Production Controller
At Todd Hayes, we are very excited to be recruiting for a well-established, hugely successful and growing manufacturing company based in Thetford.
Key Skills
* Ability to absorb and assimilate technical information.
* Sound computer skills utilising Microsoft Office and experience of MRP software preferable; LN, training will be given.
* Good communication skills
* Methodical, systematic approach to tasks with excellent attention to detail
* Tenacious and enthusiastic
* Experience from within an engineering manufacturing environment ideal
Job Specification
* Working closely with both the Production Manager and Heavy Planner/Controller together with the manufacturing supervisors to ensure the timely and efficient production of our slidebed range of products.
* Generating production orders for in house manufactured items.
* Attending the monthly slidebed production meetings commenting on material availability and project progress & issues and producing the production meeting minutes by the end of the week in which the meeting was held.
* Working closely with the Stores personnel to ensure timely delivery of kits for all production depts.
* Liaise with Purchasing to ensure the collection of subcon items for further processing is done in a timely manner.
* Responsible for scheduling ALL products through the laser and on the brake press, assessing requirements for overtime or the need for extra work to keep them busy and liaising with the Operations Manager to effect starting and stopping overtime.
* Working with the senior management team, Production Manager & Heavy Production Controller assessing priorities with respect to production resources and sub-contractors.
* Generally working with the various production departments tackling any material supply problems they encounter; researching the issue and ensuring it is resolved properly for the future.
* Assisting the Production department with all production planning associated tasks as required.
* Ensure production orders for outputs each month are completed and closed in a timely fashion with thorough reviews being carried out so as to minimise Material variances on each project, as well as monthly reviews of created, printed, released and active orders to ensure the data is clean and up to date.
* Working with colleagues to assist with the smooth introduction of FactoryTrack.
* Generally working with the Production admin team to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the production processes.
About the role:
This position will suit a highly motivated individual who is willing to work within a fast-paced professional environment and be eager to develop themselves and the role moving forward.
Production is the very heart of our clients business and planning & controlling every aspect from raw material movement to generating profiles and small assemblies for stock to ensuring we have enough labour at the right time to achieve our outputs. The person in this role with have their finger on the pulse of the slidebed production knowing where material & fabrications are and the status of each job; totally focussing on the prompt and accurate supply of material and labour including pushing things to sub-contracting if need be. This person will enjoy working within a fast-paced environment in a challenging and varied role. Seeing slidebed builds through their entire production – start to finish.
Holiday Entitlement: 20 days + BH
For further details regarding this fantastic opportunity, please forward a copy of your CV today and we will be happy to discuss the role and the company in more detail!
Todd Hayes Ltd is an equal opportunities employer. Due to the large number of applications, we receive I’m afraid we are unable to respond to everyone individually however your details will remain on file should another suitable opportunity become available moving forward.
If we can take your application further, we will of course be in touch.
Todd Hayes is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Todd Hayes Ltd