Production Manager (Eng Background)

We are seeking an experiienced Production Manager who is from an engineering backgroound: Objective: Manage the operation to make product:

• Right First Time.
• On Time.
• Cost Effectively. (Targets to be set and agreed) This does not include purchasing and supply chain activities To do this the Ops Mngr will need to:

1. Set up a series of KPIs – to understand how well they are currently performing. Key measures will include: Safety; Quality; Cost; Delivery; People
2. Manage Health & Safety – understand how they need to comply with H&S standards and ensure all know what’s required of them to meet these standards and have the necessary, skills and equipment to do so.
3. Manage Quality:
4. Have identified the standards of work, product, service the Operation needs to perform at
5. Have ensured these standards are clearly communicated and understood by all (SOPs, QMS etc)
6. Be measuring issues of non-conformance
7. Be improving quality
8. Manage Cost:
9. Have agreed times (or estimates) for how long things will take
10. Ensure times / estimates are used in quotations for work
11. Operate within a budget
12. Organises operational capacity to meet demand cost effectively – in line with agreed times / estimates.
13. Measures efficiency
14. Improves efficiency
15. Manage Delivery:
16. Organises capacity to meet demand
17. Measures ability to meet demand
18. Improves ability to meet demand
19. Manage People:
20. Ensures all people understand what’s expected of them
21. Carries out regular reviews with each person to help develop the individual (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities for Improvement – Individual’s aspirations)
22. Develops people to have the skills the Operation needs to work effectively
23. Creates a great work environment that is both a good and productive place to work