Production Manager needed at Redheads Engineering Solutions Ltd

Purpose of the job:

• The Production Manager coordinates the activities required for the production department, monitors, and advises on the performance of the production department and produces data and reports on performance, and company production objectives.
• Note: Only candidates with injection moulding experience will be considered.

Minimum requirements:

• BTech or ND in Production Management or similar.
• At least 5 years’ experience in injection moulding machine setting and optimisation.
• At least 3 years supervisory experience.
• Previous work experience in high volume plastics manufacturing environment.
• Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Preferably experienced with databases.
• Problem solving techniques, assist with training of personnel.

Major responsibilities:

• Maximise the usage of all process equipment, personnel in the goal of supplying the customers with quality products and on time delivery.
• Ensure compliance with the quality management system (QMS).
• Ensure the company complies with all environmental requirements and systems (EMS).
• Responsible for health and safety of the production staff.
• Continuous improvement, lean manufacturing.
• Ensure that production work instructions eg. Production Process Flow charts, Setting Sheets, Inspection Instructions, Job Cards, Packaging and Transport details are adequate and complied with.
• Assistance in cross functional audits in line with the requirements of ISO 9001: 2015 and the internal audit plan.
• Control of any company expenditure related to the production department.