Milling Machineshop Manager

SUMMARY:
Milling Machineshop Manager

POSITION INFO:
Job Description:

• Select and develop the right people by understanding team dynamics and developing a strong working team; create a balance of diverse skills and personalities to create effective, innovative and proactive teams.

 

• Manage and coordinate subordinates by communicating job expectations; planning and assigning jobs; monitoring production and observing and appraising progress and improvement.

 

• Completes production by sufficient planning; scheduling and assigning staff to accomplish work results; establishing priorities; monitoring progress; revising schedules; forecasting problems, resolving problems; ensuring productions targets are met and reporting results to the Operations Manager.

 

• Liaise and communicate production with other production and project managers.

 

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

 

• Maintain quality by monitoring production; reducing scrap and re-work and enforcing organisation quality standards.

 

• Determine and manage all resources required for production are available, ensure all equipment is ready and in good working order, calling for repairs for faulty equipment; and keeping up to date with new equipment and techniques.

 

• Uphold company values, vision, policies, processes, procedures and systems; discipline, coach and counsel employees appropriately.

 

• Maintains staff by mentoring and training employees; developing personal growth opportunities and ensuring skilled staff within the department

 

• Accepts and embraces change, innovative and receptive to new ideas; encourages others to accept, be receptive and deal with change; initiates change when necessary; solves problems and provides solutions.

 

• Maintains a safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established health and safety legislation policies and procedures and emphasising good housekeeping practices within the department.

 

• Maintains professional and technical knowledge current by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies and Improves supervisory skills through internal and external training programs.
• • Maintains positive relations with staff by building high morale within the department; supporting and motivating staff; providing expectations and feedback to staff; teaching staff in order to prevent repetition of errors and mistakes; having a positive attitude and inspiring staff to grow and do their jobs well; actively listening and communicating company, department, managerial and employee needs and desires to one another.
   
  
  • Maintain working relationships with respective majority unions by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement
   
  Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  
  • Strong Planning and Organising Skills
  • Listening and Communicating Skills
  • Problem Solving Skills
  • Conflict Resolution Skills
  • Analytical and Mathematical Skills
  • Leadership Skills
  • Computer Skills
  • Ability to meet deadlines and work in a pressurised environment
  • Ability to work with a team - sound interpersonal skills
  • Ability to manage multiple simultaneous jobs / projects / tasks
  • Ability to overcome, embrace and manage change
  • Sound knowledge and experience of the various machines used within a milling machine environment
  • Sound knowledge of various structural steel components
  • Mechanical Engineering Knowledge and Experience
   
  Key Responsibility and Authority
   
  
  1. Select the right people
  2. Manage and Co-ordinate Subordinates
  3. Plan, manage and co-ordinate production and progress improvement
  4. Ensure production targets are met
  5. Stop production when found out of control or specification
  6. Maintain quality – monitor, record and reduce scrap and re-work
  7. Signing off of 1st off samples on setup and inspection reports
  8. Report department performance to Management
  9. Ensure sufficient resources and all equipment is ready and in good working order
  10. 1. Uphold company values, vision, policies, processes, procedures and systems
      2. Discipline, coach and counsel employees appropriately
      3. Ensure production staff are trained and skilled
      4. Maintain a clean and safe working environment
       
      Lean Manufacturing Principles
       
      
      1. Plan machines and staff appropriately and the preparation and issue of production sheets
      2. Communicate planned work and expectations; set-up, tooling, production, measurement and quality requirements
      3. Ensure 5 L’s are in place (material, programme, tooling, jigs & measuring equipment)
      4. Ensure staff correctly and continuously complete, 1st off schedules, ongoing quality review, production schedules
      5. Ongoing monitoring of quality, production and records
      6. End of day review of quality, production and reporting
      7. Reporting of daily results to Management

 

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