Factory Manager

Factory Manager

Purpose of the Role

To effectively manage the manufacturing function of the business, ensuring on time delivery and customer satisfaction. To improve production processes and efficiencies. The suitable candidate will have a strong background in both the operation and management of sheet metal fabrication and finishing. They must be a skilled engineer, draughtsman, and estimator.

Accountability

You will report to the Managing Director on the day-to-day running of the shop floor.

Core Responsibilities

You are responsible for production planning.

You will be responsible for ensuring that shop floor resources are available to meet customer delivery dates.

You will be responsible for managing the training program of all shop floor employees, ensuring adequate availability of skills where required.

You will be response for conducting annual employee appraisals and formulating scheduled plans for individual and collective improvement. You are responsible for the follow-up and feedback of all actions established.

You will consult with the Production Supervisors daily to understand the current workload and allocated resources where they are required to ensure on-time delivery.

You will be responsible for shop floor recruitment and employee induction.

You will be responsible for the management of shop floor employee holiday/sickness and the recording thereof.

You will be responsible for managing the Health & Safety activities of the business and for ensuring full compliance.

You will be responsible for demonstrating how to use machinery effectively as a form of training and to show how parts can be manufactured.

Duties

In conjunction with the Production Supervisors, you will assess the loading of the factory and create a weekly/monthly plan to ensure that customer delivery dates are met. It will be your role to train and work alongside your colleagues when the ‘Work plan’ production planning software is implemented to ensure our understanding of capacity and on-time delivery is achieved.

You will assess the production training matrix to ensure that a structured training schedule is rolled out and adhered to.

Collaborate with Owners, Directors, and Production Supervisors to implement new plant and processes.

Regular employee appraisals to achieve ongoing staff satisfaction and career progression.

Daily and weekly production schedule meetings with Production Supervisors to ensure the production plan is adhered to.

Employee recruitment, interviews, and inductions.

Oversee employee holidays and sickness.

Assist Production Supervisors to resolve failures within the production process.

Trouble shooting problems on the shop floor - An understanding of sheet metal machinery & processes is essential for this.

Consulting with Shop Floor management to develop new products and implement new manufacturing processes.

Purchasing of raw materials.

Assessing and installing new machinery.

Maintenance of current plant (where applicable).

Quoting. Assist and advise on preparation of quotations to customers.

CAD/Programming. Assistance with the design of new products.

As a manager

You are responsible for the administration tasks that arise from the core duties listed above such as: - HR/Personnel responsibilities for your direct reports e.g., Holiday records, absence/return to work duties, regular appraisals, job descriptions, induction procedure and absence cover.

Raising purchase order and authorizing purchase invoices for payment that arise from your responsibilities and duties listed above.

Orderly, timely and logical filing of electronic documents for your department/function

*Please note, you may at times be asked to do other work as required by senior management to help with the development of the business. This may involve visits to customers and suppliers both in the UK and overseas.

Hours of Works

40 Hours Per Week (Mon-Fri 8.00 to 4.30pm). The role will involve some covering of early morning (6am to 8am) and Saturday morning overtime (6am to 12pm).