Duties / Responsibilities (Including Objectives of the role):
Job Summary
The job holder is responsible and accountable for the new Norwich manufacturing facility which will provide chassis to the assembly line in Hethel.
A complex business unit transforming raw material into finished assemblies, including stamping, bending, welding, machining, assembly and quality control activities.
For the right candidate, the opportunity to develop a brown field site into a state of the art machining and assembly facility and to build and develop a team capable of producing a quality finished product.
Roles and responsibilities
- Be a key member of the project team who set up our new manufacturing facility focusing on 3 of the 4M's:
- Man: oversee the transfer of some existing staff, responsible for the recruitment of new staff, organise the induction/on-boarding and technical training of the newly combined workforce
- Machine: supporting with the transfer of existing machinery and implementation of new machinery on site, ensuring that the flow of material across the facility is efficient
- Method: work with Manufacturing Engineering to ensure that processes are relevant, documented and adhered to
- Leadership of up to 175 skilled employees
- Design and implementation of best practice process and procedures, maximising the investment return into this brownfield site.
- Ensure finished parts are fabricated and assembled to exacting standards, whilst maintaining a relentless approach to cost efficiency and productivity
- Produce fully approved parts, respond quickly to issues and concerns, act as an advisor for future engineering change and continuously seek improvements to cost and efficiency
- Ensure stock levels of raw materials, WIP and finished goods are managed to minimise capital employment whist servicing just in time demands of Hethel manufacturing
- Organise, control and authorise expenditure and costs to achieve business plan cost targets
- Ensure compliance to H&S legislation whilst striving for best in class safety performance
- Develop future generations of skilled employees
- Manage staff in line with Company policies, procedures and guidelines
- Respond positively to people concerns and issues, involving Staff Council where appropriate
- Generation of reports/presentations as required
Qualifications and Experience (Essential & Desirable criteria)
Essential criteria
- Engineering/Manufacturing qualification
- Manufacturing experience
- PC literate
- Management of an offsite manufacturing facility
- Good organisation skills
- Self-motivated achiever
- Ability to occasionally work weekends and late day shifts as required
Desirable
- Degree / MBA, /HNC Mechanical & Production Engineering or equivalent qualifications
- Body/Fabrication/Stamping/Machining manufacturing experience ideally in an Automotive environment
- Autocad and MS Project experience
- Automotive, Light engineering, aerospace or military equivalent
Other information
Benefits
- Annual bonus
- Private health care
- Pension scheme
- Car scheme
Other
- Travel between sites will be required