EBM - Assistant Manager

Job Purpose:                                     

• To assist the production manager in the continuous improvement of staff & systems in the Blowmould department.
• To stand in for the production manager covering holiday & other absence periods.

Responsibilities:

• To support the Production Controller & Assistant Production Controller in their duties and assist during times of absence.
• To manage and motivate staff according to company policies and procedures.
• To ensure all personnel adhere to the stated policies and procedures relating to Health and Safety, Quality and Environment Management and conduct regular audits to support this. This will include, but not limited to, 6S/housekeeping, Hazard auditing. brittle plastics and controlling temporary engineering.

• Assists in the efficient production of the department’s components with a view to continuous improvement.
• Assisting with the development & training of all production personnel as required.
• Oversees the production and updating of training material in the department.
• Assessment of training effectiveness
• Collaborating with the Manager and unit supervisors to determine the training needs of all production staff.
• Running continuous improvements projects in the department as required.
• Assisting the manager in driving CI projects to completion.
• Overseeing the maintenance of the unit’s facilities, visual management, unit layout, 6s requirements as well as the general upkeep and housekeeping.
• Assisting various members of the technical team to resolve ongoing problems.
• Consult with maintenance to ensure prompt completion of maintenance issues.

Communication:

• To ensure clear and comprehensive lines of communication to all shift personnel and day staff, including peers, other departments, and department managers
• To keep the Manager informed on all relevant issues on a daily basis.
• Monthly meetings with Manager and shift supervisors
• Monthly meetings with Manager and day personnel

Health & Safety:

• Department personnel
• Machine risk assessment
• Personnel risk assessment.
• Manual Handling
• C.O.S.H.H.
• Good Housekeeping
• Production and maintenance of Safe Systems of Work.
• Updating of all Risk Assessment, Safe Systems of work and work instructions in the department.

Quality:

• Monitoring, controlling, and reviewing working practices to ensure company quality targets are met.
• Assisting with internal NPR investigations.
• Conducting / assisting with any quality control improvement projects or actions. in the department

Essential Skills:

• A high degree of personal drive with a desire to succeed in a high-pressure environment.
• Good administrative and organizational skills with ability to control workloads and delegate effectively.
• The ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing and at all levels within the Company and with customers.
• The ability to work under pressure, remaining calm and in control with the ability to make clear decisions.
• Ability to adapt to changing work demands.
• Ability to monitor quality of others work, ensuring procedures are followed and standards are met and assess training requirements if necessary.
• Ability to lead and motivate a team of people to achieve agreed goals/objectives, and during periods of change.
• Asserts own expertise in demanding situations, while being aware of own limitations, and actively seeks and uses others input.
• Ability to build working relationships for the benefit of the business.
• Ability to listen, give advice and recommendations to people in a positive and constructive manner.
• Ability to undertake duties in every respect as laid out in the job description (further to training if required)
• Proven history in problem solving at a technical and non-technical level.

Desirable skills:

• Significant proven production management experience in a medium to high-volume, high-quality production environment
• Experience in a managerial/supervisory role, managing a minimum of twenty staff.
• Sound financial and commercial awareness.
• Experience in using the practices of Lean Management and/ or Six Sigma.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Completion of an engineering-based apprenticeship, City and Guilds or equivalent
• Plastic Processing Qualification, City and Guilds or equivalent
• Chartered Institute of Management qualification (level 3)