Job Title: Factory Manager
Salary: Negotiable
Location: Blaydon
Details: ASAP start, full time on going work
About the Role: The Factory Manager is responsible for the short- and medium-term functions of the manufacturing operations. This includes implementing manufacturing programs and labor plans set by the Production Planner, overseeing day-to-day operations and plant maintenance, acquiring materials from stores, and clearly communicating daily outputs and targets.
Key Responsibilities:
- Meet targets set in the Master Resource Planner.
- Lead the day-to-day management of the factories.
- Ensure clarity of project requirements through daily communication with the installation team and fixers.
- Ensure required product parts are available for on-time delivery of completed products.
- Allocate tasks and projects to all factory personnel in a timely manner with all required information.
- Publish a short-term (weekly) plan for production workloads and labor hours to ensure maximum effectiveness.
- Provide a short-term cutting plan and respond to changes as required.
- Ensure "next day" factory requisition requests are handed to the Production Manager from all areas by 3 PM daily for delivery by 9 AM the following morning (if in stock).
- Provide accurate reporting information on factory output for each project.
- Implement a robust Quality Assurance (QA) audit and ensure all completed material is signed off and identified as inspected.
- Ensure compliance with the factory QA checklist at all production stages.
- Ensure daily safety checks for each machine, regular maintenance checks, and weekly lean downs are completed and signed for by the operator, with accurate records kept.
- Ensure all finished items are stored on stillages or in specified holding areas.
- Ensure accurate recording of product dispatches from factories and observe best practices for safe transportation.
- Ensure each dispatched consignment is accompanied by two dispatch notes.
- Carry out a Safety Audit every 3 months on all factory operations in conjunction with the Production Manager.
- Ensure compliance with all safety procedures within the factory environment and stores area (e.g., fire hazards, fire escapes, trip hazards, PPE, machine guards), including fire alarm tests and evacuations.
- Ensure adequate stocks of consumables are available and required materials are ordered in advance through the buyer.
Qualifications & Experience:Proven experience in a factory management role and experience in the production of steel or aluminium.
To Apply: send your CV to Rhianna in the Newcastle office!
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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