Manufacturing Manager at Alstom

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Manage Rolling Stock Manufacturing activities through 6 Elementary production units performing boiler making, welding and painting. Ensure the delivery commitments On Safety, On Time, On Quality and On Cost.
• In this respect the person in charge complies with Ethics and Compliance policies.

ORGANISATION

• Organization structure (job belongs to)
• AMECA/South Africa/Carbody/Industrial Organization/Manufacturing

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES

Key accountabilities:

• Ensure the best EHS practices and performance as per defined targets
• Deliver production plan On Time, with expected Quality and Cost
• Improve the processes and performance
• Develop manufacturing competencies (managers and blue collars)
• In collaboration with industrial team, improve or deploy new industrial means and standards
• Ensure Alstom Performance System (APSYS) deployment and maturity development

People Management:

• Manage a team of people in terms of the full scope of Human Resource applications (i.e. Jobs & Skills, Training & Qualification, Workforce, Staffing & organization)
• Manage the end to end People Management and People Review cycle for the area of responsibility
• Manage all employee relations and labour relations matter in relations to the area of responsibility
• Ensure that the team complies to all policies and procedure
• Deploy and comply with all applicable policies and procedures in terms of people management
• Responsible for employee relations on the shop floor

Performance measurements:

• EHS: IFR 1 and IFR2
• Delivery On Time
• Spent Time vs Method Time
• CONQ (Cost of Non Quality)
• Non Productive Hours/Indirect hours

Strategic Objectives:

• To Ensure control procedures are being adhered to
• To ensure that resources are available to achieve operational objectives.
• To motivate, develop and direct subordinates to achieve operational objectives.
• To ensure that the financial objectives in terms of WIP and projects are achieved.
• To ensure that the management of risk meets ALSTOM ROLLING STOCK requirement and guidelines and standards.
• Ensure timeous and accurate reporting on manufacturing activities.
• Ensure that the department comply with EHS, ISO 9001:2008 and OHSAS 18001 & ISO 14001 standards.

MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Educational Requirements

Mandatory:

• Engineering degree in Operations, Industrial/Technical Diploma or Equivalent

Desirable:

• Technical Degree

Experience

Mandatory:

• +10 years of experience in Industrial or Manufacturing department management
• Proven track record of working in a manufacturing plant
• Proven track record of managing large operational teams of +-100 or more people
• Experience in management of a blue collar labour relations
• Solid knowledge and experience with people process, I.e performance management, development, discipline,
• Solid knowledge and working experience with the Occupational Health and Safety Act

Desirable:

None

• MEIBC knowledge
• Heavy manufacturing experience, including welding

Competencies & Skills

Functional skills

• Profound knowledge of Special Processes (Welding, painting, riveting, torque tightening)

Working knowledge of…

• Industrial Management
• Processes for industrials E2E, from Engineering to Delivery
• Manufacturing Processes and Technologies
• Configuration & Change Management

Basic awareness of…

• Site Facilities & Maintenance
• Transfer of Technology
• Ergonomics
• Transversal skills

Profound knowledge of…

• Team Management including management of cross functional teams
• Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) rules and regulations,
• Lean Management tools, methods, ...

Working knowledge of…

• Supply Chain/Quality processes and impact from manufacturing on them
• Products Knowledge
• Applicable Social Relations & Labor Law

Basic awareness of…

• Finance/Sourcing processes and impact from manufacturing on them
• Digital & Analytics Tools for managing the manufacturing activities (KPI, …).