Production Superintendent at Automould

Job Description

•  Ensure the factory is staffed with the correct budgeted staffing levels. Ensure that overtime forms are checked and signed off before submission to Manufacturing Director.
•  Ensure safety standards are implemented and maintained throughout the plant.
•  Ensure the Operators receive the correct Product Training at ‘First Off’ stage
•  Assistant Setters to be issued with correct tools, and tools and equipment checked and verified on a weekly basis.
•  Deliver on required Operating Efficiencies, maintain scrap at recommended rate, and manage downtime
•  Ensure the moulding machines, Production Tools and Ancillary equipment is in good working order.
•  Ensure tooling can produce parts to the agreed Quality Standard as defined by the ‘Master Sample’.
•  Ensure production plan is followed, and parts produced within the allocated time frame.
•  Cycle time of every machine to be achieved and ensure that works order cycle time to be always used.
•  Machine Cycles recorded on Produmax must balance up with good parts produced and Reject parts produced for the shift.
•  Works Order must be balanced up, and jobs that are short run are to have the unused material, returned to Stores and signed off on the Works Order.
•  Machines and factory floor to be cleaned and kept clear of debris, purge, sprues, oil, dust etc.
•  Implement 4S activities to ensure the factory is always kept clean and tidy.
•  Boxes / Dunnage’s to be labelled as they are filled. And QC approved boxes / Dunnage’s to be removed from the shop floor to the WIP or FG Store.
•  Tool Change to start only after all requirements of the check sheet have been met and everything is prepared.
•  Tool Change times to be kept within the prescribed times.
•  First off submission to be done within the prescribed time.
•  Correct Tool Breakdown procedure to be followed.
•  All documentation to be available at Workstation before production can commence.
•  Hourly Production patrols done on machines to ensure compliance to cycle time, hourly count and quality. 
•  2% Rejection Procedure and Escalation to be strictly followed.
•  All parts manufactured to be to the level of the First Off Sample or better.
•  Last off Procedure to be followed.
•  PPM Performance in Line with Customer requirements.
•  Zero SSN’s
•  Manage the KPI’s of Subordinates
•  Enforce discipline in Workplace

Minimum Qualification and Experience:

•  Matric + National Diploma in Production Management or equivalent operations qualification.
•  5 years of relevant experience in a production environment working with an unionised workforce as a Supervisor. Preferred in injection moulding manufacturing
•  Working with a manufacturing system preferred Produmax

Competencies Required

•  Understands the principles of operations management and able to implement in production
•  Sound technical and problem-solving skills.
•  Good communication skills –written and verbal.
•  Data analysis in that has the ability to determine problem areas.
•  Possesses leadership ability to enforce discipline
•  Must be self-motivated and hard working.