Production Manager - Fabrication
Engineering & Machinery
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Location : Nairobi Kenya
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Job type : Full Time
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Engineering & MachineryJob Description
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Prepare production plans for all production activities as per customer orders.
- Reviewing status of production plan execution to make any necessary adjustments.
- Coordinating work-in-progress with proper work flow charts on the whiteboards allocated at different production departments and activities to ensure accurate quantities/qualities are produced.
- Monitoring utilization of raw materials from estimation, requisition, and production ensuring that wastages are minimal if not fully eliminated.
- Properly plan for on time production of standard/customized items.
- Actively participating in new product design and development to ensure that customers always have access to ever changing product experience.
- Ensuring the section heads/supervisors have made shift reports, handed over in a proper manner and reviewing department production reports as provided in various records.
- Liaising with stores for status of materials availability and assist in seeing that the reordering level is on time as well as maintaining the purchase requisition process.
- Coordinate all production activities within the department production floor with emphasis on production quantity, efficiency and quality.
- Leading in brainstorming activities and inspiring staff to give innovative ideas with the aim of improving quality, productivity and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
- Enforcing company policies and procedures to staff within department while ensuring communication is done effectively to staff on production floor.
- Prepare and share such reports as may be required by management from time to time.
- Work in collaboration with the HR Manager and Department/Section Heads to enhance employee engagement and work towards continuously improving Net Promoter Score
- Any other duties as may be allocated by the management from time to time.
- Work closely with the HR Manager/Occupational Health and Safety Manager to ensure all members of responsibility of this role are aware of safety requirements, both legislative and company’s policies/procedures, to provide a safe workplace.
- Maintain and support a superior safety and housekeeping program,
- Promote the proactive reporting of workplace hazards identified during the course of work to the appropriate person, following standard operating procedures
- Ensure adherence to the relevant quality standards, confer with the appropriate company’s personnel on the application of methods and production standards
Munimum Requrements:
- A bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Additional certificate in Welding and Fabrication will be an added advantage
- 10+ years of experience in a busy Heavy Welding and Fabrication environment.
- Previous work experience in a Similar/ related role.
- Profound and on job understanding of all types of welding.
- Previous work experience with ISO, KAIZEN, Lean and Six Sigma is an added advantage.