Job summary

Our client a worldwide leader in the Aerospace sector, is seeking experienced Shop Floor Manager in the Southampton area on a permanent basis.

Key skills required for this role

Prior people management experience, ability to develop and motivate a high-involvement team, knowledge of manufacturing operations

Important

Prior people management experience, ability to develop and motivate a high-involvement team, knowledge of manufacturing operations

Job description

Our client, a leading company in the aerospace industry, is currently seeking a Shop Floor Manager - Panels Assembly. The role is essential for ensuring the efficient delivery of production plans, maximising On Time Start (OTS) and On Time Finish (OTF), and optimising team organisation. This is a permanent position with early working hours from Monday to Friday. The successful candidate will be responsible for general and operations management within the panels assembly department.

Key Responsibilities:

• EHS: Promote a safe workplace environment, ensuring compliance with all Environmental, Health and Safety policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Clocking and Booking: Ensure accurate and timely recordings of time and attendance, as well as job costings.
• Housekeeping: Maintain clean and organised workstations, with all tools and equipment stored correctly.
• Quality: Uphold all quality standards, processes, and procedures, ensuring work is completed with care and minimal wastage.
• Cost Management: Support cost reduction and management initiatives by reducing unnecessary expenditure.
• Knowledge & Skills: Keep knowledge and training up to date, ensuring compliance with role specifications and standards.
• Team Working: Actively participate in team meetings, share knowledge, coach and mentor trainees, and be flexible in learning other areas.
• Perform any other reasonable duties that fall within the level of the role.

Specific Role Responsibilities:

• Managing the Team: Lead and develop the team, ensuring compliance with internal safety and quality guidelines, and minimise staff absence and attrition.
• Managing Production Activities: Plan and control production activities to meet operational objectives, maximising OTS and OTF, and driving efficiency.
• Developing Preventative Activities: Enforce preventive measures to reduce occupational and environmental risks.
• Communication: Facilitate effective communication within the team, conveying operational objectives and action plans, and serve as the point of reference for day-to-day topics.
• Ensuring Team Qualifications: Ensure team members have required qualifications and training.
• Complying with Policies and Procedures: Enforce established procedures, policies, and systems, promoting improvements as needed.
• Identifying Risk: Identify and mitigate potential risks affecting people, products, or equipment and escalate as necessary.
• Analysing Indicators: Analyse production, maintenance, and quality indicators, prioritise improvement plans, and lead implementation teams.
• Energising Improvements: Propose and lead process, system, and organisation improvements.
• Energising Meetings: Lead regular interdepartmental meetings to achieve maximum efficiency.

Job Requirements:

• Demonstrable experience in a manufacturing supervisory position.
• Knowledge of manufacturing management disciplines such as production and inventory control, and standard cost systems.
• Strong IT skills, including MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Strong oral and written communication skills, capable of communicating at all levels.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong influencing, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Ability to develop and motivate a high-involvement team.

Desirable Characteristics:

• Knowledge of production/manufacturing operations.
• Knowledge and application of Six Sigma principles.
• Prior experience with regulatory agencies and knowledge of requirements.
• Knowledge of aerospace products, processes, customer requirements, and budgeting/financial processes.

Benefits:

• Pension contribution up to 10%.
• Life cover.
• Medical cover.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• On-site gym for a minimal monthly fee.
• Restaurant and vending services.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• 26 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays.
• Eligibility for a company bonus up to 5%.

If you have the experience and expertise to excel as a Shop Floor Manager, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's innovative and dynamic team in the aerospace sector.