The Business
The Seetru Organisation (Seetru Limited and LESER UK Limited) is a fast-growing mechanical engineering manufacturing business. Growth is based on product innovation and strategic sales and marketing development programmes worldwide. Seetru have a long and stable 75-year history of high quality and innovative products and services, with a strong people culture. The operation is fully integrated from R&D, international product approval, manufacturing production and assembly, sales and marketing, to full lifecycle support (via our Test and Maintenance Services division). In recent years the business has been undergoing an accelerating series of transformative changes including investment in new management structures and processes, new facilities and plant, a new ERP system and a torrent of new products: the business is now capitalising on this on-going investment programme and is achieving substantial rates of growth.
The Position/Role
Overview:
Responsible for the day-to-day distribution and fulfilment of work to the Assembly Department and managing Assembly staff to support this. Additionally supporting and identifying improvements to process and infrastructure as part of the wider supervisory team and Continual Improvement function.
Human resource management and distribution, performance monitoring and managing of staff and optimising efficiencies and throughput of the Assembly workforce via effective workload management and communication. Willing to undertake any project as deemed necessary to achieve operational requirements, efficiencies, and improvements.
Responsibilities:
Supervisor will be responsible for: -
- Assembly work distribution and management (Daily)
Optimise distribution of jobs delivered to Assembly in line with staff capabilities and Planning priorities.
Proactively managing resources to support ‘Rapid Response’ work orders.
Effective communication and solutions for issue resolution and mitigation.
Coordinate distribution of repairs, returns, and rework alongside Assembly Support Engineers.
Ensure labour and material transactions are executed correctly on ERP.
Coordinate training amongst the work schedules.
- Staff and department management and development (Management)
To provide supervision, support, guidance, and empowerment to the Assembly staff.
Ensure good housekeeping and consistent practices throughout the department.
Management and delivery of department targets.
Employee performance reviews for Assembly staff and maintenance of the Skills Matrix.
Active part of the Assembly Team with some understanding of the product and processes.
Identifying personal progression plans and limitations in line with departmental requirements
Co-ordinating with the Assembly Support Engineers and Assembly Manager should any external training be required or asked for as part of
Managing and controlling overtime.
- Resource Capability management (Abstract)
Managing, controlling, and coordinating overtime.
Understand upcoming work and ensure the appropriate competencies are provided.
Management of the Training Matrix to manage available competencies in the department.
Working closely with the Assembly Support Engineers to pre-empt capability limitations that could influence the work schedules.
General Responsibilities
Upholding company policies for Health and Safety and ensuring Assembly representation at the H&S committee forum.
Support and contribute to Continual Improvement initiatives.
Promote and optimise product and process quality throughout the department
Understand, support and ensure compliance with engineered processes including implementing changes to work instructions and concessions. With the support of the Assembly Support Engineers.
The Skills and Attributes
- Strong communicator
- Self-starter and innovator
- Excellent time keeping and deadline management.
- IT competent including an understanding of data analytics.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Supervisory Management qualification desirable but training will be provided for the right candidate.
- Proven experience and competency in a supervisory / managerial position.
Additional Information on Responsibilities
- 39 hours per week
- Easy to access by walking, various public transports links or free parking on site.
- Pension
- Employee Assistance Programme
Pay: £30,000.00-£33,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
