Job Description:
Job Title: Manufacturing Supervisor
Location: VES Head Office, Eagle Close, Chandler's Ford Industrial Estate, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 4NF
Employment: Full Time, Permanent
Role Salary: £28,000 - £35,500
About VES:
VES is a family run British manufacturer in the commercial ventilation industry. We supply and manufacture a wide range of air handling, heat recovery, supply and extract units for public, commercial and industrial buildings across the UK. We also offer a wide range of specialist services to improve the performance and life of existing HVAC equipment.
Purpose of role
Ability to supervise and motivate a team, demonstrating correct behaviours and discipline, working to strict safety and quality requirements, to support the effective co-ordination, planning and productivity of the Manufacturing schedules to achieve daily production requirements throughout assembly to meet customer expectations, optimising efficiency and maintaining operational excellence. To contribute towards the Manufacturing Strategy of “On time in full, at Best Quality, Lowest Total Cost, Shortest Lead Time and High Morale; through optimising production flow by eliminating any waste.
Roles and responsibilities
- To embody our Business Values, demonstrating a culture of best quality to meet our customer’s needs.
- Always ensures compliance with Health & Safety Regulations, liaising with your peers and Team where risks are identified, ensure relevant risk assessments are in place where necessary and regularly reviewed, using toolbox talks to communicate with teams. Reducing risks by creating better, safer working conditions, breeding a culture that Safety Starts With Me.
- Ensure weekly WorkCentre safety inspection checks are completed and recorded
- To effectively deliver the day-to-day production plans through preplanning, assigning builds and effective communication with Team Leaders and their Operatives throughout the day and between shifts.
- Using the manufacturing WorkCentre to support the overall co-ordination of the Manufacturing departments activities, to ensure the achievement of schedules and consistent delivery of internal and external Key Performance Indicators. see and follow work center management procedure.
- Communicate and effectively manage staff movements.
- Ensure the manufacturing WorkCentre reflects the physical state through Production order control, status and traffic light system, ensuring hours of work are posted daily.
- To assist and offer technical support to manufacturing operatives that cannot be managed by the Team leaders and Operatives, able to offer advice on problem solving to effectively come to a resolution to prevent impacting on time delivery at best quality.
- Operating within a manufacturing environment, assisting all operatives with product construction guidelines whilst ensuring they conform to our standard operating procedures and policies.
- Managing change note requests within the manufacturing team ensuring all changes that influence the build plans are managed effectively.
- Attend a weekly WorkCentre review meetings and communicate effectively with all departments ensuring all data is correct and accurate, discussing any potential issues that could impact the ability to meet forecasted plans.
- Assist the manufacturing Manager in identifying route times so the information can be feedback into our supporting tools such as CCSI to help drive accurate route times at time of scheduling.
- Support with staff 1-2-1’s, ensuring all staff are clear on daily objectives, performance and priorities.
- Support with onboarding and training plans of new staff to meet agreed efficiency levels, in agreed time frames.
- To provide training of other colleagues on various processes as and where necessary, e.g. posting route hours etc.
- Support the completion of actions on receipt of change note requests.
- Ensure accurate communication with all relevant departments on any factors which will impact on delivery and quality to our clients.
- To review the air handling drawing prior to constructing with your Operatives, ensuring all required materials and casework is present to meet the agreed build plan unless otherwise agreed.
- Approach any visitors to the Shopfloor to offer assistance, where required.
- All Production areas kept tidy and organised, ensuring operatives keep their bays and surrounding areas clear and tidy. All tools are locked away and kept well maintained.
- Ensure all tools and working area are respected and maintained, to keep clean and tidy and free from hazards.
- To maintain and improve best quality standards, inspecting throughout the manufacturing process, reporting any concerns to your direct report to effectively come to a resolution to prevent impacting on time delivery at best quality.
- Provide feedback on issues thorough QA reporting to enable effective preventative measures to be implemented, following the DOR process.
- Ensure rework is processed efficiently, liaising with your key stakeholders to ensure customer delivery is upheld.
- Ensure product is to the correct tolerances and meets customer and internal standards and specifications.
- Ensure all product, materials and components are treated with care throughout assembly to preserver product finish.
- To assist with the implementation and development of new and improved products and offering constructive feedback and input to enhance the development or better the product’s features and build qualities.
- To be flexible with overtime where needed to support the team in meeting manufacturing schedules.
- Any other duties deemed appropriate by the manufacturing manager.
Appendix 1 – Fire warden
As a Fire Warden, your day-to-day responsibilities revolve around minimising the risk of fire. You will;
- Be proactive in identifying and reporting fire hazards to the Fire Marshall and promoting fire risk awareness amongst your colleagues and encouraging fire-safe behaviour.
- lead by example and remain calm and collected under pressure and have excellent communication skills.
- Be polite and reassuring but authoritative when needed to safeguard those in your zone and guiding them to safety via the designated exits. I
Appendix 2 – First aider
As a First aider you are responsible for the immediate help given to someone who is ill or injured. A first aider gives this immediate help to the casualty, while making sure that the casualty and those around the casualty (including themselves) are safe.
Employment: Full Time - 6.00am - 2.00pm (37.5 hours per week). Permanent
Our values we work to, every day.
- Safety starts with me.
- We communicate.
- We act with purpose. We act now.
- We think customer.
- We develop and grow.
- We work as a team.
Company Benefits
- Life Assurance.
- Company Pension.
- 22 Days Annual Leave (plus Bank Holidays).
- Celebration Day Off (if your birthday falls on a working day).
- Opportunities to Develop and Grow.
- A Free and Confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
- Cycle to Work Scheme and Good Transport Links (Chandler's Ford Train Station).
- The Chance to Enrich Your Role (by joining our social / charity committee and / or becoming a Fire Warden, First Aider, or Mental Health First Aider).
If you think you have the skills and experience required for this role, please apply today with your CV.
ER1000720
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £28,000.00-£35,500.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
Application question(s):
- What experience do you have working in a manufacturing or production environment?
- Have you been directly responsible for managing day-to-day production operations, including allocating labour, monitoring output, and ensuring production targets are met?
- Do you have experience working in HVAC, AHU (Air Handling Unit), ventilation, sheet metal fabrication, or a closely related manufacturing environment?
- Have you managed a team of 10 or more employees, including handling performance, attendance, training, and day-to-day employee issues?
- What experience do you have managing production, quality, efficiency or people-management?
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
