Job Title: Head of Manufacturing (Director designate)
Location: Dorking, Surrey, UK
Salary: Competitive, Depending on experience
Job type: Full time, Permanent
Carville is a well-established manufacturer and renowned experts in machining, bonding and finishing engineering grade plastics. They supply global, blue-chip customers in industries including life sciences, medical devices and industrial applications with solutions including fluidic manifolds and optical components.
About the role:
- You will be in charge of the company’s manufacturing activities ensuring consistent high product quality, on time delivery and improvements in production efficiency.
- You will help define and implement the future manufacturing strategy, including structural and organisational changes as required.
- You will work closely with the Quality and Sales departments to ensure customers’ requirements are consistently met.
- Leaning on your experience to introduce modern practices to streamline production, drive process improvements to increase equipment effectiveness and reduce waste.
- You will also lead the Health and Safety Committee and actions.
- You will prepare full monthly production reports and present these at Board Meetings.
It is a contract manufacturing environment with multiple machines and disciplines, including CNC Mills, CNC lathes, fabrication, polishing, bonding and finishing. The company has circa 60 employees.
About you:
The position is suitable for someone with a strong background in multi-discipline manufacturing in a senior role with strong leadership skills and a track history of successful change management.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Strategic thinking – Forward looking mind-set to anticipate future needs and issues, make critical decisions and put in place actions ahead of time.
- Communication skills – Professional and skilled communicator both written and verbal.
- Management systems and implementation – Comfortable with MRP systems and shop floor processes to control the progress of orders and scheduling. Identifying system weaknesses and implementing solutions to address these.
- Project Management – Overseeing multiple projects with a range of scopes, being proactive and managing staff to achieve excellent results.
- Good Health and Safety knowledge and practices
- Training focus – Proactive attitude to training, putting together plans to develop staff.
- Leadership – Confident decision maker, motivational, ability to engage and listen to the existing team and steer them in the desired direction.
- Change Management – Identifying opportunities for improvements, implementing these and getting buy-in from the team.
- Some Lean & 5S
- Recruitment of staff and staff performance management.
- Production expertise – Sound knowledge of multiple manufacturing processes and equipment
- Relevant manufacturing/engineering Level 5 or higher Qualification
Nice to have Experience:
- CNC milling or turning
- Contract manufacturing
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Head of Production, Production Director, Production Manager, Manufacturing Operations Manager, Manufacturing Operations Director, Engineering & Maintenance Manager, Site Operations Manager will also be considered for this role.
