Production Superintendent - - Durban

Job Description:

Ensure the factory is staffed with the correct budgeted staffing levels. Ensure that overtime forms are checked and signed off before submission to Manufacturing Director.
Ensure safety standards are implemented and maintained throughout the plant.
Ensure the Operators receive the correct Product Training at First Off stage
Assistant Setters to be issued with correct tools, and tools and equipment checked and verified on a weekly basis.
Deliver on required Operating Efficiencies, maintain scrap at recommended rate, and manage downtime
Ensure the moulding machines, Production Tools and Ancillary equipment is in good working order.
Ensure tooling can produce parts to the agreed Quality Standard as defined by the Master Sample.
Ensure production plan is followed, and parts produced within the allocated time frame.
Cycle time of every machine to be achieved and ensure that works order cycle time to be always used.

Machine Cycles recorded on Produmax must balance up with good parts produced and Reject parts produced for the shift.
Works Order must be balanced up, and jobs that are short run are to have the unused material, returned to Stores and signed off on the Works Order.
Machines and factory floor to be cleaned and kept clear of debris, purge, sprues, oil, dust etc.
Implement 4S activities to ensure the factory is always kept clean and tidy.
Boxes / Dunnages to be labelled as they are filled. And QC approved boxes / Dunnages to be removed from the shop floor to the WIP or FG Store.
Tool Change to start only after all requirements of the check sheet have been met and everything is prepared.
Tool Change times to be kept within the prescribed times.
First off submission to be done within the prescribed time.
Correct Tool Breakdown procedure to be followed.
All documentation to be available at Workstation before production can commence.
Hourly Production patrols done on machines to ensure compliance to cycle time, hourly count and quality.
2% Rejection Procedure and Escalation to be strictly followed.
All parts manufactured to be to the level of the First Off Sample or better.
Zero SSNs
Manage the KPIs of Subordinates
Enforce discipline in Workplace

Job Requirements:

Matric + National Diploma in Production Management or equivalent operations qualification.
5 years of relevant experience in a production environment working with an unionised workforce as a Supervisor. Preferred in injection moulding manufacturing
Working with a manufacturing system preferred Produmax

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