Shift Supervisors - Washington, United Kingdom - Signal Plastics

Signal Plastics

Verified Company

Washington, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Due to continued expansion of our moulding operations teams, Signal Plastics is recruiting a
Shift Supervisor.

The Shift Supervisors report to the Production Manager and are responsible for the management of their shift's production resources and processes, ensuring the shift meets its KPIs.

They will work on a 3-shift rotation over a 5-day working week (starting Sunday night shift).

We are looking for people with experience of working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment (preferably within plastic injection moulding or the automotive sector), who have excellent people leadership qualities and a desire to contribute to continuous improvement.

Experience of developing the skills of the workforce, a focus on delivering "right first time" production and working collaboratively with colleagues in Quality, NPI and Logistics functions are key to the success of this role.

We offer a permanent, full-time role in a growing and dynamic business.

We have an excellent team of colleagues committed to driving the business forward, continually and sustainably investing in our people, facilities and machinery.

Our vision is to be the leading integrated provider of plastic injection tooling and moulding solutions across multiple sectors in the UK, as well as a sustainable and large North East employer.

If you join our team, you can contribute to that.

We will pay between
£31,300 and
£34,300 a year based on working full time over a three shifts rotation (depending on qualifications, skills and experience).

We offer 25 days annual leave (plus the usual bank holidays).

Two weeks of this is usually taken during our summer shut-down period and we also usually shut down over Christmas.

We also offer a number of benefits including company pension scheme, life insurance (2x salary), Employee Assistance Program, Cycle to Work scheme, free hot drinks and more.

A bit more about us
Signal Plastics is part of the Omega Plastics Group together with its sister company, Omega Plastics.

The Omega Plastics Group is a plastic injection moulding and tooling business.

We provide high quality plastic injection mould tooling, components, assembly and technical solutions on time and with exceptional customer service.

Signal Plastics is based in a 43,500 sq. ft facility on Bentall Business Park in Washington and Omega Plastics is based in a 45,000 sq. ft facility on Team Valley Trading Estate in Gateshead, which is also our group head office.

We have a reputation for technical expertise and delivering solutions to challenging problems or in short timeframes and hold ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 certifications.

We work with customers from product conception through the tooling development cycle and into serial production.

Our flexibility and value-add approach means we can be a strategic partner to customers and strive to develop long-term relationships.

We work across four main sectors: industrial and technical, consumer, automotive and medical.

We deliver low to high volume plastic injection moulding using 29 injection moulding presses, ranging from 40 to 1,300 tonnes, some with robot demoulding and packing capability.

In addition, we integrate plastic mouldings into more complex assemblies which we manage on behalf of our customers.

The group is growing, with a workforce of over 170 colleagues (from 90 in 2019) across both businesses and we continue to invest in our people, infrastructure and facilities.

Our people are key to the success of the business. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and invest in the training and development our colleagues.

Role Description

Role Purpose To be responsible for the performance of the shift and achievement of KPIs, ensuring:

safe environment for all personnel in the facility

- goods are manufactured and despatched in accordance with the production plan, agreed procedures and the relevant quality requirements
- appropriate action is taken in-shift to manage any issues that may affect planned production
- colleagues on shift are effectively inducted and trained to perform their duties
- compliance with group values, policies and procedures

Reports to Production Manager

Direct Reports On shift responsibility for team including team leaders and production operators plus out of hours responsibility for whole plant, including machine setters, quality inspectors and warehouse operators.

Location Washington

Main duties and responsibilities

Always work in a safe and responsible manner, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all personnel in the factory areas including staff, contractors and visitors. Maintain the highest standards of housekeeping, use of PPE, behaviour and adherence to procedures and agreed working practices.
Always work in line with the group's values and guiding principles, policies and procedures.
Take full responsibility for the output performance of the shift, including ownership of the quality performance, e