Shop Manager - Blackburn, Lancashire, United Kingdom - Hays Engineering

Description

My client is a large heavy industry manufacturer looking for a workshop Manager required in the West Lothian area of the Central belt of Scotland.

The role will support the business in achieving business objectives in terms of asset reliability & maintainability, cost control, plant upgrades and improvements.

The role is also responsible for helping drive improvements in productivity.

To ensure all HSE standards are achieved by compliance with all company/local procedures/requirements, housekeeping, and safe working practices. To support Operations Director in pursuing business objectives in terms of output, quality, and cost.

To ensure delivery performance and TOC meets all targets daily utilising relevant tools and measures and initiating solutions to prevent/minimise failure.

To deliver continuous improvement on quality, right first time and customer requirements through quality procedures and process control. Analyse and interpret data for problem resolution and improvement.
To drive and see through to completion spend reduction pipeline projects.
To develop high performing teams, through training, leadership, and communication. To carry out any other reasonable request by the management team.
SAFETY - DELIVERY PERFORMANCE - QUALITY - SCRAP CONTROL - PEOPLE - HOUSEKEEPING - CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS - MAINTENANCE - SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION - TEAM WORKING - COMMUNICATION - BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCES

Business Awareness - Considers the commercial impact of daily actions and makes cost-effective decisions. Leadership - Capable of building an effective team.

Involves all team members, gives advice, and help when required; Ensure individuals effectively go through the necessary training programmes to increase their skill and flexibility.

Quality Orientation - Champions quality. Continually seeks to improve quality standards. Provides the information, resources, and authority to enable the teams to achieve high quality standards.

Change Management - Champions change. Help to create an environment of continuous improvement.

Balances the achievement of long and short-term goals. Relationship Building - Uses coaching and counselling skills to motivate others. Considers the longer-term implications of different options. Analyses risks. Demonstrate several years' sound Manager achievement in a manufacturing environment and adherence to daily performance metrics as the norm

• Highly competent machine tool operator - preferably time served background or with in-depth experience of working within or supervising a machine shop
• Prior experience of leading a change transformation programme would be advantageous
• Financial management skills, good and demonstrable track record of financial awareness (operational cost control and budgeting)
• Should be flexible, have drive and initiative and be able to work as part of a team.
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