Production and Maintenance Manager at BURN Manufacturing

About the Role:
Burn is looking for a Production and Maintenance Manager who will be responsible for directing and coordinating activities leading to the quality production of company products in line with customer expectations and schedules with a focus on safety to optimize processes and the costs of the production and maintenance departments.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for the Maintenance and Production Departments
• Oversee production scheduling, safety, training, and production documentation
• Oversee preventative maintenance program of production lines, equipment, and utilities
• Oversee root cause analysis system for Breakdowns including hands-on repairs and fixes and prevention of the issue in the future.
• Implement new equipment and processes. Work with the Engineering, Production, and Quality teams to qualify new processes and equipment.
• Prepare leasehold improvements, equipment, people, etc. for new product launches.
• Responsible for process improvement and continuous improvement.
• Team management.
• Take a leadership role with the on-the-floor teams when major changes come in the factory, such as big changes in volumes, compensation, team, etc.
• Managing change and growth.
• Responsible for factory expansion and improvement projects, such as building new offices. Maintain relationships with contractors (electrical, plumbing, civil, ventilation and fabrication).
• Risk identification and planning for reducing factory capacity, safety and maintenance risk.
• Maintain a clean, safe and orderly working environment.
• Leadership and Overall responsibility for factory health.
• Implement and manage ERP system from the production and maintenance perspectives
• Implementation of strategic systems, such as TPM, lean, etc.

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/ Industrial Engineering.
• 8 –  10 experience working in a manufacturing set-up with a proven record of managing a sizeable production team & engineering projects with at least 5 years of those in sheet metal factories and or manual product assembly lines.
• Deep knowledge of production management & experience with reporting on key production metrics.
• Capable of reading and interpreting maintenance manuals, engineering drawings and have a good understanding of tolerances and allowances.
• Demonstrated leadership ability to influence change.
• Good understanding of quality standards and health and safety regulations,
• Strong decision-making skills and a results-driven approach.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse failures and implement effective corrective solutions.
• Conversant with CAD software, e.g., SolidWorks and Auto CAD.
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills
• Ability to communicate in English – both written and oral.

                                            Qualified Female Candidates encouraged to Apply

BURN does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or any other fees).