Our client is a well known and long established privately owned company that has been providing machining and fabrication services to industry since 1974. The company is based out of Ossett, Wakefield and Ecclesfield, Sheffield which provides quick and easy access to all major routes throughout the UK. They work from 2 large manufacturing units boasting 80,000 sq ft+ capacity each and offer a range of services including heavy steel fabrication, mechanical pipe fabrication and installation, acoustic enclosures and thermal store/buffer vessels.
Assistant Workshop Manager
Role Profile:
Work alongside supervisors and staff to deliver a smooth on time delivery of programme.
Cover operational need in the absence of the works manager and have the ability to manage business critical decisions in-line with customer delivery dates and scheduled works.
- Run supervisor meetings outlining the direction of the work, highlighting critical path for each job to meet delivery dates using Gant chart planners.
- Forward planning of resource will be needed on each job, any specific equipment requirements, allocation of space to allow for job builds in the internal and external areas of the workshop.
- Collaboration with drawing office, project managers, quality team and purchasing to effectively deliver jobs on time within allowable hours to high quality standards.
- Pro-actively solve problems alongside all departments striving for a right first-time approach.
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