For over 140 years our products have helped ensure the safe, reliable operations of key industries. With a passion for precision and partnership, Celeros Flow Technology continues this heritage of high performance and dependability, providing mission critical, sustainable flow control solutions for our customers around the globe.
Celeros Flow Technology is looking for individuals with a voice and a vision. We embrace change, diversity and promote new ways of looking at old ideas. Working as part of Celeros Operations Management team, the primary role of the Machine Shop Manager is to act as the first line of management accountable for the safe and efficient operation of the machine shop, and the weld and fabrication areas.
This includes, but is not limited to, people management of the machine shop team, weld and fabrication team allocating daily tasks in accordance with the schedule to meet customer demands, managing performance and development issues, machine shop and weld shop workflow, as well as meticulously always maintaining visual management standards, introducing improvement projects to drive and support KPI’s. Technical ability to support the daily machine shop running.
On an ongoing basis, the Machine Shop Manager must assume full responsibility and will be held accountable for the following:
Driving a positive / safe working environment ensuring housekeeping and visual management is maintained at the highest of standards across both the machine shop and weld and fabrication areas.
Lead and manage meetings from startup meetings, communicating all key messages including but not limited to SQCDIP, safety alerts, quality warnings, toolbox talks and daily priorities.
Maintain and communicate machine shop and weld and fabrication areas performance ensuring visual management boards are used in all areas. Take a positive approach to coaching, developing and performance managing cell team members when required.
Liaise while building key relationships with appropriate support functions (quality, engineering, inspection, planning, scheduling, and supply chain etc.) to resolve issues and any potential production constraints in a timely manner.
Technical ability and background in machining and fabrication and weld vital to allow support of the responsible areas and teams daily.
Control and maintaining overtime working in line with production requirements.
Working closely with the material management team to ensure efficient material flow within and between areas.
Leading quality to the required standards, raising any quality concerns as soon as possible.
Liaise with appropriate support functions to resolve issues and potential production stops in a timely manner.
Conduct periodic audits as required by EHS and Quality departments.
As a People Manager responsible for the effective management of people you are accountable for:
Having open and honest coaching conversations to help your people to identify their strengths and development areas both formal and informally.
Where appropriate, helping your people broaden their network or identify more challenging or stretching roles or projects to support their career progression.
With support and guidance from HR, create and maintain a robust competency matrix for production along with training and development plans.
Ensure training and development plans are actioned in a timely manner to meet requirements.
With support from Senior Management and HR, create and maintain Succession Plans for production, identifying critical gaps.
Knowing about the health and wellbeing support available and proactively offering appropriate advice and following up on this.
Effectively manage sickness absence, following company policy and seeking guidance from HR when required.
Understanding the performance and development planning process; Supporting your people throughout the year, through regular conversations, tracking progress against objectives and managing any performance issues.
Proven track record in building effective teams and has the assertiveness and drive to ensure that their team meets operational goals, and that Team Members are strongly managed.
Having a strong range of skills to effectively manage the machine shop and weld and fabrication areas; for example, the layout, maintaining health & safety, Environment, Quality standards and the flow within the responsible areas.
Time served machinist and/or welder (or equivalent hands-on work experience) in a similar manufacturing environment (advantageous)
Technical ability to resolve and work through any critical challenges stopping production.
Previous supervisory/management experience within a similar manufacturing environment and industry.
CWEng or European Welding Engineer certified or other formal qualification advantageous.
Working knowledge and experience of ASME and EN weld procedures qualification, material specifications and welding processes.
Ability to interface technically with other departments – Engineering, quality, supply chain and material management.
Competitive salary
~ Bonus
~33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
~ Holiday buy and sell
~ Pension
~ Life Cover
~ Employee Assistance Program
~ Digital Benefits; Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
~ Required daily to stand, sit, walk, talk, hear, and see (specific close vision abilities are required to perform computer work)
~ Required daily to use hands and fingers and arms to reach (to operate a computer and telephone)
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