Supervisor, Engineering
- Cork
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Actively participate in day to day leadership of the business unit, and positively contribute to the Engineering team, driving engagement activities.
- People and performance Management:
- Coach and mentor the engineering group.
- Resource Management
- Lead the continuous improvement activities.
- Drive Manufacturing Loss improvements within the value stream.
- Quality Issues: Identifies, develops and implements processes to improve department performance. Provides manufacturing support by defining work assignments directed to address manufacturing process defects and implement process improvements utilizing Quality System tools.
- Develops and/or identifies new work processes and the improved utilization of human and material resources within the operations function.
- Engage and participate in supporting the delivery of Business unit’s KPI’s.
- Oversee the development of operational standards to be used in the plant for capacity evaluations, budget planning and as a basic for operational measures (Key performance indicator).
- Continuously improve the performance of the business by providing technical solutions to operations issues.
- Provide leadership and direction to the business unit on technology development and application within the manufacturing process.
- Support all capital acquisition activity from specifying equipment, contract negotiation, Installation and validation.
- Provision of out-of-hours support to the business as required.
- Liaise with Area Team Leads, Manufacturing Engineers and Senior Engineers to understand process and equipment down priorities and eliminate recurring issues.
- Liaise with Team Leads and Process / Maintennace Technicians on Equipment PM plans to minimise impact upon production schedule.
- Clear understanding of critical equipment availability metrics planned and unplanned.
- All other duties as assigned.
- Proven experience practicing Lean tools.
- Business understanding of operations and their impacts essential.
- High level of PC skills.
- Strong communication skills with both Internal and external agents.
- An ability to facilitate a team of engineers to deliver a specific objective.
- An above average level of emotional intelligence.
- Flexibility essential with strong project management skills.
- The individual should enjoy working in an aggressive, dynamic and results motivated team based environment.