Production Supervisor

NetComm Wireless Limited; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development and training

Wellbeing initiatives

Company-sponsored insurance

Job summary

NetComm Wireless Limited seeks a Production Supervisor to manage the production/refurbishment lifecycle, including materials planning, operator training, and equipment setup.

You will lead capacity planning, monitor production performance, and drive continuous improvement to ensure quality, efficiency and on-time delivery across our manufacturing and refurbishment activities.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Manufacturing or related technical discipline.
• Experience supervising or leading production line activities in manufacturing.
• Experience in electronics product manufacturing and understanding of design, development, manufacturing and quality processes.
• Strong technical communication and problem-solving with cross-functional teams.
• Good knowledge of QA processes, 5S, CAPA, and statistical sampling across IQC/IPQC/OQC.
• Experience with documentation and reporting using MS Word, Excel and Power Automate.
• Attention to detail and commitment to production quality.
• Six Sigma qualification and/or experience applying Six Sigma methodologies is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of the production/refurbishment process including materials planning.
• Oversee equipment setup and operators training.
• Plan capacity and oversee production line setup implementation with consideration of capacity, quality, efficiency and cost.
• Project manage manufacturing and refurbishment processes at contract manufacturers or 3PLs.
• Monitor production statistics and analyze data to ensure efficiency and quality.
• Identify solutions for production issues with cross-functional teams to minimize downtime.
• Draft and review production quality control plans and BOMs in PLM.
• Maintain traceability of changes through production change control processes.

Skills

Production supervision

Capacity planning

Cross-functional teamwork

8D problem solving

Root Cause Analysis

Quality Assurance

5S principles

Six Sigma

Data reporting

Power Automate

Education

Tertiary engineering qualification

Tools

PLM system

BOM review in PLM

Microsoft Excel

Power Automate

Job description

As our Production Supervisor, you will manage all aspects of the production/refurbishment process including materials planning, operators training, equipment setup.

What You’ll Do

As Production Supervisor, you will manage all aspects of the production/refurbishment process including materials planning, operators training, equipment setup.

About NetComm

At NetComm, we’ve been connecting the world for over 40 years - designing and building innovative broadband products that connect homes, businesses, and industries across the globe. From Fixed Wireless to Fibre Extension and Home Networks, our technology keeps people connected where it matters most.

Our mission is listen to our customers and apply bold, innovative thinking to solve complex problems and connect the world.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of production line setup planning and implementation with thorough consideration of capacity, quality, efficiency, and cost.
• Project Manage operations tasks such as setting up manufacturing and/or refurbishment processes at nominated Contract Manufacturer and/or third party logistics (3PL).
• Conduct capacity planning, present reports to request resource allocations to meet demand.
• Monitor production statistics, analyse data to ensure efficiency and quality.
• Monitor, control and optimise resource usage to guarantee customer delivery commitment.
• Respond to production issues promptly identify solutions working with cross functional team ensuring minimal production downtime and avoiding repeat issues.
• Optimize production processes for higher yield, efficiency, and lower costs.
• Draft and review production quality control plans.
• Review product Bill of Materials (BOMs) in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system.
• Own production change control process to ensure detailed traceability of every change.
• Generate relevant Production reports as required by internal or external stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement activities to ensure high customer satisfaction.
• Bring NetComm’s mission to life – to listen, innovate, solve, and connect – and live our signature behaviours every day.

Requirements

• Tertiary qualification, preferably in Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, or a related technical discipline
• Demonstrated experience supervising or leading production line activities within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working in an electronics product manufacturing environment, with a sound understanding of product design, development, manufacturing and quality processes.
• Strong technical communication and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams to debug, troubleshoot, investigate and resolve product and manufacturing issues using structured methodologies such as 8D and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Good working knowledge of Quality Assurance processes, 5S, Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), and statistical sampling methodologies across Incoming Quality Control (IQC), In-Process Quality Control (IPQC) and Outgoing Quality Control (OQC).
• Strong documentation and reporting skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Automate.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to production quality.
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound technical judgement.
• A continuous improvement mindset and willingness to challenge existing processes where improvements can be made.
• Six Sigma qualification and/or demonstrated experience applying Six Sigma methodologies within a manufacturing or quality environment would be highly regarded.

Inclusive and collaborative working environment.

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• Regular wellbeing and diversity focused initiatives.
• Various perks, including company-sponsored insurance, recognition awards and more.

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