Trim-Shop Supervisor

Crosby Composites; Brackley; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Crosby Composites in Brackley, UK, is seeking a supervisor for the trimming team to oversee day-to-day production, ensure customer requirements are met and quality standards are maintained. You will monitor the schedule, provide guidance, and escalate issues as needed to keep on-time delivery and plan adherence.

In this role you’ll manage resources, coordinate with Inspection and Trim departments, uphold safety and housekeeping, and support staff development to hit targets and continuous

Qualifications

• Attention to detail and accuracy in documentation.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Ability to listen and follow instructions and raise concerns.

Responsibilities

• To be responsible for overall execution and delivery of the production schedule for department as a whole, ensuring the schedule is completed and any issue are escalated to the appropriate individuals.
• Responsible for ensuring the trimmers have the required tools, information and guidance to make sure job sheet is completed everyday maximizing plan adherence and efficiency.
• Ensuring all tasks are completed on time, correctly to company/customer policy/procedures in an efficient manner.
• Working with the team on a day to day basis ensuring any delays are highlighted to the Operations Manager and a plan is put in place with the team to catch up/cover off any delays, causing issues are rectified ASAP and a prevention plan/action is put in place.
• Responsible for ensuring equipment is well checked, maintained and serviced according to the company policy, any issues to be rectified immediately and escalated as required.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Active listening

Instruction clarity

Target achievement

Job description

About the company:

Crosby Composites (established in 1982) is the number one composite manufacturer in the UK, excelling in the design and manufacture of high-quality carbon fibre parts. Our global customers cover Formula 1, motorsport but primarily automotive, making components and bodywork for some of the most prestigious and outrageous hyper cars in the world. Our services in supporting this include conceptual design, bespoke tooling and manufacturing (with inhouse state of the art spray painting, kit cutting and multiple large autoclaves).

About our employees:

As a member of the Crosby Composites team, we expect all our employees to:

• Adhere to all Crosby Composites policies and procedures.
• Represent the Company in a professional manner at all times.
• Ensure workplace safety is practiced at all times.
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment.

Core Values:

Teamwork –At the heart of everything we do.

Reliability –Honesty and dependability in our everyday business.

Accountability –It up to me and it’s up to us, we all take responsibility for our actions.

Continuous Improvements –Always striving to improve all that we do.

Exceeding Expectations –Never accepting the minimum standard.

Driving Safety First –Looking out for ourselves and each other.

Mission:

• Support the development of an efficient and effective operational Team.
• Increase efficiency to +90%.
• Reduce scrap to 2%.
• Ensure 100% Plan Adherence.
• Increase staff retention.
• Develop and maintain the pace of staff development.

Measures:

• Meeting the mission objectives (detailed above) which are measured and monitored through the data and metrics collected by the company.

Purpose of the job:

This role is responsible for the day to day supervision of the trimming team. Ensuring the department is working to meet the customer needs, the correct quality standards of work and the departmental resources are supervised effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

Operational Responsibilities

• To be responsible for overall execution and delivery of the production schedule for department as a whole, ensuring the schedule is completed and any issue are escalated to the appropriate individuals.
• Responsible for ensuring the trimmers have the required tools, information and guidance to make sure job sheet is completed everyday maximizing plan adherence and efficiency.
• Ensuring all tasks are completed on time, correctly to company/customer policy/procedures in an efficient manner.
• Working with the team on a day to day basis ensuring any delays are highlighted to the Operations Manager and a plan is put in place with the team to catch up/cover off any delays, causing issues are rectified ASAP and a prevention plan/action is put in place.
• Responsible for ensuring equipment is well checked, maintained and serviced according to the company policy, any issues to be rectified immediately and escalated as required.
• Maintain a clean, tidy and safe working environment.
• Ensure job sheet is marked off on time and accurate to WO’s issued/received.
• Liaise with Inspection and Trim departments to ensure smooth production of current and future work.
• Ensure that any resource/material shortages are reported to the Operations Manager or Production Managers.

Quality and Standards

• Responsible for ensuring all work is completed to the correct quality standard (both the customer and companies) at all times.
• Liaising with the Operations Manager to debrief quality performance, issues, failures of process, corrective actions and ensuring any actions are followed and resolved in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Escalating any issues arising from moulds/process/manuals needs to the Operations Manager/PM/PE immediately and ensuring these are dealt with.

People Management

• Responsible for the daily supervision of trimmers, ensuring they are aware of their individual shift requirements, the work expected of them and the company policies and procedures.
• To proactively encourage a teamwork environment.

Skills:

• Attention to detail.
• Good communication skills.
• Capable of listening to and following instructions.
• Capable of giving clear and precise instructions.
• Capable of reaching set targets within given time frame.