Operation Manager

The Talent People Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company in Singapore seeks an Operation Manager responsible for overseeing daily production processes, managing a production team, and ensuring safety and quality standards are met. The ideal candidate will have at least a Diploma in Engineering and a minimum of 10 years of hands-on experience in a high-mix low-volume manufacturing environment, specifically in sheet metal. This role emphasizes leadership, effective communication of production statuses, and adherence to KPIs while maintaining quality output.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of hands-on experience in a high-mix low-volume manufacturing environment.
• Previous work in a sheet metal or engineering factory.
• Proven ability to lead a production team to meet KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a 4M manufacturing system.
• Update daily production status through WhatsApp.
• Coordinate manufacturing staff to maximize efficiency.
• Manage inventory to ensure production supply.
• Fulfill administrative duties related to production.

Skills

Manufacturing Operation Leadership

Quality Control

Production Reporting

Team Coordination

Education

Diploma in Engineering

Job description

Allied MFG x JSIT-PE

Allied MFG Pte Ltd is proud to partner with JSIT-PE: a government initiative aimed at strengthening Singapore’s Precision Engineering sector by addressing manpower challenges and fostering industry growth.

About the Company

Join Allied MFG, a SG-based specialist in Precision sheet-metal fabrication since 2008, delivering high-quality steel products across Automation, Semiconductor, Power & Energy and other key sectors.

Scope of Work

A Operation manager oversees daily production process and schedule, overseeing quality output and ensuring safety, cost-efficient, and timely production to meet delivery date‑line. Products are produced on time and projects completed within the date‑line. Utilizing needed manpower resources, materials, machine & method. Create a timescale for production, supervising production processes and adjusting schedules when needed. Daily update of production activities to General Manager by end of the day (Set Up a reporting format).

Operation Manager also responsible for all equipment’s maintenance programmes to ensure every machine is kept in the highest stage for quality products.

Product manufacturing standardisation and applying quality-control programs, liaising with Team Leaders and problem solving.

• Due to manufacturing business involves irregular hours, even during weekends or public holidays might occur to communicate. Committed to delivery date‑line and quality is the top priority.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a 4M manufacturing system in the workshop. Train staff to understand deliveries, quality, process flow and product knowledge.
• Update daily production status through WhatsApp before 5pm daily.
• Develop and manage tracking systems for analysing production rates and product quality and identifying production issues before they arise.
• Coordinate manufacturing staff to maximise efficiency, including creating the schedule, managing labor costs, giving instructions.
• Assign IN/OUTING deliveries.
• Manage the inventory to ensure production always has the supply needed to complete production quotas quickly and efficiently, placing orders when necessary in advance so inventory is restocked before depletion.
• Fulfill administrative duties, completing production reports and overtime schedule overviews that detail production rates and worker performances.
• Schedule training programmes for staff’s improvement at least once every quarter for every production staff.
• Present production information to management, including solutions for potential improvement and strategies for implementing these suggestions.
• Contribute to the hiring process, making recommendations for which candidates are the most capable. Interview requires.
• Ensure safety at work must be practiced within factory premises and implement new safety rules when there’s a near miss or through observation of unsafe method.
• Ed‑hoc duties related to (manufacturing) assigned by GM or Director.

Requirements

• Diploma in Engineering with minimum 10 years hands‑on experience in high‑mix low‑volume manufacturing environment.
• Must work in sheet metal or engineering factory previously.
• Good track record in leading a manufacturing operation. KPI indicator for individual performance will be set.
• Ability to present summary reports.
• Ability to lead a production team to meet or exceed the key performance indicators (KPIs) set by the Operation Manager (e.g., productivity, quality, and on‑time delivery, etc.).