Production Manager

Air Liquide; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in gas technologies in Cape Town seeks a Production Manager responsible for ensuring safety, reliability, and efficiency in production. The ideal candidate will have a BSc or BTech in Engineering and experience in industrial operations, along with skills in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. This full-time role emphasizes leadership and continuous improvement in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Matric Certificate required.
• 3 - 5 years in industrial operations is necessary.
• 6 to 10 years of line management experience in industrial activities.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for safety, reliability, and efficiency of production.
• Manage costs within various facilities according to annual budgets.
• Plan and organize daily production resources.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Continuous Improvement

5S

Operations Management

Production Planning

Production Management

Kaizen

Supervising Experience

Education

BSc / BTech Eng (Chemical / Mechanical / Electrical)

Job description

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW

The Production Manager will be accountable for safety reliability and efficiency of the production of the facility. Additionally the Production Manager will be accountable for the overall safety on the sites under his / her control.

Production

Responsible to ensure that productivity in all these facilities is measured and improved. Will lead continuous improvement in the facilities under his / her control.

Analyses production demand inventory and manufacturing deadlines and costs to set up relevant products filling planning.

Is responsible to manage costs within various facilities in line with annual budgets

Manage raw materials availability losses and usage at various facilities

Manages cylinder inventory at the site level of the sites under his / her control.

Plans organization of the daily production resources ensures each employee qualification and authorization to perform assigned tasks.

Reliability

Ensures reliability of production facilities within his control manages up time raw material control etc.

Makes sure the filled products meets required level of quality.

Plans and advises analytical resources (instrumentation and personnel if needed)

Checks production and quality indicators ensures statistical process control.

Reviews individual operation performance and motivates each for improved productivity

Ensures that preventive maintenance is conducted and adhered to by all plants under his control

Ensures the periodical update of analytical methods and instrumentation to reach best and reliable results with a minimum of resources

Resources and Training

Reviews each jobs responsibilities of the plant and identifies and / or checks required qualifications and competencies to perform the job in accordance with country regulation and group IMS procedures

Ensure that operations team training requirements are met.

Ensures that training and qualification program are implemented and that quality procedures are followed by all the staff of the plant.

Safety Quality and Regulatory Compliance

Participates in industrial audits of the facility and presents requested documents to auditors.

Ensure that all audit corrective actions implemented are effective and within the stipulated time frame.

Analyses results of audits and plan corrective actions to emphasize continuous quality improvement

Implements preventive & corrective measures to improve safety and further to customer claims

Promotes the safety objectives in line with AL South Africa yearly HSE plan as a first priority

Ensure safe handling storage and filling of cylinders

Ensure that EIS are fully operational and maintained

Ensures that all facilities under his control comply to the local regulatory requirements i.e. permits to operate accreditations

Ensures that the facilities under his control follow and comply with the AL IMS Mastering Process

Identifies areas of improvement for each of the operations in collaboration with each facility manager concerned

Are you a MATCH

Educational requirements

Education : Matric Certificate and BSc / BTech Eng (Chemical / Mechanical / Electrical)

Experience

3 - 5 yr Industrial operation

6 to 10 years line management experience in industrial activities

4 - 8 yr Strong team management or supervisory experience

Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Act of RSA

Knowledge of Pressure Equipment Regulations

Knowledge of the Labour Relations Act

Managing unionised operations

Knowledge and Know-how specific to the job

Intimate knowledge of the cylinders filling process and safe working practices (SWP MOC JHA).

Quality & safety procedures & regulation

AL South Africa technical standards & procedures

Plant Emergency solutions. Crisis management

ERP tracking system

Computerized systems and environments

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees our customers patients community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Lean Manufacturing,Six Sigma,Continuous Improvement,Lean,Management Experience,5S,Operations Management,Production Planning,Production Management,Kaizen,Supervising Experience,Manufacturing

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1