Production Manager - Manufacturing

BGA Recruitment; Durban; On-site; ZAR 50,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm based in Durban seeks a candidate for a production management role. The position involves overseeing production plans, managing employees, ensuring adherence to health and safety standards, and maintaining efficient job schedules. Ideal candidates should be prepared to work beyond normal hours to meet production demands.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with planning department regarding production plans.
• Manage production scrap to minimize wastage.
• Ensure job schedules and material orders are maintained.
• Responsible for administration and HR-related matters.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Job description

Overview

PLEASE NOTE; Position based in Mandeni North of Stanger

Production / Planning

• Liaise with planning department regarding production plans.
• Ensure all departments plans are achieved on a daily basis.
• Manage production scrap – minimize wastage.

Management of Jobs / Employees / HR Matters / Health & Safety

• Responsible for a complete understanding of the job, verbal or written
• Ensuring that each job site and department is visited daily to monitor progress, quality, safety, cleanliness and security
• Ensure job schedules, order of materials is maintained by all departments
• Responsible for general administration
• Responsible for change of orders
• Manage both perm and temporary employment service employees
• Ensure all weekly payroll requirements are submitted to payroll timeously.
• Ensure all employees are attired with their uniforms and PPE’s.
• Manage stock take process in all departments and deadlines are achieved.
• Inform human resources of any HR related incidents or matters to be actioned.
• Ensure health and safety is maintained in the workplace.
• Prepare departments for stock take and manage the process.
• Prepared to work beyond normal working hours or on weekends to meet production demands.

Supervision

• Ensuring compliance with all company rules, policies
• Supervising department supervisors and employees
• Evaluates quality in the department
• Adhoc- training of staff and employees
• Ensuring LEAN is adhered to

Cost

• Ensuring cost saving for the company