A company based in Rotherham are recruiting for a Cold End Foreman to join on their team on a permanent basis.
The company manufacture glass containers for the Pharmaceutical industry, we diversified into the Food & Beverage markets during the 1970’s and 1980’s.
Benefits:
- Holiday pay
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free onsite parking
Hours of work:
- 5 shift system – Rotating days, afters and nights.
Shift example:
- 7 days on / 2 off
- 7 afters / 2 off
- 7 nights / 10 off
Salary:
- £20.15 per hour
- £16.75 per hour – hourly rate
- Plus £3.25 per hour – supplement + 0.75% attendance allowance per hour
Responsibility:
- To lead the shift Group and promote a Team ethos
- To set an example and promote all company policies and procedures
- To administer all personnel performance appraisal, counselling and disciplinary procedures
- Provide focus on production performance and promote a can do attitude across the shift group
- Organise group labour according to production requirements, inc. suitable additional duties outside of break times
- Ensure Cold End production log is maintained detailing on a shift by shift basis for all production lines
- Provide labour requirement forecasts based on production plan changes, absence and holidays
- Arrange overtime cover to meet the labour requirement
- Ensure the Ganetime attendance recording system is maintained to reflect attendance, absence and holidays for own group and overtime for subsequent shifts
- Manage Housekeeping duties to meet GMP / BRC expectations
- Ensure job change line clean down duties are followed with production packing as soon as possible job changes
- Issue relevant paperwork to production lines according to job change times
- Provide support in the event of machinery failure or labour shortage
- Accept incoming telephone communications outside normal office hours
- Review production line performance at the start of the shift and identify priority
- Ensure shift changeovers are smooth with relevant information passed on
- To support all the responsibilities of the team
- To work on a three shift basis – across 5 shift group attendance
- Ensure a daily/shift ‘Held ware’ log is maintained
- Complete/be aware of Critical fault reporting instances and paperwork
- Provide a line of communication between management and shop floor
- Ensure suitable and sufficient packaging is available per shift, in particular outside normal office hours
- Conduct first instance Accident investigation/reporting duties
- Conduct shift group briefings/ individual local briefings
- Liaise with Hot End supervision regarding production
- Any other reasonable duties as requested within skill set
Requirements:
- Held a management position within a production environment
- Worked in a production/manufacturing factory environment
- Working to FMCG expectations preferred
- Motivated and professional with a desire to achieve results with a commercial and customer focus
- Experienced in mechanical fault finding and problem solving
- Experienced and can demonstrate commitment to the one best way of working through adherence to job cards and SOP’s
- Experience of Lean Manufacturing
- Experience of working within CI teams
- An accurate and succinct report writer
- Understanding of targets and OTIF
- A Management related qualification is preferred (IOSH/CMS/DMS)
- Willing to undertake suitable training
- To be PC literate
- Advance bottle fault knowledge
- Audit Process and Management
To apply please either:
- Call us on 01709 782341 between the hours of 8am – 5pm Mon-Fri
- Email your CV to [email protected]
- Register for a call back from a consultant here
- Use the Quick Apply form on our website
- Click the apply button if you’re viewing this vacancy on Indeed
If you have not heard from us within 72 hours please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, however we will put your details onto our database for any future vacancies.
This vacancy is being advertised by Essential Recruitment (An Employment Agency)