Our client a leading engineering organization is looking to hire a Workshop Manager, dealing with Steel fabrication.

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Key requirements

Substantial experience in fabrication of structural steel, qualifications and references to be provided
Well versed with Tekla/X steel and a good understanding of steel drawings
Honest and loyal
Good Leadership qualities, good EQ
Strong character with good people skills
Manage entire workshop staff and meet production deadlines (lead by example)
People motivator
Good planning skills, optimize resources available to achieve high level of productivity and outputs
Good understanding of welding
Disciplinarian
Good example to work force, time keeping, first in last out
Good communicator
Responsible and accountable
A large part of the job will be spending time on the shop floor managing productivity and motivating staff to ensure a high quality product is completed on time and within budget
Very hands on position, leading by example

Minimum requirements - (Time Keeping/Attitude)

Be on time and always lead by example. Be on the floor at critical times (set a new standard here), before and after tea and lunch, just before closing and at start up time every day and during overtime. On Saturdays and public holidays the factory cannot be left alone, it requires your presence and continued monitoring to ensure productivity.
Ask for assistance if necessary.
Provide positive energy and direction in the workshop
Take the Bull by the horns and lead from the front.
Your job is to ensure the smooth efficient flow of work through the work shop and to optimize the resources available to achieve a high level of productivity
Treat this factory as if it were your own.
Proactive behaviour toward production.
Listen and act on employee complaints. Personal relationship with workforce, build trust and respect.
Spend time on the floor and ensure that everyone is busy at all times, particularly being available on the floor prior to and just after tea time/lunch time and closing time. Saturday mornings and public holidays.
Lead by example, be at work at all times when the factory is operating, (first one in and last to leave).
Treat all employees with respect.

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Planning / Controlling

Receive work orders and drawings.
Plan the routing of product lots through the factory.
Do machine loading and worker allocation.
Establish whether the correct steel is available - if not, submit request to order.
Issue steel and consumables to workers.
Issue drawings to boilermakers once material is cut.
Understand drawings and assist with making up of jigs. Check jigs before commencing with assemblies.
Ensure that jobs are completed on time
When jobs are revised, pull old drawings out of the workshop and replace with revisions. Make sure revisions are affected.
Make sure all drawings are recorded in the book and signed off on completion.
Monitor and review capacity utilisation relative to existing and projected work requirements.
Propose changes in technologies, labour practices, and capacities to improve output.
Establish and implement suitable maintenance programmes and records for all equipment and managing costs
Prioritising and planning work through all work centres.
Planning and controlling the flow of work at all times to achieve highest possible level of productivity, ensure priority work is completed on time. Make sure long lead time items are dealt with early on.
Ensure all material is cut and ready for boiler makers before they start a job.
Continuously ensure that all material needed for a job is here and notify the Fabtrol office early if it is not.
Make sure you clearly understand drawings before they are issued to boilermakers and get detailers to fix drawings if necessary prior to issuing to the boilermakers. Carefully review all detail drawings at least 2 days prior to their being issued into the shop, then plan around what is required, cut T's, split beams, rolling to radius, order off mill rolling's, order PG blanks early, prepare early so that when the boilermakers get their drawings they have all the parts they require.
Manage material flow at all times, including moving of materials at low peak hours (after hours if necessary) to ensure that cranes are available during busy working hours.
Utilise to do lists to make sure that you keep track of all work requirements.
Meet deadlines, and raise red flags early if you foresee problems arising.
Implement better ways of doing things.
Set work levels and tasks for night shift workers and follow up in the morning to ensure that production levels are met.
Ensure proper planning and always follow up to satisfactory conclusion of all tasks.
Ensure that boilermakers have work at their tables at all times, ensure that nobody waits for instructions. Boilermakers must receive their drawings at least one day ahead of when they will start the job, this will give their assistants time to collect all parts and notify you if there is a problem with the parts they need, this way the boilermaker remains busy and it will give you time to make alternative arrangements to keep the boilermaker busy if he cannot continue with the intended job for whatever reason.
Managing overtime, overtime costs are high, this needs to be managed on a daily basis, I don't want to see spare people hanging around not being productive. Make sure this overtime is productive by setting goals on performance during overtime or being available on the floor at all times during overtime. Set goals for night shift work every day and follow up in the morning to ensure that goals are met (discipline if necessary). Utilise afterhours work to manage the flow of materials through the factory, cranage is very limited during normal working hours so arrange for material to be placed where required at night so as to free up cranage in busy periods.
Create a man-hour schedule for the different disciplines of work.

Production / Productivity / Equipment Management

Managing all consumables and their costs and ensuring they are always available when required.
Ensure that men and machines are fully utilised and working efficiently.
Follow job lots through factory.
Keep members of same job lot together as far as possible.
Ensure that material is handled as little as possible, avoid double handling.
Expedite priority jobs
Assist with layouts.

Quality

Setting housekeeping standards
Setting of quality standards
Controlling the quality levels
Ensure that machines are set correctly.
Check that members and assemblies are to drawing.
Make sure welding is done according to specifications.
Ensure the right quantities of members are manufactured.
Ensure the quality of manufacture and welding is satisfactory.

Safety

Embracing safety and ensuring compliance at all times.
Ensuring that all staff and new employees have undergone Tass mandatory induction and any necessary training before commencing any work.
Ensure that the factory is clean
Keep walkways free from obstacles
Issue PPE and ensure workers wear it.
Ensure that workers adhere to safe working procedures.
Arrange for regular crane and lifting gear inspections.
Ensure that gas is stored and handled according to safety procedures.

Workforce Management

Appointing suitably skilled people to fill key positions, also ensuring that we have the right number of personnel, not too many and not too few.
Training and development of all staff.
Evaluating supervisor and worker performance.
Make sure you are getting proper production from our employees.
Making sure people are at their work stations ready to work when the siren sounds.
Motivating and supporting the labour force at all times (they must also be given responsibility to make decisions affecting employees so that they can be seen to be capable directly responsible for their decisions.
Praise staff for exceptional ideas or good performance.