Cold End Foreman (Permanent)

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

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