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- Plan, organise, lead, co-ordinate, and control all Night Shift activities, alongside assisting with Maintenance, Quality Control and Health & Safety activities within the business, alongside providing assistance to all foundry activities.
- Oversee the night shift melting and pouring activities, ensuring that all procedures and instructions are adhered to and completed.
- Ensure the planning and scheduling for the night.
- Responsible for all matters relating to Health, Safety and environment. Reporting any relevant information to the Operations Manager for investigation
- Attending supervisor meetings
- Be the primary point of contact on nights for all matters relating to Human Resources, including but not limited to Absence, Grievances, Disciplinaries etc recording information for the Operations Manager.
- Responsible for distributing stock of PPE, Overalls, Foundry consumables etc and notifying Operations Manager when stock needs replenishing
- Performing stock take of furnace materials and notifying the Foundry Technician when stock needs to be ordered
- Recording any maintenance issues and passing to the Maintenance Engineer
- Notify the Operations Manager of any training requirements for staff
- Recruitment of operators in conjunction with Operations Manager, through agencies or direct hire
- Other activities as necessary or requested
- Previous experience in a foundry environment, operating induction furnaces and pouring molten metals from transfer ladles.
- Competent in using IT and software systems; Microsoft Office, ERP/MRP systems
- Knowledge and competence within the field of Iron metallurgy
- Use of pyrometers and thermocouples essential, use of other inspect and test equipment, including measuring and laboratory equipment would be advantageous
- Ability to organise a small team and prioritise tasks to achieve production requirements
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Demonstrable ability to manage their own tasks and prioritise tasks for the team
- Ability to understand and perform new or specific tasks in a timely manner
- Have good self-motivation and the ability to support their team
- Have strong interpersonal and communication skills and provide feedback to other team members
