Responsibilities:
- Supervise assigned manufacturing activities to ensure production plans are executed safely, efficiently, and in line with approved priorities.
- Coordinate daily work allocation, manpower utilization, equipment availability, and material readiness to support schedule adherence and timely order completion.
- Review daily production priorities, open work orders, pending operations, and critical customer requirements before assigning shop-floor activities.
- Monitor shop-floor progress, update production status, highlight constraints, and escalate risks related to capacity, materials, quality, or equipment downtime.
- Ensure manufacturing activities are performed according to approved drawings, work instructions, routings, quality requirements, and standard operating procedures.
- Control WIP movement across assigned work areas and ensure jobs are advanced through each operation without unnecessary delays.
- Coordinate with Planning, Engineering, Quality, Warehouse, Maintenance, and Customer Service to resolve operational issues and maintain workflow continuity.
- Ensure availability and proper control of required materials, drawings, tools, fixtures, gauges, and consumables before starting assigned production work.
- Support first-piece checks, in-process inspection coordination, and timely closure of quality concerns to prevent repeat issues and production delays.
- Review productivity, rework, scrap, overtime, and non-conformance trends and support corrective actions to improve shop-floor performance.
- Follow up on machine breakdowns, tooling issues, and maintenance requirements to minimize downtime and protect production commitments.
- Ensure proper recording of production quantities, completed operations, rework, scrap, delays, and shift remarks in applicable systems or reports.
- Maintain clear shift handover updates covering completed work, pending jobs, constraints, manpower status, and priority escalation items.
- Supervise day or night shift operations as assigned, ensuring proper shift coverage, continuity of production priorities, and clear communication between shifts.
- Support implementation of improvement initiatives related to Lean manufacturing, 5S, cycle time reduction, standard work, and operational efficiency.
- Prepare and maintain daily production records, attendance, overtime requirements, shift handovers, and other operational reports as required.
- Ensure tools, equipment, fixtures, and work areas are properly used, maintained, and available to support safe and uninterrupted production.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, or equivalent is required.
- Minimum 5 to 7 years of experience in manufacturing operations, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or lead role preferred.
- Experience in oil and gas manufacturing or similar industrial environment preferred.
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, production control, quality requirements, and shop-floor safety practices.
- Good communication, team leadership, problem-solving, and coordination skills.
- Working knowledge of MS Office and ERP systems, preferably Oracle Fusion.
- Willingness and ability to work in day or night shift schedules based on production and operational requirements.
- Good reporting, documentation, and shift handover skills.
