Operation Officer

Job Description

Why work for us

Alkegen brings together two of the world s leading specialty materials companies to create one new, innovation-driven leader focused on battery technologies, filtration media, and specialty insulation and sealing materials. Through global reach and breakthrough inventions, we re delivering products that enable the world to breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before.

With over 60 manufacturing facilities with a global workforce of over 9,000 of the industry s most experienced talent, including insulation and filtration experts, Alkegen is uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways.

Alkegen offers a range of dynamic career opportunities with globe-spanning reach. From production operators to engineers, technicians to specialists, sales to leadership, we re always looking for top talent ready to bring their best. Come grow with us!

Job Requirements:

As Shift Officer, the jobholder reports to the Production Manager. This position is key for the Site to achieve its safety, quality, OTIF, and financial objectives. The Production Shift Officer has responsibility for the steady and reliable manufacturing process to produce products within the Quality specifications and at the lowest cost. They will also have responsibility for continuously improving and leading cost savings initiatives within the production team and working towards Best-in-Class Group Targets for efficiencies, labor, manning, quality and cost.

Providing recommendations to drive the output and efficiencies of the site while maximizing manning efficiencies but training and development and optimization of processes while giving consideration to cost, availability and quality always working with a proactive safety focus.

Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the production process and putting in effective controls and improvements to demonstrate Continuous Improvement (CI).
• Daily Management of Production officer and staff, empower and engage this group with effective and inspiring leadership.
• Resolution of personnel issues and disciplinary issues under your control.
• Optimized and Maximize performance and production output.
• Implementing effective training plans including documented training and validation for all staff.
• Agreeing the production schedules and optimize these in order to maintain and maximize production at reduced cost. Target 100% OTIF internally and externally.
• Ensuring that the production is cost effective and demonstrate continuous improvement in costs.
• Making sure that all products are produced on time and are of requisite quality.
• Put in place systems which maintain and improve quality and show effective control of products and deliver on improvements as part of must win battles.
• Monitoring product standards and implementing quality-control programs across the production team.
• Monitoring process performance against standards and taking necessary corrective actions to protect customers at all times.
• Monitoring the production processes and adjusting schedules as needed;
• Formulation of annual budgets for production
• Identifying & implementing improvement initiatives and projects in quality, cost, delivery and health and safety and deliver against these.
• Calculation of labor and material resources needed and report on efficiencies;
• Estimating costs and setting the quality standards;
• Responsibility for the selection, use and maintenance of equipment;
• Liaising among different departments, e.g. suppliers, managers;
• Working with managers to implement the companys policies and goals;
• Ensuring that all legislative health and safety and internal guidelines are followed;
• Ensuring housekeeping standards are set and maintained in line with an ethos of 5S, showing real progress by control methods and recording these visually along the journey.
• Put in place an effective WCM system which can demonstrate improvements in Quality, Cost Delivery and Health and Safety but also show improvements in all production areas in the spirit of WCM encompassing (5S, SMED, Lean and CI)
• Reviewing worker performance and identifying training needs / Coaching and development. Where necessary taking other formal actions when necessary.
• Provide Monthly report on main Site KPI s and requirements.
• Conduct monthly coaching sessions with direct reports.
• Effective Management of report. Develop Shift Managers to have ability to deal with 1st level discipline and complaints.
• The scheduling of all site production departments timely and efficiently to meet customer demand.
• Develop and monitor schedules daily and liaison with the Production planner to optimize and prioritize production plans as per Customer Requirement.
• Monitor and evaluate capacity requirements with timely communication of potential issues.
• Ensure adherence to Effective Maintenance Planning, preventive (SEF s & WP)
• Co-ordinate maintenance engineers efforts to make sure machinery / equipment is kept up to reliability and condition standards
• Identify areas for improvement and assign resources /time to address

Qualifications/ Experience:

• The jobholder will have a strong Operations background (around 4- 6 years), minimum 2 years managing people
• The minimum educational qualification will be a engineering
• Industrial experience gained in a process manufacturing environment
• SPC / 6 Sigma / Lean manufacturing / FMEA / RCA
• Computer and IT skills
• Interpersonal skills will be required; to influence decision-making and to work closely and effectively with manufacturing and engineering personnel at all levels and managing at technical team.
• Must be willing to work hands-on and to spend significant part of time on the shop floor
• Excellent attention to detail
• Must be a team player, self-motivated and flexible
• Must possess drive and challenge themselves and the team to continuous improvement
• Have passion to make their plant as reference site

If you are interested in being part of a world class Talent function here at Alkegen then we would love to hear from you.

At Alkegen, we strive every day to help people ALL PEOPLE breathe easier, live greener and go further than ever before. We believe that diversity and inclusion is central to this mission and to our impact. Our diverse and inclusive culture drives our growth & innovation and we nurture it by actively embracing our differences and using our varied perspectives to solve the complex challenges facing our changing and diverse world.

Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, nation of origin, religion, color, gender identity and expression, age, disability, education, opinions, culture, languages spoken, veteran s status, or any other protected class.