The role of the neo Advance – Production Team Member involves the physical production of products and active participation in a continuous improvement culture. It is your responsibility to make sure products are manufactured in accordance with standard operating procedures whilst delivering a smooth efficient service that meets business expectations and the needs of our customers.

Objectives:

• To meet Rooflight Company manufacturing targets by ensuring that product is manufactured to the optimum quality, on time and to cost.
• To participate in lean improvement programmes and activities.
• To continually develop your skills to enable you to positively contribute to team deliverables.
• To ensure all your activities are conducted within the framework of Health and Safety, Quality, Environmental and HR procedures.

Responsible for:

Physical manufacture of products in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.  Contribution to operational excellence.  Participation and contribution to continuous improvement whilst developing own personal performance in a High-Performance Team Culture.  Identifying process improvements to Standard Operating Procedures.  Adherence to Health and Safety, Quality and Environmental systems.

Authorities:

In line with Quality, Cost and Delivery requirements, the authorities below cover the processes (see ‘Responsible for’) for which the function is authorised to make decisions:

• To raise non-conformity, quality, process or health and safety issues to line management immediately.
• To make recommendations for process changes in-line with lean improvement programmes and activities.

Manufacturing

• To manufacture product to schedule, to agreed operating standards, to agreed quality standards and to agreed process times.
• Deliver manufactured products to targets and ensure customer service requirements are being satisfied.
• To actively participate in the Manufacturing, Process Engineering and the Health and Safety, Quality and Environmental teams/systems to achieve optimum process flow and adherence to lead time.
• Use of and daily maintenance of all machines, equipment and facilities ensuring product is manufactured to high standard and consistency.
• Working overtime as and when required to achieve output.
• To contribute and add value to daily production meetings.
• To keep the Operations Manager consistently informed of non-conformity or deviations from agreed standards.
• To work in collaboration with other Production Operatives.
  
  

Continuous Improvement

• Undertake scheduled and on-the-job training to ensure that your responsibilities are defined and understood.
• To be involved in and actively participate in lean improvement projects.
• To help develop your fellow team members.
• To help identify needs relating to improvements in safety/ergonomics and assist in developing and implementing solutions to these issues.
• Input into key performance metrics.
  
  

High Performance Team

• Be a key team member in a high performing manufacturing team.
• Work effectively and positively with fellow team members.
• Ensure that your capabilities, your skills and your motivation are to a consistently high standard and capable of achieving the levels of performance required in meeting business targets.
• Ensure that you and your fellow team members comply with the current SOPs, Quality, Environmental and Health & Safety Management Systems.
  
  

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Demonstrate the company values of Integrity, Care, Empowerment and Unity at all times.
• Flexible to change with a willingness to continually improve.
• Practical manufacturing ability.
• Ability to engage with a cross-functional team towards a desired outcome.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong teamworking skills.
• Ability to organise and plan use of own time effectively and efficiently in line with agreed schedules.
• Basic IT Skills – in particular MS Office 2000 or similar (Word, Excel & Outlook).

• Good general education with experience in manufacturing high performance / regulated products.
• Minimum of 5 years manufacturing experience preferred.
• Knowledge of CNC Machinery ideal

Performance measures are set out below.  The measures are as follows:

• Regular feedback at monthly 121’s
• Team feedback via 121’s
• Team Performance KPI’s
• Skills Development Matrix
• Attendance Records
• On time delivery to Production Schedule
• Continuous Improvement Projects
• Health and Safety Records
• Internal Process Audits
• Quality compliance ISO9001

To be reviewed on-going in line with business needs.