Department Manager

1 week ago

Somerset West, South Africa HR Talent Partner Full time

**Job Overview**:
**Date Posted**: Posted 15 mins ago-
**Location**: Somerset West, Western Cape-
**Job Title**: Department Manager (Machining)-
**Education Level**: Diploma-
**Job Level**: Management-
**Minimum Experience**: 8 - 10 Years**Department Manager (Machining) - Somerset West.**:
A renowned Aviation Engineering company is looking for a ‘Department Manager (Machining)’ to join their team on a full-time permanent basis in the Helderberg Area, Cape Town.

Excellent salary on offer plus benefits and internal career advancement opportunities.

**Requirements**:

- A Production / Operations Management degree / diploma with a minimum 10 years of experience working in CNC Machining operations
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a managerial role
- Must have experience setting up and running CNC Milling centres
- A strong background in CNC Programming and troubleshooting for 3-5 axis CNC and Robot Machining Centres
- Requires knowledge on fixturing concepts for CNC milling & conventional machining processes
- Knowledge of selecting the right tools for the machining operations based on the component material, hardness & drawing tolerances
- Working understanding of GD&T concept and CAD/CAM software
- Working knowledge in manual CNC programming and 2D and 3D program generation
- Very strong people management skills, and the ability to communicate across departmental boundaries
- Strong Leadership abilities; Ability to guide a team to the common goal; Proactive; Goal orientated
- Requires knowledge in cost estimation for the manufacturing process. (Machine hour rate, part process cost etc.)
- SAP knowledge or similar ERP system

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Manages staff selection, performance, development and training processes to ensure team competencies and capabilities to achieve business goals and expectations
- Responsible for development, justification, and implementation of continuous process improvement initiatives
- Responsible for department planning, coordination of scheduling, ensuring materials are available, and machines are well maintained with very little down time
- Implements and develops manufacturing processes, departmental SOP’s while adhering to all company manufacturing standards/methods and policies, including safety related initiatives
- Develop and implement KPI’s/ metrics to measure and track performance
- Optimizes the machining processes in terms of consistent quality and productivity
- Central resource for technical machining expertise to Operations, Engineering, Tooling and Maintenance
- Creates and develops CNC, select tooling, tool list and set-up sheets
- Responsible for development and implementation of appropriate cost control and cost reduction initiatives within responsible functions

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