Production Manager (Heavy Engineering) - Roodepoort

Reports to General Manager

Legal appointment OHS Act supervisor for the workshop (and equivalent on client sites).

• Trade-qualified Electrician, Millwright, Fitter or Armature Winder, or a National Diploma with a strong workshop background.
• Eight years in an industrial repair / manufacturing workshop, of which three are in charge of people and output across more than one product line.
• Must have run mixed work not only one motor contract or only fitting.
• OHS Act supervisory competence. Computer literate enough for a weekly plan. Valid drivers licence.
• LV and MV rewind plus pump / mechanical overhaul in the same career.
• MS Project or equivalent. Previous utility, mining or heavy-industrial charge-hand / production role.

• Build the daily and weekly plan across all product lines: assessment, strip, rewind, mechanical, VPI / process, balance, test, paint, pack and site-support kits.
• Separate breakdowns from programmed work so a rush job does not silently kill a contract motor or a pump overhaul.
• Match manpower and plant (crane, oven, VPI, test bay, machines) to load. Own turnaround against what YNF quoted.
• Give the GM a weekly number: what will ship, what is stuck, and what is needed to unstick it.

• Every job and loose component carries a traveller. No orphan rotors, impellers or end bells.
• Protect client property. Incoming, WIP, quarantine and outgoing are physically separate.
• Critical processes only to the written method: burn-out limits, no torch stripping, approved shaft repair, specified bearings and greases, balance grades, painting and nameplates as the job requires.
• Do not take a job past a Quality or client hold point. Production pressure is not a reason to impregnate or assemble early.

• Visible supervision. Toolbox talks, PPE, legal appointments, lifting tackle and test-bay control.
• Coach winders and fitters. Escalate a skill gap instead of hiding it on the next HV or large-pump job.
• Timesheets, overtime and shift cover. Idle time has a reason and an owner.

• Allocate labour, overtime and plant time.
• Stop an unsafe job. Hold a job in the workshop if Quality has not released it.

The Production Manager does not waive hold points, change design, or release product.