Job Description:
- Oversee night shift operations.
- Manage optics production and lead a team of skilled leaders, technicians, and operators.
- Coordinate closely with Maintenance, Engineering, and Planning teams to meet production KPIs, including OTD, quality (yield and scrap), employee efficiency, and cost control.
- Drive continuous improvement projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Daily Responsibilities:
- Conduct MRB reviews with the Engineering team to make decisions on defective products.
- Manage machine prioritization schedules.
- Validate and approve Time Management System records for production staff.
- Attend production meetings with the Planning team to provide updates on delivery commitments, quality issues, and machine status.
- Conduct daily production meetings with section leaders to review delivery commitments, quality issues, and machine status.
- Raise machine maintenance notifications in SAP.
- Handle activities such as following up on rework, arranging overtime, raising purchase requisitions (PR), performing material kitting for new loading, and generating SAP WIP reports.
- Lead initiatives to improve efficiency and work closely with Engineering to enhance process stability.
- Lead in improving efficiency and work closely with Engineering to improve process stability.
Weekly Responsibilities:
- Attend machine maintenance review meetings and coordinate with the Maintenance team to drive TPM (Total Productive Maintenance).
- Participate in FAT reviews with the NPI team.
- Attend supervisor meetings to provide updates on machine capacity, manpower, technical issues, and production challenges.
Monthly Responsibilities:
- Submit Kaizen initiatives for departmental improvements.
- Participate in Small Group Activities for continuous improvement projects.
- Conduct 6S line inspections and audits.
- Update and present 6UPs (KPIs) to the HOD.
- Attend EHS meetings to report on safety, environmental, and facility-related issues.
- Update machine utilization data in SAP for capacity planning.
- Maintain and update the skill matrix and manage single-point failure processes.
Others:
- Identify and develop technicians or operators for progression to the next skill level.
- Take ownership of EHS-related items such as chemical spill kits, first aid boxes, chemical cabinets, and chemical waste disposal.
Job Requirements:
- Diploma in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related technical field (e.g., NTC2 in Precision Optics Manufacturing).
- Minimum 10 years of experience in production or industrial manufacturing; experience in optics production is an added advantage.
- Knowledge of optics manufacturing processes (preferred) or general industrial manufacturing.
- Strong leadership skills with proven experience managing teams of more than 50 operators/technicians to achieve production KPIs.
- Strong follow-up skills with a high sense of ownership.
- Able to work permanent or rotating night shifts, including weekends.
