Manufacturing Manager - Salisbury, Australia - Qest Human Resources

Qest Human Resources

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Salisbury, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

THE CLIENT:

Our Client in the Hiring Service journey began in the late seventies and over the next four decades expanded from its humble beginnings in general hire, to become one of South Australia's largest independently owned hire companies.

Specialising in the hire and manufacture of portable buildings, toilets, temporary fencing, and much more, their Hiring Service provide services to residential, civil, commercial, industrial and event markets in South Australia.

About the Role

This a full-time, permanent role based at their Head Office in the Northern Suburbs and will include a variety of work at their manufacturing facility with modern offices.

As a Manufacturing Manager, you'll work among a team of specialist engineers to design, implement, and maintain Hire & Construction solutions to a wide range of clients through a range of services playing a vital role in providing a high standard of innovative, well-maintained portable buildings to Australia's civil, commercial and industrial markets.

You'll work side by side from a Manufacturing point of view with their Management, Operations, Procurement through to Production to deliver impeccable Construction Hire Solutions to their clients.

Duties

Drive growth and quality Manufacturing Management through effective use & coordination of trades, contractors & enhancing team collaboration.
Support the company's Values, Code of Conduct & Ethics, policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Estimating including take off's etc
Maintain and review effective stock levels
Purchasing and checking of invoices
Displaying your building construction knowledge including Building Codes, Timber Building Codes, Australian standards etc
Generate Purchase orders
Sketch and update of BOM's
Present manufacturing topics to the sales team
Train / mentor staff
Oversee repeat work manufacture & at times repairs of existing units
Identify organisational needs and make suggestions and recommendations regarding Manufacturing Management
Making adjustments as required
Use at times of AutoCAD to draw layouts as required.
Supervise trades, for example carpenters and apprentices.
Actively contribute to WH&S functions in Manufacturing and the business as a whole
The ability to source materials as part of the Procurement process.
Prep standard drawings and markup layouts & collaboratively obtain Client approval.
Keeping track of time and accurate record on each customer project to assist in the betterment of estimations, quotations and formulating more precise billings.
Ensure all documentation is recorded accurately and in a timely manner.
Support Sales, Operations & Logistics efforts with a collaborative approach from the Manufacturing department
Maintain an indepth knowledge of our products and service offerings and methodologies.
Participate and lead, when needed, in meetings with the team trades and contractors in manufacturing.
Participate in internal projects making sure that activities and tasks are actioned as required.
Review budget / time compared to forecast & actual.

Skills and Experience
To be successful in this role, you will have at least 4 years of experience in a similar role, involving:

Ability to work with Word, XL spreadsheets, Build soft & AutoCAD
Supervisors License
Construction Industry knowledge.
Preparation & updating of BOM's.
Strong Knowledge of WH&S functions throughout the Construction Industry
Knowledge of Timber Framing Code
Relevant Tertiary qualification
Solutions orientated and great negotiation skills.
Portable Building experience desirable but not essential

You will be able to demonstrate a solid Construction background with associated industry certifications an advantage.

Previous experience working within a Building Construction, Maufacturing and or Portable building environment providing quality service to a range of industries and stakeholders will be highly regarded.

You will have the following attributes.

Hardworking, fast learner with a drive to see projects through to the end.
Excellent communication skills and presentation of the utmost professionalism.
Ability to lead teams & contractors as required.
Flexible can do attitude
Proven ability to communicate complex concepts effectively with people of all levels both verbally, in writing and presentations, including the ability to produce good quality reports.
Knowledge of the Timber Framing Code and other relevant Building / Construction standards
Innovative, selfdriven and the ability to work under broad direction and in a team environment on complex tasks.
The ability to build and maintain working relationships and work effectively within collaborative team environments.

Culture

An environment encouraging open dialogue with the view of satisfying internal & external stakeholder with objectives with Manufacturing outcomes in mind.

Benefits
Inclusive team where everyone has