Production Team Lead

KEY PURPOSE OF JOB

Product development and manufacturing aerospace engineering company in Somerset West has a permanent position for a Production Team lead, responsible for managing the day to day activities of an assigned production line and team. Actively support the teams outputs with the assembly of high-reliability electro-mechanical products.

KEY TASKS

General: Production Team Lead:

• Responsible for ensuring that the cleanroom always complies with NSS internal cleanliness standards.
• Responsible for ensuring that cleanroom logs are completed accurately and up to date.
• Responsible for reporting any deficiencies in materials, parts, or consumables to Quality.
• Responsible for maintaining stock levels of materials, parts, or consumables and reporting any shortage to stores for replenishment.
• Responsible for execution and adherence to the production plan.
• Ensure team actively logs and completes tasks in MOM in line with the production plan.
• Plan, organise, coordinate, manage and control production teams to ensure output delivery and quality standard requirements are met.
• Ensure that all work standards used are current and all steps are followed and adhered to.
• Responsible for identifying issues and potential line stops that may impact the capacity planning and the reporting thereof to the Production Shift Supervisor.
• Report and escalate problems, findings, and discipline problems to the next level.
• Assign duties, set goals, communicate to all levels, conduct team meetings and ensure a smooth shift handover.
• Ensure good timekeeping at all times. Address timekeeping problems and escalate to Production Shift Supervisor. Team must be on time and deliver on time.
• Ensure personnel is working safely and following health and safety rules and regulations.

Operations: Assembly Technician:

• Responsible for the day-to-day cleanroom operations.
• Population and hand-soldering of PCBs to the highest (space/satellite) standards.
• Assembly of harnesses.
• Assembly of boards and other components into chasses.
• Application of glues, thermal compounds, and conformal coatings.
• Operation of related assembly aids, such as curing oven, vacuum tank, compressor, solder pots, crimping tools, etc.
• Ensuring traceability of all parts during the assembly process.
• Logging and controlling the storage of electronic and other components as well as work in progress and completed products.
• Secure packing of completed products suitable for international shipments.
• Capturing of tasks and job status in line with build operations.
• Reporting production progress and issues to line manager.
• Review assembly documentation/build instructions and understand what needs to be done and how it is to be done.
• Ensure all documentation is signed off for traceability.
• Ensure correct procedures and processes are followed during manufacturing.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Relevant Degree or Diploma from a recognised institution.

Experience & Knowledge:

• Experience (ideally within the aerospace or defence industry).
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 3-5 year experience as a Team Leader in a manufacturing environment (preferable).
• Ability to interpret mechanical and electronic drawings.
• Appreciation and experience of ISO9001 requirements.
• Knowledge of satellite subsystems and the space environment.
• Cleanroom, ESD, and optical assembly environment.
• Good knowledge and experience in technical support in a manufacturing environment.

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

• Positive self-motivated, self-starter attitude.
• Responsible.
• Team player.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Customer focused.
• Able to persuade and influence others.
• Flexible and able to multi-task, can work within an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.
• Resourcefulness in setting priorities.

LANGUAGE

English

APPLICATION

If you meet the requirements of this vacancy, please send your CV to:

cv@newspacesystems.com OR contact us on +27 (0) 21 300 0160.

To learn more about Newspace Systems, visit our website:

www.newspacesystems.com

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent.

Experience:

• Team leader: 3 years (Preferred).