Key Responsibilities

1. Manage daily battery and vehicle assembly operations across all shifts to meet plant targets for safety quality schedule and cost
2. Compile daily management information system reports and conducts structured shift handover reviews
3. Formulate and execute production schedules aligned with customer demand and machine capacity
4. Coordinate with supply chain and warehouse teams to ensure uninterrupted availability of raw materials and components
5. Optimise resource allocation time and line balancing to maximize overall equipment effectiveness
6. Implement kaizen initiatives and 5S methodology across work cells to eliminate scrap and lower operational expenditure
7. Partner with quality and engineering colleagues to resolve technical bottlenecks using structured root cause problem solving
8. Conduct regular staff appraisals delivers constructive feedback and coordinates technical training programmes to close operational skill gaps
9. Enforces strict adherence to standard operating procedures quality standards and high voltage safety regulations across the workshop

Ideal Candidate

1. Bachelor's or Master's degree in automobile or mechanical engineering
2. 4 - 8 years of direct production management experience within the automotive or electric vehicle sector
3. Demonstrates working technical knowledge of lithium-ion battery pack manufacturing processes and cell assembly stages
4. Exhibits a proven capability to manage mentor and organise teams of 40 - 70 technicians and operators
5. Applies practical expertise in lean manufacturing tools overall equipment effectiveness optimisation and manufacturing execution systems