Manufacturing Manager
Manufacturing Manager
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Job Description
About Us:
Varley Group is an Australian company that has a rich history spanning over 138 years. We have evolved into a highly successful diverse and multi-national engineering and manufacturing firm servicing a wide variety of major sectors including emergency service defence health care cyber security mining marine rail and more. Varley Groups network of subsidiaries includes: Norship SEM Fire & Rescue Air Boats International EMC Electric Vehicles IDES Introspectus and Frame Group.
Here at Varley we strongly believe in these core values
Safety Maintain a safe and healthy workplace for all employees in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Customer Focus We provide the best customer service through open and honest relationships.
Quality of Workmanship We take pride in our work to ensure we provide high quality products services and employees.
Acceptance of Change To adapt to changes in customer needs technology and social media demands.
Success We secure continuing financial technical and market success.
With over 1200 employees in the Varley Group our company reputation is built on providing first-class work manufacturing quality products and providing unsurpassed service. It is our broad but specialised skills base and employees that have a passion for doing a good job that gives us a competitive edge.
The Role
Reporting to the CEO Varley Vehicles we have a permanent full-time position based at our Ballarat site (SEM Fire & Rescue) for an experienced Manufacturing Manager to join our Varley Specialised Vehicles team. This is an opportunity to:
- Be part of our growth journey
- Be mentored by some of the industrys best
- Lead our friendly and supportive team
To be considered for this role you will have:
- Strong experience in production and manufacturing management with solid understanding of customer engagement operations management cost management optimizing processes and implementing LEAN manufacturing best practice standards.
- Demonstrate your ability to manage the delivery from commencement to completion of all SEM Projects in-line with customers contracts. Manage all project aspects from contract tender stage contract awarded stage engineering requirements procurement requirements production requirements and project progress communication with customers.
- Ability to demonstrate your ability to develop and manage resources required to complete vehicle builds in-line to customer contracts on-time to budget and of high quality. Manage projects end-to-end resources e.g. labour equipment procurement out-sourcing.
- Demonstrate your ability to work collaboratively with engineering/purchasing/production teams to set-up all site projects ensure engineering have provided accurate/on-time drawings to production and ensure all materials are delivered to the cells on-time & accurate. Focusing on driving efficiencies and reducing wasted time.
- Demonstrate your experience with building customer relationships: Liaise with customers on a regular basis to maintain healthy relationships ensure all deliverables meet customer contracts providing additional services reporting systems and support to meet customer requirements.
- Demonstrate your ability to manage and develop a team: plan coordinate monitor coach and review the work performance of team members.
- A commitment to health safety environment and quality.
- Be a solutions-focused problem solver.
- Enjoy a fast pace where thinking on your feet and managing multiple projects energises you.
- Experience providing hands-on practical advice (Trade background would be beneficial) and knowledge to teams.
- Have excellent communication (both written and verbal) skills.
- Proficient in the Microsoft suite of products in particular outlook word and excel
- Previous practical experience within Vehicle manufacturing related industry will be highly regarded
Why Us:
With over 1200 employees our company reputation is built on providing first-class work manufacturing quality products and providing unsurpassed service. It is our broad but specialized skills base and employees that have a passion for doing a good job that gives us a competitive edge. We are looking for employees that want to help us continue on this journey.
Benefits:
Our people matter to us so we provide:
- Variety of work on innovating and market leading projects
- Discounted access to the Fitness Passport giving you access to hundreds of fitness and sporting centres across Australia
- Opportunity for career development and encouragement to work across teams to build your skills and experience
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program
- Easy site access/parking
To Apply:
If this sounds like the role you are looking for please send your resume and a cover letter outlining your experience. As part of the recruitment process of this role a set of screening questions were emailed via our candidate application platform.
These questions are designed to further understand your experience career goals and assess how they align with the requirements of the role. Please note that it is crucial to complete the screening questions to proceed with your application. Applicants who do not complete these questions will regrettably not be considered for further steps in the selection process. We appreciate your prompt attention to this matter and look forward to reviewing your responses.
We know that diverse teams are high performing teams. At Varley Group we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and we are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
