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Biocomposites, Ltd. is an international medical devices company that engineers, manufactures and markets world leading products for use in infection management in bone and soft tissue. Based in Keele in Staffordshire, UK, it has global operations across Europe, USA, Canada, Argentina, China and India, and helps more than 1 million patients worldwide every year! We are distinct in that our team of specialists is singularly focused on the development of innovative calcium compounds and all research, manufacture and distribution takes place at our headquarters in Keele, England. In 2022, Her Majesty the Queen honoured us with two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in Innovation and International Trade in recognition of the impact of STIMULAN in infection cases and our outstanding continuous growth in overseas sales of more than 200% over six years. Biocomposites products are now used in over 120,000 procedures every year and sold in more than 40 countries around the world. The production supervisor effectively leads operations and manufacturing processes, through supervision of team members to ensure the efficient delivery of products, whilst meeting appropriate industry standards.
Job Responsibility:
Responsible for the quality of all production outputs ensuring appropriate quality standard are maintained and improved as appropriate
Organise workflow by assigning responsibilities and preparing schedules in conjunction or independently of the Production Manager
Ensure that all staff in your team are trained in and adhere to relevant SOPs and EHS guidelines
Responsible for ensuring that all materials, including consumables are in place ahead of manufacturing requirements
Set daily/weekly/monthly objectives and communicate them to employees
Work in conjunction with the quality department to highlight and determine root causes with corrective action to issues that arise
Responsible for Batch Record Reviews, thus ensuring Quality Right First Time
Responsible for the appropriate recording, reporting and communicating of daily, weekly, monthly metrics and key performance indicators
Responsible for the appropriate training of all production staff, thus maintaining required staffing to meet the production demand
Report deficiencies to the Production Manager
Highlight improvement ideas to improve processes and working conditions
Working in conjunction with the Production Manager establish improvement idea’s that can be both managed through production staff of with assistance from Technical Support
When required, work as an operator to help achieve departmental schedules and goals
Perform any ad hoc requests from the production manager to help the production department achieve its goals, e.g., project work, liaise with other departments, lead process improvement initiatives, create roster’s
Ensure the safe use of equipment and enforce strict safety guidelines and company standards
Report appropriately any safety issue through required documentation, work with the Health & Safety co-ordinator to maintain and improve Health & Safety in the Production environment
Create and complete appropriate annual Performance Reviews for all direct reports
Ensure full compliance with regulatory requirements
Comply with all policies, guidelines and regulatory requirements of Biocomposites
Requirements:
Level 4 in Management or equivalent
Minimum 3 years manufacturing experience within Production Supervisor job role or equivalent
IT skills inclusive of Microsoft Office
Working knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice
People management skills
Excellent communication skills
Ability to take initiative within controlled working environment
Ability to meet deadlines with high attention to detail and well organised