VPC Workshop Supervisor

About NVD 

A family-owned business, established in 1980, NVD was set up to assist vehicle manufacturers in the timely and incident free distribution of their products. We’ve established ourselves as a one stop shop providing the three main pillars of outbound logistics, including transporting, storing and enhancing our customers’ vehicles, prior to delivery to their end location. Since 1980 NVD has been at the forefront of pioneering the digitisation of the FVL industry. As early adopters of emerging technology we have been able to introduce huge efficiencies saving time and money for our customers. Our unwavering commitment to progress and continual service improvement remains at the heart of our business today. 

Pay and Benefits

• Pension Scheme

• Death In Service Benefit

• Digital GP Service

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Annual Leave Purchase Programme

• Long Service Awards

Job Description

• Escalate any serious problems as they arise to the Workshop Manager so that they may be addressed immediately.

• Communicate daily/weekly schedules, deadlines and priorities to staff, via daily briefings or toolbox talks

• Ensure best practice continually updated improved in terms of health and safety, environment, quality, and efficiency.

  • This will mean that supervisors will need to be proactive in motivating staff to work with managers and supervisors to continually identify better methods of operation and,

  • These methods will need to updated in the form of SOP’s, daily tasks, forms and training 

• Manage staff, review performance regularly and take appropriate action when performance exceeds or fails to meet standards, polices, procedures or legislation. This will include but is not limited to,

  • Probation reviews

  • Formal appraisals

  • Staff disciplinaries and investigations

  • Informal feedback to staff on the floor 

• Ensure all staff records are documented and sent to HR in a timely manner

  • Training records

  • Appraisals and disciplinaries

• Closely monitor the accuracy of ‘Standard Times’ and make changes when necessary

• Respond to internal and external customer queries promptly.

• Ensure the proper maintenance, and recording of same, of all plant and equipment in accordance with the health and safety legislation and internal standards.

• Ensure the company in maintaining its ISO accreditation and support the safety reps in the VPC

• Establish and maintain service and housekeeping routines and recording for all workshop plant and equipment.

• Ensure compliance with safe working/operating practices, policies and procedures and all legislation governing the safe operation of the facility.

• Engage with and manage subcontractors in a timely manner and all work is QC as per standards agreed.

• QC checks to completed and documented as required

• Quality standards are to be monitored and updated when and where necessary.

• Utilize and maintain all operational excellence tools as required

  
  

• 5S standards

• Daily checks

• SOP’s

• Etc

Key Responsibilities

• Meeting business targets & KPI’s agreed with your manager, In broad terms these targets will fall under the following headings

  • Health and Safety

  • Quality

  • Labour Efficiency

  • Overall cost

  • Operational excellence

• Promoting and enhancing the company’s reputation by ensuring that all contact with customers is maintained at the highest professional level.

• Promote an organizational culture which is consistent with the company’s core values:

  • Customer focus

  • Innovation

  • Integrity

  • Operational excellence

• Proactively develop, support and train staff, this will include but not be limited to

  • Statutory and mandatory training

  • NVD specific policies, procedures and standards

  • Technical training specific to manufactures, tooling or new technology.

  • Supporting city and guild apprentices in their journey to skilled craftspeople

• One page manager is monitored and proactively managed through the day (Supervisor KPI screen)

• Through the HRIS system review weekly clocking in to ensure WRC compliance.

• Production is prioritized based on VPC target dates, while ensuring an efficient flow of production through the workshop.

• Ensure that the correct conditions are in place to ensure that production floor staff have the best possible opportunity to deliver their work in a safe, efficient and quality manner

  • Ensure parts, consumables and equipment are available and serviced.

  • Ensure required training is carried out to meet normal and seasonal demand.

  • Ensure that all operational excellence standards are in place

• Ensure adherence and compliance to all technical, quality, health and safety and environmental processes and polices.

  • This will require that supervisor complete periodic audits of these standards as required.

Equal Opportunities Statement

National Vehicle Distribution is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We value openness, innovation, customer focus, and operational excellence. Our organisation actively promotes equality and prohibits discrimination based on gender, marital/civil status, family status, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or membership of the Traveller community, in accordance with Irish and UK equality legislation. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone can thrive and contribute to our shared success.

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