About the Role

Learn and contribute to production operations and become the next generation of Lean Manufacturing Operatives within our Assembly department. Producing steel components for car manufacturers, including Nissan and Renault, quality checking to ensure compliance with company standards and understanding of standard operations.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Producing products in the assembly department by aiding automated robotic processes and operations
• Quality checking to ensure compliance with company standards
• Understanding of standard operations and knowledge of Strike Zones, Ergonomics, and Signage
• Improving current assembly facilities
• Working within a team to support manufacturing operations to meet customer demands

Course Contents

• Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety legislation, regulations, and other relevant guidelines.
• Comply with environmental procedures and systems and contribute to the achievement of specific standards e.g. ISO 14001 or other relevant environmental standards and use the 4R’s (Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Recover) where possible.
• Demonstrate their ability to carry out their role effectively, efficiently, and flexibly maintaining lean manufacturing principles to meet customer’s demands e.g. JIT.
• Demonstrate their skill and knowledge following SOPs and building their versatility across a number of processes and process areas.
• Demonstrate appropriate process documentation control.
• Demonstrate their ability to identify and resolve problems within the lean manufacturing environment using effective problem-solving tools and techniques.
• Generate ideas and contribute to process improvement activities individually or as part of a team.
• Demonstrate communication skills which include oral, written, electronic (PC), information boards, or visual displays to effectively share information.
• Mains and monitors the work site efficiently and effectively at all times using the elements of sifting, sorting, sweeping, spick & span (5’s) within the lean manufacturing environment.
• Check components for damage and that they are in a usable condition.
• Correctly position, align, and secure the components.
• Secure the components in position using the specified fastening device/method.
• Obtain and follow the correct Job instructions/Standard operating procedures production/assembly specifications in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the production/assembly activity.
• Produce components which comply with the specification and quality requirements.
• Carry out quality checks on component parts and completed assemblies and deal with quality concerns and defects in line with their responsibility.
• Collect production samples at the required frequency in accordance with inspection specification and operating procedures.
• Carry out inspection and testing activities using the specified methods and equipment.
• Prepare, Handle, transfer, and store samples safely and correctly in accordance with quality control procedures.
• Accurately interpret the data/results gained from the inspection and testing procedures being used.
• Record and report inspection findings to relevant person.
• Safely move materials to the correct location using the relevant equipment.
• Move materials using the appropriate procedures, ensuring the materials are correct, safely loaded, and secure.
• Check materials selected to be moved are in line with job requirements.
• Carry out quality checks on materials that are to be moved and deal with quality concerns and damage in line with their responsibility.
• Return equipment to its correct location on completion of the activities and leave it in a safe and usable condition.
• Perform one processing/finishing operation method e.g. hand processing, manually operated machine processing, fully automated machine processing, combined processing.
• Perform the processing/finishing operation according to instructions and safe operating procedures.
• Monitor and control the processing/finishing operation.
• Produce processed/finished products which comply with processing specification.