Production Manager
Lucy Electric
Date: 1 day ago
City: Dammam
Contract type: Full time

Internal Job Title: Production Manager
Business: Lucy Switchgear Arabia
Location: Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Job Reference No: 3944
Job Purpose
Achieve overall Production Targets as per SOP within the quality standards and specifications set by the Business.
Lead the Assembly, Module & Fabrication Department in Lucy Saudi Arabia.
Job Context
Ensure that all HSE, Quality, Inventory, On Time Delivery, and Productivity Requirements are being followed by Production Team.
Job Dimensions
The Production Manager Role involves regular and close interactions with all functions of LSA Operations. Furthermore, interactions with Internal Sales are often required.
Key Accountabilities
The position is responsible to:
Production Targets:
Lucy Group Ltd is the parent company of all Lucy Group companies. Since its origins in Oxford, UK, over 200 years ago, the Group has grown and diversified. Today we employ in excess of 1,400 people worldwide, with operations in the UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE, India, South Africa, Brazil, Thailand, Malaysia, India and East Africa.
Lucy Electric is a global business that provides medium voltage switching and protection solutions for electrical distribution systems. Our dedication to cultivating our service provision allows Lucy Electric to offer a complete solutions package to our customers; facilitating the delivery of electricity to homes and businesses worldwide.
Does this sound interesting? We would love to hear from you. Our application process in quick and easy. Apply today!
Business: Lucy Switchgear Arabia
Location: Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Job Reference No: 3944
Job Purpose
Achieve overall Production Targets as per SOP within the quality standards and specifications set by the Business.
Lead the Assembly, Module & Fabrication Department in Lucy Saudi Arabia.
Job Context
Ensure that all HSE, Quality, Inventory, On Time Delivery, and Productivity Requirements are being followed by Production Team.
Job Dimensions
The Production Manager Role involves regular and close interactions with all functions of LSA Operations. Furthermore, interactions with Internal Sales are often required.
Key Accountabilities
The position is responsible to:
Production Targets:
- Meet the production target of LSA Factory.
- Responsible for managing and controlling overall manufacturing processes starting from Fabrications till final testing.
- Managements skills should be the outstanding capability to keep the employees motivated and committed to achieve higher productivity and quality standards, always.
- Develop a culture among the team members
- Impart and facilitate Training to employees on Product, Process and in any other technical aspects which are required for the overall benefit of the company.
- Effective usage of all machinery and other resources.
- Productivity improvement on a continuous scale and implementing total cycle time (throughput time) reduction processes.
- Timely closure of production orders in D365, bill of material update.
- Initiate steps for ‘Lean manufacturing’ concepts and waste reduction.
- Develop a high-performance culture with the department to increase the productivity.
- Locate or develop new equipment/machinery to automate the production lines.
- Ensure regular communication with employees to make them aware of management directions and objectives.
- Coordination with support functions like Logistics, Contract, Shipping and Quality to ensure that business targets are met on time (OTIF) and discrepancies are always reported/escalated.
- Support Production Engineering Dept. in Development/procurement of fixtures and other process/ productivity/quality improvement tools and tackles.
- BOM validation and error reporting to contracts/Engineering for corrective actions (ECR/ECN process).
- Ensure that machineries and equipment are properly maintained and effectively used. Checklists are always maintained, and discrepancies are reported and resolved through maintenance team.
- Overall responsible for inventory management in production warehouses. Co-ordination with logistics/Contracts for stock accuracy issues and material shortages.
- Encourage and develop a culture of eliminating non productive processes.
- Responsible for overall product quality. Install and monitor efficient process control techniques to reduce/ eliminate PPA points and improve FPY.
- Customer complaint resolution process: Root cause analysis and Action Plan.
- Responsible for overall housekeeping and setting and driving high 5S standards as per best industrial practices.
- Ensuring that adequate work procedure, quality standards and other manufacturing documents are made available from within or through supporting departments. These documents should be used effectively and available for process audits.
- Ensuring that tools/fixtures/templates, measuring instruments etc. that are used are periodically calibrated as applicable.
- New product/design Developments and prototyping assistance to Engineering team.
- Active participation and driving cost reduction projects. This should one of the major KPIs to excel. The main focus areas to be included are material, process, and consumables.
- Driving continuous improvement teams and initiating smart objective targets through employees.
- Management reporting on all KPIs- Weekly/Monthly on Factory efficiency, production Efficiency, Smart objectives, and other cost reduction activities.
- Budget Activity for Production Department.
- D365 activities related to the Department.
- Impart Training to customers and personnel from other Lucy group companies on need basis.
- Facilitate safe working environment for people and implement HSE guidelines and regulations.
- Ensuring HSE systems and procedures are implemented and enforced on a continuous basis. Facilitate safe working environment for people.
- Creating a work environment to meet quality and environment standards- ISO 9001/14001 and prepare for external audits.
- To undertake any other duties and responsibilities as required / instructed in order to maintain and / or improve the efficiency, quality and service provided by the company.
- Comply with all company policies and procedures and maintain confidentiality of information relating to the company’s business and staff.
- Diploma / bachelor’s in mechanical / electrical / Electronic Engineering.
- More than 10 years’ experience in Production Department in a reputed organization, preferably switchgear industry (will be added as advantage).
- Experience in Metal Sheet Fabrication through CNC machines and surface finishing processes.
- Fair amount of Electrical Switchgear Products and Assembly knowledge.
- Systems- ISO 9001/14001/ERP/H&S/Computer applications.
- Motivational and training skills.
- Management reporting systems.
- Budgeting.
- Recruitment process.
- ‘Training’ skills and ‘train the trainer’ skills.
- 5S/Lean Manufacturing/Kaizen/statistical problem-solving skills/PDCA/ techniques.
- Arabic Speaking preferably Saudi National
- Teamwork & Accountability.
- Ability to work with people from different nationalities.
- Flexible in approaching, to improvise in dynamic situations.
- Amicable personality to make long term relations with internal and external stake holders.
- Self-starter and takes initiative for additional responsibilities and challenges.
- High level of integrity to comply with Lucy procurement standards.
Lucy Group Ltd is the parent company of all Lucy Group companies. Since its origins in Oxford, UK, over 200 years ago, the Group has grown and diversified. Today we employ in excess of 1,400 people worldwide, with operations in the UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE, India, South Africa, Brazil, Thailand, Malaysia, India and East Africa.
Lucy Electric is a global business that provides medium voltage switching and protection solutions for electrical distribution systems. Our dedication to cultivating our service provision allows Lucy Electric to offer a complete solutions package to our customers; facilitating the delivery of electricity to homes and businesses worldwide.
Does this sound interesting? We would love to hear from you. Our application process in quick and easy. Apply today!
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