Smt Supervisor

**SMT Supervisor**

£30,000 - £35,000 DOE

Permanent - Luton

We have an excellent opportunity for a SMT Supervisor to join a growing business in Luton. This company has a long history in developing and manufacturing their own products and is looking to expand due to growth and recent investment. Their products arebeing sold across various markets with in an international client base that is growing.

This is a great time to join a growing company with great career development.

Our Client is recruiting for a SMT Supervisor who will be responsible for ensuring the team provide a timely setup and operation of inhouse SMT line producing electronic products for a variety of major OEM’s.

**The Role**

In this role, your primary focus will be ensuring timely delivery and complete satisfaction in all areas of ownership. This will be realised through training and the development, implementation and driving-forward of achievable improvement targets to processes,team-working, speed of action and resolution of recurring operational issues. To supervise and motivate the team and ensure the team assembles product in accordance with defined build instructions.

**Main Responsibilities**
- Day-to-day hands-on leadership and management of the complete manufacturing functions for SMT area including AOI
- Follow Production Plan and report issues as soon as they arise
- Identification of critical path issues and driving through of key actions to achieve on-time resolution every time
- Introduction of enhanced manufacturing practices and processes wherever qualified improvements can be made
- Ensuring quality principles & standards are applied & adhered to throughout area of responsibility
- To oversee, control and monitor the activities of manufacturing, timely materials delivery to point of use, quality and health/safety to meet customer-driven performance criteria
- Build-in manufacturing flexibility to cope with inaccurate customer forecasts and late changes in product requirements
- To ensure all non conforming product & components are booked into the MRB process in a timely and satisfactory manner
- Implementation of housekeeping standards which ensure that the facility meets world class standards and is always in an “audit ready” state
- Measure efficiency report weekly and Implement improvement actions
- Measure Quality KPI and implement improvement actions
- Adherence to Human Resources procedures including but not limited to the following: Return To Work Interviews, absenteeism, timekeeping, holidays, inductions, probationary reviews

**Skills and experience**
- Experience in Pre-kitting of SMT machines
- Ability to program and operate Stencil Printers
- Proficient in load placement program and set value checks for SMT Lines (Europlacer experience an advantage)
- Ability to create/ adjust component packages checks for SMT Lines
- Carrying out maintenance on SMT line as required
- Operate and Maintain TSM and Heller oven
- Control of solder paste
- Handle Moisture sensitive Components
- Certification to IPC-A-610

**Benefits of working with us**
- Competitive salary
- 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- Company pension
- Free parking
- BUPA healthcare (after successful completion of probation period)
- Life Insurance

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