Assistant Production Supervisor

Pretoria, South Africa

• Confirm staff attendance, punctuality and readiness for duty at the start of each shift.
• Allocate staff to production lines and duties according to the production plan, competence and staffing requirements.
• Brief staff on production targets, product specifications, quality concerns and safety requirements.
• Monitor staff performance and ensure employees follow work instructions and approved operating procedures.
• Coordinate breaks and relief arrangements to maintain safe production coverage.
• Coach employees, identify training needs and ensure inexperienced staff receive appropriate supervision.
• Address misconduct within delegated authority and report absenteeism, repeated poor performance and disciplinary concerns to management.
• Conduct and record shift handovers, including outstanding production, quality, maintenance and staffing issues.

• Implement the approved production schedule and monitor progress against shift targets.
• Confirm the correct raw materials, tooling, product specifications and packaging are available before production starts.
• Verify that line start-ups, product changes and machine adjustments are performed by authorised, competent personnel.
• Monitor production speeds, output, downtime and waste throughout the shift.
• Identify production delays and coordinate corrective action with operators, maintenance and management.
• Prevent unauthorised changes to production settings, material blends or the production sequence.
• Ensure finished pipes, ducts, coils and bundles meet the required length, quantity and packaging instructions.
• Check production sheets during the shift and before handover for completeness, accuracy and legibility.
• Verify job numbers, product descriptions, dimensions, pressure classes where applicable, line numbers, dates and shift details.
• Confirm raw material grades, batch references and material consumption are recorded correctly.
• Cross-check recorded output against meter readings, coil or bundle counts and finished goods transferred to stock.
• Check that scrap, start-up waste, rejects, rework and downtime are recorded with the correct quantities and reasons.
• Investigate missing information and discrepancies with the responsible employee and ensure corrections remain traceable.
• Sign off records within delegated authority and submit them within the required time frames.

• Ensure start-up, in-process and changeover checks are completed at the frequencies specified in the approved quality control plan.
• Perform or verify routine floor checks, including outside diameter, wall thickness, ovality, length, appearance and product marking, as applicable.
• Check pipe and duct printing for correct product information, legibility, traceability and metre marking accuracy.
• Check coils, reels and bundles for correct quantities, secure packaging, identification and damage.
• Ensure measuring equipment is suitable, serviceable and within its calibration or verification period.
• Coordinate sample collection and testing with the laboratory and Quality Control team.
• Stop affected production when quality requirements are not met and immediately notify the relevant manager and Quality Control.
• Identify, segregate and record suspect or nonconforming products to prevent unintended use or dispatch.
• Verify that corrective adjustments are checked before production continues; obtain required Quality Control approval for product release.

• Confirm that only approved raw materials, additives and rework materials are used according to authorised mixing instructions.
• Ensure materials and work in progress are clearly identified, correctly stored and protected…