Production Manager

Production Manager

Mission of the role:

The Production Manager is responsible for overseeing daily operations in a high-precision CNC manufacturing environment, ensuring production meets planned targets. They will focus on developing and motivating the team to enhance skills, resources, and throughput, supporting Weco’s objective of achieving a 20% annual increase in output. Additionally, the manager will lead safety initiatives with the goal of maintaining zero recordable injuries each year.

Your mission:

• Safety & Compliance: Enforce and improve safety standards, ensure PPE use, lead incident investigations, and report monthly safety metrics.
• Production Performance: Develop and maintain reports on capacity, utilization, and throughput; track performance by work centre and employee.
• Daily Operations: Lead daily pulse meetings, manage CNC operations, drive process improvements, approve schedules, and ensure production targets are met.
• Team Development: Monitor individual and team output, conduct reviews and P&D discussions, and foster a culture of motivation and continuous improvement.
• Problem Solving & Innovation: Resolve bottlenecks, implement Lean/6S practices, and explore new processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Team & HR Management: Approve leave and overtime, handle HR discussions, discipline, and timekeeping to support workforce management.
• Maintenance & Supply Chain: Coordinate proactive maintenance, assist with breakdowns, oversee daily checks, manage material procurement, and collaborate cross‑functionally in meetings and client delivery.

Your Profile:

• Trade Tested Artisan/Engineering Qualification BSC Mechanical or industrial engineering or equivalent and Business Management Qualification.
• Minimum of 5 years management experience a heavy engineering manufacturing environment.
• CNC Machining Experience (Milling, Turning & Grinding).
• Drafting / Technical Drawing Experience (Preferably SolidWorks.
• Understand financial statements, job costing and finance reporting.
• Exposure to HMLV production environment.
• MS Office - Excel , PPT & MS Teams specifically.

Location: Krugersdorp, Johannesburg

Last Date to apply: 28 November 2025