Production Supervisor

about 1 year ago
Full time role
Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FR... more
Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FR... more

Job Description

Verkor is a French industrial company aiming to pioneer low-carbon battery manufacturing in France. With the backing of prominent industrial companies such as Renault Group, Plastic Omnium and Schneider Electric, Verkor intends to electrify the future of European mobility.

With over 200+ experts from 29 different countries, our endeavor is to unite exceptional global talent to bring this ambitious and innovative project to life. Our strong and agile international team continues to grow and adapt to new challenges. Based in Grenoble (France), we are currently establishing our Verkor Innovation Centre (R&D centre and 4.0 pilot line).

In the coming years, we will focus on building the world’s most modern and efficient Gigafactory in Dunkirk (France). With this facility, our ambition is an initial annual production of 16 Gwh of lithium-ion batteries by 2025, thus powering 300,000 electric vehicles annually and creating 1200 direct jobs.  

In joining us you will actively participate in this breathtaking industrial adventure toshape the future of European mobility.

Take lead in building your shift teams by supporting in recruiting, specifically by interviewing candidates in close collaboration with the manufacturing recruitment team
Develop and support you team in becoming great at what they are supposed to do by on-boarding, training and developing them - we believe in rotation of work duties for competence development
Ensure your team has everything they need to ensure that SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), WIs (Work Instructions) and other policies are followed
Make sure your team knows what to do by assigning tasks, responsibilities and performance expectations and checking in regularly
Suggest and implement improvements - individually and with your team
Follow up shift performance and act on deviations Communicate and collaborate with other colleagues (other shifts, the maintenance team) in order to ensure good shift handovers and standardization
Report deviations affecting the production and perform risk analysis to solve underlying issues


Responsibilities

  • Take lead in building your shift teams by supporting in recruiting, specifically by interviewing candidates in close collaboration with the manufacturing recruitment team
  • Develop and support you team in becoming great at what they are supposed to do by on-boarding, training and developing them - we believe in rotation of work duties for competence development
  • Ensure your team has everything they need to ensure that SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), WIs (Work Instructions) and other policies are followed
  • Make sure your team knows what to do by assigning tasks, responsibilities and performance expectations and checking in regularly
  • Suggest and implement improvements - individually and with your team
  • Follow up shift performance and act on deviations
  • Communicate and collaborate with other colleagues (other shifts, the maintenance team) in order to ensure good shift handovers and standardization
  • Report deviations affecting the production and perform risk analysis to solve underlying issues
  • Assure safe conditions with Lock Out Tag Out Try Out according routines when having repairs or inspections of equipment
  • Participating in rotation of work duties, in order to develop the competence within the shift team
  • Manage a budget according to role

Requirements

  • High school diploma or other relevant education
  • A couple of years of experience from manufacturing, where you have successfully worked with tasks described in the key responsibilities If you have worked in the process industry (battery/pulp and paper/food/chemicals/microelectronics/oil & gas/pharmaceutical processing or similar) including safety procedures
  • Experience from leading others
  • Knowledge and experience of lean manufacturing
  • Good understanding of importance of safety and quality and the ability to make others understand and act according to this importance
  • Good English both written and oral skills
  • Good communication skills as you will work in close collaboration with many different teams
  • High work ethic, critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Why join us?

Strong company spirit and culture settle down around our 4 values:
Contribution
We promote personal initiative and give everyone the means to contribute to the company's success.
Communication
We're committed to transparent communication: we say what we think, and we mean what we say.
Team Spirit
Everyone, in their role, is an ambassador for the company. At Verkor, success is most definitely a team sport!
Commitment
We're all working towards a common goal: a sustainable future, which we're building one step at a time.


Attractive work conditions
- Stimulating work environment: pleasant offices, multicultural and motivated team
- Live and work in the Green Capital of Europe
- Lunch vouchers
- 50% of local transportation costs financed
- 5 weeks of holidays per year + 2 weeks of compensation time (RTT).
- Industry-leading healthcare
- Opportunities to network and connect with worldwide experts

For more info on the company, please visit us at www.verkor.com

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