Production Supervisor – Rolling Mill Steel Industry

SUMMARY:
A large international engineering, manufacturing rolling mill steel company requires the above to be responsible for supervising day-to-day rolling mill operations, ensuring production plans are met while maintaining strict adherence to safety, quality, and operational standards.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum requirements for the role:

• A Trade Certificate (Tool Setter) is essential for this role. A Technical qualification in either Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field is preferred.
• Previous experience working as a Setter, Controller and or Operator for roll forming machines is essential.
• Must have the ability to accurately set tooling.
• Must have knowledge of Olma and Fischer machines.
• Must have good communication skills to liaise with the Tool Room.
• Previous experience having worked within a rolling mill or heavy manufacturing operations, factory or plant or related is essential.
• Previous supervisory or shift leadership experience is essential.
• Strong understanding of rolling mill processes, metal forming, and production workflows is essential.
• Experience working within safety-critical and high-volume manufacturing environments is preferred.

• Supervising day-to-day rolling mill operations, ensuring production plans are met while maintaining strict adherence to safety, quality, and operational standards.
• Leading production teams, coordinating equipment availability, managing workflow, and driving continuous improvement in a high-risk, high-output environment.
• Setting cams and setting strokes on automatic machines as well as programming of feeders.
• Partaking in stocktake when required and ensuring conformance to safety and quality.
• Monitoring mill parameters, rolling tolerances, and process stability.
• Ensuring minimal downtime through proactive supervision and rapid response to operational issues.
• Enforcing strict adherence to health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures.
• Ensuring safe operation of rolling mill equipment, cranes, furnaces, and auxiliary systems.
• Ensuring rolled products meet dimensional, surface, and metallurgical quality specifications.
• Working closely with the maintenance teams, reporting mechanical, electrical, or automation issues promptly as well as supporting planned maintenance shutdowns and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Driving lean manufacturing, waste reduction, and efficiency improvement initiatives.
• Tracking production KPIs, downtime, scrap, and yield.