Factory Head
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About the Role
Avanceon is seeking a Factory Head to manage assembly of automation systems, wellhead control panels, and chemical injection skids in Dubai. The role involves overseeing factory operations, ensuring quality and safety, managing resources, and coordinating with project teams.
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Responsibilities
- Manage assembly of automation systems, wellhead control panels and chemical injection skids
- Ensure all work executed in Avanceon factories or sub vendor/contractor facilities meets or exceeds quality and safety requirements
- Estimate 3rd party / contract labour hours and secure PO through PMT for each prior to commencement of work
- Ensure all work is executed strictly within manhours agreed with PMT in accordance with approved drawings/design
- In case of extra hours due to design changes, promptly estimate additional hours and secure PO for additional hours (change management)
- Estimate and procure consumables through SCM within cost budget negotiated with or allocated by PMT
- Identify and retain multiple 3rd party / contract labour suppliers to maintain competitive rates and meet manpower scale up requirements
- Regularly flag all material shortages to PMT impacting delivery schedule and demobilize idle resources or secure additional hours PO
- Ensure all delivery (FAT readiness) commitments to PMT are met
- Continuously screen workforce for competency and identify either training or replacement
- Regularly discuss with PMT about upcoming work and ensure resource planning accordingly
- Ensure daily housekeeping in Avanceon factories
Requirements
- Proven experience as a manager of systems manufacturing or similar role in an industrial setting
- In depth knowledge of control, electrical, assembling, and fabrication techniques
- Familiarity with electrical, instrumentation and mechanical scope execution in Skid packages
- Strong problem solving skills, especially in resolving manufacturing related issues
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications
- Experience in participating in factory testing activities with client
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Diploma or Bachelor equivalent
- Relevant technical certifications or vocational training
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Job Description
- Avanceon is a leading provider of Industrial Automation solutions, committed to delivering high quality engineering services and innovative solutions.
- We are currently seeking a skilled and experienced Factory Head to join our dynamic team.
Responsibilities
- Manage assembly of automation systems, wellhead control panels and chemical injection skids.
- Ensure all work executed in Avanceon factories or E&I installation/integration executed in sub vendor/contractor facilities meets or exceeds quality and safety requirements.
- Estimate 3rd party / contract labour hours and secure PO through PMT for each prior to commencement of work, strict adherence to “No PO, No Service” policy.
- Ensure all work is executed strictly within manhours agreed with PMT in accordance with Approved/Issued for Construction/Manufacturing/Fabrication drawings/design.
- In case of extra hours due to design changes notified by PMT, promptly estimate additional hours and secure PO for additional hours (change management).
- Estimate and procure consumables through SCM (Supply Chain Management) within cost budget negotiated with or allocated by PMT.
- Identify and retain multiple 3rd party / contract labour suppliers in order to maintain competitive rates and meet any manpower scale up requirements, avoid single vendor dependencies.
- Regularly (at least a week) flag all material shortages to PMT impacting delivery schedule and demobilize idle resources or secure additional hours PO through PMT.
- Ensure all delivery (FAT readiness) commitments to PMT are met.
- Continuously screen workforce (both employees and 3rd party labour) for competency and identify either training or replacement.
- Regularly (at least fortnightly) discuss with PMT about upcoming work and ensure resource planning accordingly.
- Ensure daily housekeeping in Avanceon factories.
Additional Responsibilities
- Ensure all time sheets for all workers (both employees and 3rd party labour) are approved on actual on daily basis without exception.
- Ensure any overtime for employee workers is pre approved/pre agreed with PMT.
- Ensure adequate type, quantity (with spare capacity) and quality of tools and equipment is maintained and if required serviced and calibrated.
- Ensure all test equipment is properly maintained, calibrated (as required) and always in working condition with adequate space capacity.
- Ensure proper accounting, handling and safekeeping of all work in progress (WIP) material issued from stores to factory.
- Support and facilitate PMT/IX for all testing (FAT) activities in Avanceon factories or where applicable in sub vendor/contractor facilities.
- Identify, propose and implement ideas/solutions/initiatives for automation of manufacturing to boost efficiency and achieve world class assembly / manufacturing.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a manager of systems manufacturing or similar role in an industrial setting.
- In depth knowledge of control, electrical, assembling, and fabrication techniques.
- Familiarity with electrical, instrumentation and mechanical scope execution in Skid packages.
- Strong problem solving skills, especially in resolving manufacturing related issues.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
- Experience in participating in factory testing activities with client.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
Education And Certifications
- Diploma or Bachelor equivalent.
- Relevant technical certifications or vocational training.
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