Responsibilities:
Supervise assigned manufacturing activities to ensure production plans are executed safely, efficiently, and in line with approved priorities.
Coordinate daily work allocation, manpower utilization, equipment availability, and material readiness to support schedule adherence and timely order completion.
Review daily production priorities, open work orders, pending operations, and critical customer requirements before assigning shop-floor activities.
Monitor shop-floor progress, update production status, highlight constraints, and escalate risks related to capacity, materials, quality, or equipment downtime.
Ensure manufacturing activities are performed according to approved drawings, work instructions, routings, quality requirements, and standard operating procedures.
Control WIP movement across assigned work areas and ensure jobs are advanced through each operation without unnecessary delays.
Coordinate with Planning, Engineering, Quality, Warehouse, Maintenance, and Customer Service to resolve operational issues and maintain workflow continuity.
Ensure availability and proper control of required materials, drawings, tools, fixtures, gauges, and consumables before starting assigned production work.
Support first-piece checks, in-process inspection coordination, and timely closure of quality concerns to prevent repeat issues and production delays.
Review productivity, rework, scrap, overtime, and non-conformance trends and support corrective actions to improve shop-floor performance.
Follow up on machine breakdowns, tooling issues, and maintenance requirements to minimize downtime and protect production commitments.
Ensure proper recording of production quantities, completed operations, rework, scrap, delays, and shift remarks in applicable systems or reports.
Maintain clear shift handover updates covering completed work, pending jobs, constraints, manpower status, and priority escalation items.
Supervise day or night shift operations as assigned, ensuring proper shift coverage, continuity of production priorities, and clear communication between shifts.
Support implementation of improvement initiatives related to Lean manufacturing, 5S, cycle time reduction, standard work, and operational efficiency.
Prepare and maintain daily production records, attendance, overtime requirements, shift handovers, and other operational reports as required.
Ensure tools, equipment, fixtures, and work areas are properly used, maintained, and available to support safe and uninterrupted production.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, or equivalent is required.
- Minimum 5 to 7 years of experience in manufacturing operations, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or lead role preferred.
- Experience in oil and gas manufacturing or similar industrial environment preferred.
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, production control, quality requirements, and shop-floor safety practices.
- Good communication, team leadership, problem-solving, and coordination skills.
- Working knowledge of MS Office and ERP systems, preferably Oracle Fusion.
- Willingness and ability to work in day or night shift schedules based on production and operational requirements.
- Good reporting, documentation, and shift handover skills.
Alkhorayef Group was founded in 1957 by the late Abdullah Ibrahim Alkhorayef, who was quite ambitious and daring. By virtue of his dedication, the group made its name in Saudi Arabia’s agriculture sector. He soon represented reputable international producers of water pumps, agricultural, irrigation and well drilling equipment in the Kingdom.
In a short span of time, Alkhorayef Group has achieved excellence on agricultural market by representing and marketing the top of the line brands, combined with a variety of excellent services to its customers.
The Company diversified its activities and continued its progress in various fields such as machinery systems, oil, contracting as well as printing and paper. As it became necessary to pay particular and specialized attention to each field, the founding Company branched into several subsidiaries, each being independent in terms of management and resources, but all are unified under the established corporate code of ethics of the Alkhorayef Group.
Today the Group which enjoys a worldwide presence ,operates in more than 40 countries representing renowned quality products and manufacturers.