Production Foreman - Aluminium
The Focus Group
- R Undisclosed
- Permanent Intermediate position
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East London
- Posted 27 Feb 2026 by The Focus Group
- Expires in 34 days
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Job 2634243
About the position
ROLE OVERVIEW
As a Production Foreman, you will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of our production department. This includes managing a team of production workers, ensuring that production targets are met, and maintaining high quality standards. You will also be responsible for monitoring production processes, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing solutions to increase efficiency and productivity.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure timely production of goods.
- Monitor and maintain production output targets.
- Continuously assess product quality, implementing corrective actions when necessary.
- Track and improve production line efficiencies.
- Update management regularly on production progress.
- Sign off and submit all production timesheets promptly.
- Ensure adherence to all company procedures.
- Proactively manage time and attendance of workshop staff ensuring maximum efficiency of time available to work.
- Monitor and review staff performance, completing daily production reports.
- Address substandard product with relevant staff/supervisors.
- Manage disciplinary issues in collaboration with HR.
- Enforcement of workshop and general factory guidelines and rules.
- Ensure staff adhere to health and safety directives and policies at all times including wearing relevant PPE and/or uniforms.
- Verify staff have the correct tools for production through weekly checks.
- Manage and maintain efficient and effective material usage:
- Ensure offcuts from completed jobs are returned to the store following proper procedures.
- Disclose any material drawn due to production errors on the BOQ.
- Double-check manufactured goods before handover to the next [URL Removed] scrap management, signing off daily on designated scrap for sale.
- Conduct regular safety checks on equipment used in the ordinary course of business.
- Conduct weekly safety checks on all production machinery.
- Perform weekly inspections of machinery and tools, reporting any damage immediately.
- Assist with monthly stock takes.
- Conduct monthly toolbox talks in each division.
- Foster a respectful environment for all clients and staff members.
- Maintain a positive company image.
- Any other reasonable instructions within the scope of work.
Desired Skills:
- Occupational Health
- Production Planning
- Production Workflow
The Focus Group
About the agency
THE FOCUS GROUP was formed in 1989 and has offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town. We are a full service Human Resource Consulting Company, encompassing Black Empowerment joint venture partner Focus Kamoso, and offering a comprehensive range of integrated recruitment, assessment, employee relations, training and development, HR, employee benefit and payroll management services to a wide range of South African, African and international business organisations.
Our commitment is to enter into a partnership with you, the Client, which adds value to your business and profit to your bottom line, by tailoring solutions that assist you to
• Source, assess and select the best possible human resources.
• Design and implement competency based training programmes, which ensure that your employees are capable of delivering the service excellence that your clients demand, and the competitive edge which you seek to maintain.
• Create a business environment in which you manage change to your advantage and an organisational climate that allows your team to perform to its maximum potential.
• Design employee benefit and remuneration structures which ensure that your people take ownership of your business and which protect you against losing your most valuable resource to your competition.
• Implement an employee relations framework that promotes workplace harmony and minimises the occurrence of disruptive legal disputes.
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