Advanced Navigation is one of the world's most ambitious innovators in AI robotics and navigation technology across land, air, sea and space. While our main headquarters are in Sydney, we have multiple research facilities in Australia and sales offices around the world. Since 2011, the company has experienced great success and has progressed into several deep, new technologies. Our fields of expertise include underwater sonar, GNSS, radio frequency systems, inertial sensors, robotics, quantum sensors and photonics.
The Production Manager (Perth) will lead our Perth Production Team, who are accountable for the on-time delivery of all of Advanced Navigation's Subsea products. The Production Manager (Perth) reports to the Head of Production in Sydney.
**Role Responsibilities**:
- Manage and schedule the Perth Production Team to deliver quality products, on time and within budget and in line with the company's inventory strategy
- Manage the selection, training and development of the Perth Assembly Technicians, with a culture and performance standard aligned with the standards required of our production team
- Manage the preventative maintenance, calibration, and storage of production equipment
- Measure, Monitor and Report Production KPIs weekly
- Use production data to drive continuous improvement
- Provide information and reporting to key stakeholders as per requirements for business as usual activities (ie sales ops weekly updates, engineering issues holding up production, etc )
- Engage Senior leadership and key stakeholders when additional resources and/or support is required
Partner with Production Engineering to ensure:
- The workshop layout and production lines are efficient and effective
- Improvements, changes and/or new products that are introduced are resourced and managed appropriately, to ensure production volume and quality targets are met
**Qualifications, Skills & Experience**:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronic ideally)
- 5+ years experience managing small (production) teams
- 3+ years direct exposure to a COTS Manufacturing Function
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