foundry manager
Foundry managers coordinate and implement short and medium term casting production schedules, and coordinate the development, support and improvement of casting processes, and the reliability efforts of the maintenance and engineering departments. They also partner with ongoing remediation initiatives.
Also called: foundry operations manager, production controller, foundry plant manager, process manager, engineering manager, foundry production manager
- 11
- essential skills
- 16
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Essential skills
11- cost management
- deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances
- engineering processes
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- follow company standards
- forecast organisational risks
- improve business processes
- legal requirements of ICT products
- manage commercial risks
- optimise financial performance
- types of metal manufacturing processes
Optional skills
16- chemistry
- design drawings
- design metal components
- ferrous metal processing
- follow manufacturing work schedule
- identify market niches
- innovation processes
- maintain relationship with customers
- manage staff
- measure customer feedback
- non-ferrous metal processing
- perform market research
- physics
- precious metals
- quality standards
- recruit employees
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