Assistant Factory Manager (carpentry, joinery, and fabrication)

Assistant Factory Manager (carpentry, joinery, and fabrication)

Production Planning, Progress Tracking and Reporting

· Timeline Management: Monitor and track weekly production progress against planned schedules and project timelines to ensure key milestones are achieved.

· Roadblock Resolution: Identify production bottlenecks, including material shortages, technical issues or information gaps and coordinate timely solutions to minimise delays.

· Weekly Coordination: Conduct regular progress meetings with the Production Coordinator and Carpenter Leads to review targets, address challenges, and align on priorities.

· Management Reporting: Prepare and submit weekly production reports to the Factory Director, highlighting progress, key performance indicators, outstanding issues, and potential risks.

Document Control and Technical Revisioning

· Drawing Management: Review, organise, index, and maintain proper version control of all incoming construction and production drawings, ensuring both digital and physical records are accurately maintained.

· Drawing Distribution: Ensure the latest approved drawings and revisions are communicated and distributed promptly to the respective Carpenter Leads and production teams to minimise errors and rework.

· Cost Monitoring: Identify drawing revisions that may affect material requirements, or labour hours, and highlight such changes to the Factory Director for commercial review and cost tracking.

Material Procurement and Inventory Monitoring

· Purchase Requisition Verification: Check all procurement requests against project material specifications to ensure technical accuracy and minimal material wastage.

· Procurement Execution: Handle the procurement of raw materials, hardware, fittings, and other specialised items required for production, ensuring materials are available in line with project schedules.

· Long-Lead Monitoring: Track long-lead and critical materials from order through delivery, escalating potential delays early to prevent disruption to production and assembly schedules.

Technical Expertise and Production Support

· Technical Guidance: Provide technical guidance and practical expertise in carpentry, joinery, and custom fittings. Support production teams in resolving technical and fabrication-related challenges.

· Quality Assurance: Ensure all construction elements meet high aesthetic standards and structural requirements.

· Problem Solving: Address construction challenges by providing creative and practical solutions for complex designs.

People and Factory Operations

· Team Supervision: Provide day-to-day supervision and direction to Carpenter Leads and production personnel, ensuring teams are aligned with production priorities, project requirements, and quality expectations.

· Productivity and Performance: Monitor team productivity and work progress against planned targets. Identify performance gaps and work with the relevant team leads to implement improvements.

· Work Allocation & Coordination: Coordinate the allocation of production tasks and ensure clear communication between Carpenter Leads, production personnel, and other relevant teams to maintain an efficient workflow.

· Discipline & Workplace Standards: Support the Factory Director in maintaining appropriate workplace discipline, attendance, housekeeping, and adherence to company policies and operational procedures.

· Factory Housekeeping: Ensure production areas, workstations, tools, and materials are properly organised and maintained to promote a safe, efficient, and productive working environment.

· Operational Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve production processes, workflow efficiency, manpower utilisation, and overall factory productivity.

· Administrative and Safety Compliance

· Safety Documentation: Prepare and submit the required administrative and safety documentation, including worker name list, Risk Assessments, Safe Work Procedures (SWPs) and Method Statements.

· Regulatory Compliance: Assist the Factory Director in ensuring factory operations comply with applicable Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) regulations, statutory requirements, and company safety policies.

· Safety and Operational Standards: Support the implementation and maintenance of safe working practices and operational standards across the factory.

Requirements:

· Minimum 2 years' experience in factory/production operations, preferably within carpentry, joinery, interior fit-out, or the Design & Build industry.

· Diploma or Degree in Carpentry, Interior Design, Construction, Engineering or equivalent.

· Experience in production coordination, workshop/factory supervision, or carpentry/joinery project executive will beadded advantage.

· Good knowledge of materials, hardware, fittings, and fabrication processes, with an understanding of material and labour requirements.

· Familiar with Workplace Safety and Health (WSH)requirements and safety documentation is preferred.

· Able to lead and coordinate production teams, allocate manpower effectively, and maintain productivity and work standards.

· Able to work both independently and as part of a team, with a strong sense of responsibility and the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

· Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively with production teams, project teams, suppliers, and management.

8111 0586EA License No : 18C9228 REG No :R1324979 (Woo KumYoke)