Assistant Production Manager

Proforce Industries Limited

Position Overview

• Proforce Defence is seeking an experienced, dynamic, and results-oriented Assistant Production Manager to join our manufacturing leadership team at our facility in Ode Remo, Ogun State.
• The successful candidate will assist the Production Manager in overseeing daily vehicle assembly, structural fabrication, body fitting, and sub-assembly line operations.
• This role involves coordinating engineering workflows, optimizing line efficiency, enforcing quality control, and ensuring project timelines are met across our tactical and specialized vehicle production lines.

Key Responsibilities

• Production Line Supervision: Assist in directing daily assembly line operations, balancing workloads across welding, panel beating, electrical, upholstery, and finishing shops.

• Workflow & Schedule Optimization: Monitor production targets, track work-in-progress (WIP), and implement schedule adjustments to ensure on-time vehicle delivery.

• Engineering & Design Coordination: Serve as an operational bridge between the R&D/Engineering teams and shop-floor technicians to ensure seamless execution of technical drawings and design specifications.

• Resource & Inventory Allocation: Coordinate material availability with procurement and warehouse teams, ensuring components, armor steel, and sub-assemblies are staged correctly for assembly.

• Quality Assurance & Standards Enforcement: Conduct line audits and collaborate with Quality Control (QC) to minimize rework, eliminate assembly bottlenecks, and enforce rigorous automotive/military standards.

• Safety & Process Improvement: Drive lean manufacturing techniques (5S, Kaizen) and work closely with the HSE team to enforce strict workshop safety protocols and hazard controls.

• Team Leadership & Performance Management: Assist in training, supervising, and evaluating line supervisors, technicians, and workshop staff to maintain high productivity and morale.

• Qualifications & Experience

• Education: B.Sc. or HND in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Experience: Minimum of 4–7 years of hands-on production experience in automotive assembly, heavy vehicle manufacturing, structural fabrication, or defense manufacturing, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or lead capacity.

• Skills: Strong leadership, operational decision-making, project management, clear communication, and high analytical problem-solving abilities.

Key Engineering Knowledge Requirements:

• Automotive Assembly & Manufacturing Engineering: Comprehensive understanding of vehicle chassis integration, powertrain installation, armor plating processes, electrical routing, and body-in-white (BIW) assembly workflows.
• Lean Manufacturing & Process Engineering: Proficiency in line balancing, cycle time optimization, waste reduction, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and 5S/Kaizen methodologies.
• Technical Blueprint & CAD Literacy: Ability to interpret complex engineering drawings, 3D CAD schematics, Bill of Materials (BOM), and assembly specs.
• Quality Control & Testing Protocols: Strong understanding of dimensional inspection, weld testing standards, vehicle alignment tolerances, and functional pre-delivery checks.
• Plant Machinery & Maintenance Principles: Basic understanding of industrial machinery operation, hydraulic/pneumatic tools, welding rigs, and preventive maintenance scheduling.

Application Closing Date

30th November, 2026.