Practical Supervisor Research & Development
As a practical supervisor, you guide people with support needs in the labor market (Participatiewet, WSW, Beschut Werk, and Wajong). Within the Research & Development (R&D) team, work is seen as a powerful development tool. Together with colleagues, you help employees develop their skills, professional abilities, and competencies. You stimulate growth at individual and group levels and contribute to development within R&D and, where possible, to progression to an external workplace.
The Research & Development team consists of work coaches, practical supervisors, a job hunter, and a team manager. The organization focuses on discovering, utilizing, and enhancing talents and self-reliance, so that employees can participate in society as quickly as possible and provide for their own livelihoods. The human dimension is central, and work is based on trust, offering tailor-made solutions where necessary.
You work closely with the Sales & Logistics team, which is responsible for acquiring structural, diverse, and suitable work from the market. Together, you create development opportunities for over 300 employees by offering them meaningful and suitable work.
What you do
- Provide intensive practical guidance on the shop floor.
- Daily direct employees and help them achieve their best.
- Provide input for development plans.
- Identify opportunities for progression.
- Align tasks and workplaces with the capabilities of employees.
- Be responsible for a smooth and efficient production process.
- Monitor the progress, quality, and quantity of work.
- Optimize processes and aim for optimal production efficiency.
- Carefully maintain time registration for employees and assignments.
- Ensure agreements with clients are met.
- Work closely with colleagues within the Research & Development team (practical supervisors and work coaches).
- Coordinate with account managers, technical production specialists, and the commercial office of the Sales & Logistics team.
What they ask
- MBO (intermediate vocational education) work and thinking level.
- Experience in guiding and managing employees, preferably within a production, technical, or learning work environment.
- Familiarity with or affinity for people with support needs in the labor market (Participatiewet, WSW, Beschut Werk, and Wajong).
- Technical insight and affinity for production processes.
- Enjoyment in practically organizing and continuously improving tasks, workplaces, and work methods.
- Specific affinity with electrical engineering.
- Attention to safety, working conditions, and a healthy work environment, and actively promoting this on the shop floor.
- Ability to bring out the best in employees, stimulate self-reliance, and utilize talents.
- Coaching employees on strengths and areas for improvement.
- Providing clear direction, creating structure, and ensuring a safe and pleasant work environment.
- Knowledge of every work package in the production hall, ensuring production quality, and meeting deadlines.
Practical
- Monthly salary from €2,875 to €4,556, based on Scale 8 or Entry Scale 7 according to CAO SGO.
- Possibility to start in an entry scale with guidance towards the functional scale.
- The organization pays 70% of your pension premium.
- One-year contract with the prospect of a permanent position.
- Onboarding app and a buddy for support.
- 17.05% Individual Choice Budget usable for extra salary, extra days off, a new bicycle, or personal development.
- Annual €300 vitality budget.
- Mileage allowance of 23 cents per kilometer.
- Extensive range of training courses and targeted career guidance.
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