3.9 KiB
3.9 KiB
Competences — foundry manager
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0552ff45-b282-455c-b431-fb05a0e00801).
Essential
- cost management (knowledge)
- deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances (skill/competence)
- engineering processes (knowledge)
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation (skill/competence)
- follow company standards (skill/competence)
- forecast organisational risks (skill/competence)
- improve business processes (skill/competence)
- legal requirements of ICT products (knowledge)
- manage commercial risks (skill/competence)
- optimise financial performance (skill/competence)
- types of metal manufacturing processes (knowledge)
Optional
- chemistry (knowledge)
- design drawings (knowledge)
- design metal components (skill/competence)
- ferrous metal processing (knowledge)
- follow manufacturing work schedule (skill/competence)
- identify market niches (skill/competence)
- innovation processes (knowledge)
- maintain relationship with customers (skill/competence)
- manage staff (skill/competence)
- measure customer feedback (skill/competence)
- non-ferrous metal processing (knowledge)
- perform market research (skill/competence)
- physics (knowledge)
- precious metals (knowledge)
- quality standards (knowledge)
- recruit employees (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 8 ads, as of 2026-07-12)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- continuous improvement — 62 %
- metallurgy — 38 %
- production planning — 38 %
- foundry processes — 25 %
- furnace operation — 12 %
- equipment management — 12 %
- casting processes — 12 %
- cost control — 12 %
- data analysis — 12 %
- manufacturing process understanding — 12 %
- materials engineering — 12 %
- materials management — 12 %
- melting process control — 12 %
- metallurgical quality standards — 12 %
- performance management — 12 %
- process control — 12 %
- process data analysis — 12 %
- operations management — 12 %
- safety regulation understanding — 12 %
- semiconductor manufacturing — 12 %
- root cause analysis — 12 %
- stock control — 12 %
- technical management — 12 %
- technical support — 12 %
- tooling — 12 %
- waste reduction — 12 %
- workflow management — 12 %
- production management — 12 %
Methods
- Total Quality Management — 12 %
- Six Sigma — 12 %
- SPC — 12 %
- health and safety compliance — 12 %
- ISO 9001/AS9100 audits — 12 %
- 5S activities — 12 %
- continuous improvement — 12 %
- lean manufacturing principles — 12 %
Responsibilities
- team leadership — 25 %
- technical support — 25 %
- throughput increase — 12 %
- throughput optimization — 12 %
- team management — 12 %
- safety maintenance — 12 %
- staffing decisions — 12 %
- overseeing technical support — 12 %
- operational leadership — 12 %
- progress reporting — 12 %
- quality assurance — 12 %
- quality control — 12 %
- manage critical equipment — 12 %
- managing production — 12 %
- manufacturing process improvement — 12 %
- fab operations management — 12 %
- formulate production plan — 12 %
- hands-on work — 12 %
- control stock and materials — 12 %
- department liaison — 12 %
- departmental cost control — 12 %
- ensure material availability — 12 %
- leading technical teams — 12 %
- melt scheduling — 12 %
- process deviation investigation — 12 %
- process oversight — 12 %
- process shaping — 12 %
- production coordination — 12 %
- production leadership — 12 %