Production Supervisor

Mansell Recruitment Group • Permanent • Dartford, Kent, England, United Kingdom • £30k - £34k / year • 1h ago

The Company

A well-established manufacturing business specialising in high-quality engineered products is seeking to recruit a Production Supervisor to join its growing team.

Working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, you will play a key role in leading production operations, ensuring customer orders are delivered on time, and driving quality, safety and continuous improvement across your area.

The Candidate

The successful candidate will have previous experience leading a production or manufacturing team and be confident managing people, production planning and shop floor performance.

You should have:

Previous supervisory experience leading a team of 10+ people

Manufacturing experience

Strong leadership and communication skills

Good organisational and planning ability

Experience working to production schedules and KPIs

A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement

The ability to motivate, coach and develop production teams

Good IT skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Teams and email

A flexible approach with the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment

The Role

Lead, motivate and support a production team to achieve daily production targets

Plan and organise shop floor production to meet customer delivery schedules

Allocate workloads and manage workflow across the department

Ensure production is carried out safely while maintaining high quality standards

Promote and maintain 5S and safe working practices throughout the production area

Monitor productivity and performance against company KPIs

Identify production bottlenecks and implement improvements to increase efficiency

Ensure production staff are working to the latest SOPs, engineering drawings, ECNs, CCNs and Quality Alerts

Train, mentor and develop team members to improve flexibility across the production department

Manage holidays, overtime, attendance and timekeeping

Support the onboarding and training of new employees

Work closely with Production, Engineering, Quality, Stores and Production Control teams to ensure production objectives are achieved

Liaise with the Production Manager regarding staffing, production issues and operational improvements

Promote a culture of continuous improvement and lean manufacturing

Carry out any other duties required to support the manufacturing operation

Benefits

Up to £34,000

Company pension

Ongoing training and development

Opportunity to lead and develop a successful production team

Modern manufacturing environment

Stable and growing business

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