Production Manager

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Middlesbrough
Salary
Competitive
Posted
08 Jul 2021
Closes
05 Aug 2021
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Our client is a well established food manufacturer within the Middlesbrough area, due to business growth they are now seeking a Production Manager to strengthen their existing team.

This is a great opportunity for either an experienced Production Manager or a Supervisor looking for career progression.

Hours of work will be 5 days out of 7 per week (Dayshift initially, likely to move to two shifts; earlies and backs).

The role:

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Planning and organising orders for the production lines

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Provide leadership on aspects of Production, People, Quality, Training, HSE, as well as responsibility for being hands on to maintain efficiency

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Provide guidance, support, direction and leadership to the team to achieve maximum productivity

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Ensure modern manufacturing techniques are followed and adopted by team members

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Promote positive culture and attitudes at all levels of the business

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Create shift reports,weekly staff rota and holiday requests

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Help achieve all production targets

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Troubleshoot problems and downtime to prevent issues reoccuring; implementing procedures and/or training to improve

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Identify improvements and execute implementation strategies

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Ensure the team adhere to all company rules and policies

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First point of contact regarding grievances and disciplinary actions

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Support, coach and mentor supervisors and team leaders

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Ensure quality control checks are undertaken and documented

Your skills and experience:

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Solid experience of working in a manufacturing environment, those from FMCG would be highly desired although is not essential

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Able to work in a hands-on role and drive production from the front

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Good leadership experience

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A problem solving attitude

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The ability to motivate and guide a team to achieve set targets

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Strong communication and relationship building skills

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Computer literate

The contract / salary:

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Permanent contract

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Offering a competitive starting salary

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Opportunities to develop as the business grows

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Various shift patterns over a 7 day operation (working any 5 out of 7)

Due to the high volume of candidates responding to our adverts unfortunately we are not always able to provide individual feedback. If you don't hear from us within the next ten days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We will however keep your details on file and you may be contacted about other opportunities in the future