Job Description:

Production Manager

• Leicestershire – LE3
• Up to £50,000
• Days - Monday to Thursday 6:30 to 3:30/Friday 6:30 to 12:30
• Bonus
• 29 Days holiday (Increasing with service)
• 2  extra discretionary days holiday
• Private healthcare
• Company pension

The Client

Our client is a thriving family run business commutable from both central Leicester and surrounding Leicestershire villages. They have a solid 20-year history of providing metal fabrication and finishing support to a whole array of clients across the country for various projects from bespoke one off’s to more repeatable works. From humble beginnings, they have grown exponentially over the decades having recently increased their site capacity to almost 90,000 square feet. They have a strong name within the industry and are trusted as full-service solution providers.

Due to this continued growth, a Production Manager is now required to join their skilled and dedicated team.

As a Production Manager, you’ll have complete responsibility for the end-to-end management of all metal fabrication operations within certain area. This will encompass all expectations from quality, cost, delivery targets, reliability and CI.

About the role

As Production Manager you will be responsible for ensuring the timely and high-quality completion of work across the 2 metal manufacturing departments.

Other responsibilities will include;

• Agree daily and weekly production plans with the Production Manager
• Maximise utilisation and uptime across all machinery, ensuring correct settings and tooling used and reducing scrap/rework through effective process control discipline
• Owning sheet material flow from goods-in to manufacturing, driving improved utilisation of product and ensuring efficient flow of WIP between departments
• Own preventative maintenance schedules across both laser and press brake equipment – monitoring downtime, coordinating with maintenance teams to improve reliability and drive improvement in machine uptime
• Responsible for KPI performances and cost control within the departments
• Leading, motivating and developing both laser and press brake teams – monitoring performance, setting targets, managing overtime/holidays and being responsible for a culture of accountability and quality
• H&S  across both areas of production
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across both departments, reduce set up times/waste and process variation as well as improving accuracy and supporting new tooling innovation and introduction

About you

To be considered for this Production Manager role, you should have the following:

• Previous experience as a Production Manager/Supervisor within a manufacturing/fabrication environment
• A background working within laser cutting and/or CNC press brakes would be highly advantageous for this role
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
• Experience managing production teams and manufacturing workflows
• Strong understanding of quality, lean and process control
• Previous experience utilising an ERP/MRP system
• Solid leadership and communication style

Within this role you’ll act as the technical and operational authority for laser cutting and folding and therefore be accountable for overall performance across these departments. It is therefore imperative that any candidates looking to apply for this role have experience within a metal fabrication,

The benefits

As a Production Manager, you will be joining a company who have grown organically and are a real local success story. In return for your skill and abilities, they are looking to offer;

Up to £50,000

Days - Monday to Thursday 6:30 to 3:30/Friday 6:30 to 12:30

Bonus

29 Days holiday (Increasing with service)

2  extra discretionary days holiday

Private healthcare

Company pension

If you think you are the right Production Manager, please press apply, call Kristi on (phone number removed), or email your CV too (url removed)  

ATA Recruitment specialises in Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Civil, Transportation and general Engineering recruitment on both a permanent and contract basis – for more opportunities like this one, visit our website. 

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation