Production Manager
8 days ago
Newton Aycliffe
Baltic Recruitment are delighted to be working in partnership with a market-leading manufacturing organisation to recruit a Production Manager who will play a key role in driving positive change, implementing continuous improvements and developing workforce skills through effective training and development. \n \n Overall Purpose: \n\n • To manage all production activities across the operation, ensuring the highest levels of Safety, Quality, Production and Efficiency are maintained.\n, • To liaise with all other departments regarding quality, materials, planning, maintenance, OEE and warehousing requirements.\n, • Report to the Plant Manager regarding targets, goals, efficiency, manning and overall objectives.\n, • To ensure the highest standards of health and safety and housekeeping are met.\n, • To develop positive employee relations that centres a culture focused on quality, continuous improvement, employee retention, engagement, development, high performance and teamwork\n\n Key Duties: \n\n • Overseeing the efficient production operations across all production lines.\n, • Ensure that all employees work to the Company Health and Safety policies also the reporting all Health and Safety incidents.\n, • Minimising lost production time through ensuring efficient and consistent practices, also by taking an active role in correcting technical processing issues.\n, • Supporting the Shift Managers in all aspects of managing the production teams especially with respect to consistent performance and operational discipline.\n, • For ensuring that products are manufactured to specification and in accordance with the production plan.\n, • Ensuring that Production documentation, including accident reports, quality assurance records, daily reports and order requests are completed in the correct manner.\n, • Meeting deadlines, KPI's and all measurable targets.\n, • Liaising with other department Managers regarding materials, consumables, quality issues and maintenance requirements for the lines.\n, • Ensuring the ongoing training of Operatives and the maintenance of training files.\n, • Ensuring that all production employees adhere to the company's policies and procedures.\n, • Conducting appraisals, PEG discussions and investigations as necessary.\n, • Updating the shift deployment and flexi-rota working pattern, ensuring consistency and fairness\n, • Ensuring the highest standard of housekeeping is maintained\n, • Playing an active role in maintaining the OEE inputs and 5S.\n, • Chairing the daily production meeting and presenting the weekly production update.\n\n Key Requirements: \n\n • Strong communication organisational, motivational and people skills.\n, • Able to work to tight deadlines, achieving targets whilst prioritising work in a continuous process environment.\n, • Ability to maintain high and consistent standards within a diverse team environment\n, • Work equally well as part of a team or as an individual.\n, • Good problem solver and strong decision maker.\n, • Flexible and adaptable to the business needs.\n, • Excellent administration and record keeping skills.\n, • IT skills to a competent level, able to produce reports, enter data and present information clearly.\n\n The Package: \n\n • £43,000 - £45,000 per annum, plus 2K potential bonus on personal and company performance.\n, • Monday - Friday 37.75 hrs per week, early finish Fridays.\n, • Company pension scheme.\n, • 23 days holiday that can increase to 25 plus bank.\n, • Medicash scheme\n\n