Production Supervisor
hace 10 días
Shipley
We’re working with a well-established manufacturing business in West Yorkshire who are looking for a Production Supervisor to join their team. This is a key shopfloor role, ideal for someone who enjoys being hands-on, leading from the front and making things run better every day. You’ll report into the Operations Manager and take ownership of day-to-day production, keeping things safe, efficient and on plan. What you’ll be doing: • Leading the shopfloor team and dealing with day-to-day production and technical issues, • Driving 5S and continuous improvement activity, • Supporting new product and process introductions, • Keeping production data and visual boards up to date, • Carrying out quality checks, audits and product testing, • Monitoring scrap and putting actions in place to reduce waste, • Planning work to hit customer delivery requirements, • Training, developing and cross-skilling the team, • Managing appraisals, performance, absences and timesheets, • Making sure Health & Safety standards are always met, • Stepping in for the Operations Manager when needed What we’re looking for: • Previous experience as a Supervisor or Team Leader in a manufacturing environment, • Good working knowledge of Lean, 5S, Root Cause Analysis and CI tools, • Comfortable planning workloads and working to production targets, • Confident using Microsoft applications and MRP systems, • A people-focused leader who can engage, motivate and develop teams, • A proactive, flexible and hands-on approach If this sounds like something you’d like to hear more about, drop Emma Bartholomew or Jonny Powell a message for a confidential chat.