Up to £45000 per annum Caerphilly

Production Manager (Nights)

Production manager

Caerphilly

23915/611

£45’000

An exciting opportunity to join a successful award-winning market leader, who has supplied high-quality in the UK market space for decades.

Salary & Benefits:

A starting salary of up to £45’000
Company Pension
up to 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Free on-site car parking
Excellent training and development

Roles & Responsibilities:

– Manufacture all products according to plan, specification and quality whilst minimising waste. Ensuring that all the above are done as cost effectively as possible using a range of “Modern Lean Manufacturing” techniques.

– Have an understanding of the next day, and coming week’s and months requirements in terms of production, resources, skills and materials.

– Communicate and take action as appropriate to all KPI’s: Labour costs, including yield, wastage, customer service, plan completion, quality reports, absence, (and all other associated KPI’s), complete site communications.

– Ensure all team members are suitably trained; understand their objectives, the standards required, are reliable and punctual in their attendance and are motivated to the job.

– Ensure all employees are trained and signed off on all relevant tasks. Liaise with the training department to ensure training records are up to date and training plans are in place for individuals as required.

– For each and every key role ensure you have suitably trained deputy (minimum) or deputies to cover any case of absence (planned or unplanned).

– Have responsibility for performance, conduct, attendance and timekeeping, investigations, suspending (if required) and disciplinary (up to dismissal level with HR support) matters for all employees under your control.

– Liaise with your Head of operations on any recruitment issues.

– Work with the New Product Development team and the technical team to successfully carry out production trials and launch new products.

– Liaise with all other departments as appropriate to find solutions to problems

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

Experience and competency in a production environment, preferably from a food manufacturing background
Good communicator and the have the ability to influence and develop team.
Computer literate including basic use of company’s business software packages
Understanding of practical application of Production, technical, HR and safety processes and procedures including working practices pertaining to the site
Knowledge of continuous improvement techniques
Basic understanding of engineering principle

If you would like more information, please contact Kieran Russell

If you are interested in this position please click ‘apply’.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

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