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Connecting Talent to opportunity

Production Supervisor

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Job Description:

Production Supervisor

Lincoln          

£33,000 – £35,000 + £24 Days Holiday + Company Pension

The Company

My client is a very well-established business manufacturing specialist equipment for the professional and commercial catering industry with huge contracts in place supplying well known brands.

Employing 250 staff, with a turnover of £50m from their East Midlands based plant, now is a fantastic time to join their dedicated team.

Production within the business is split into two separate areas – machine shop and assembly. The machine shop is focussed on the handling and treatment of the sheet metal with processes including a mixture of laser cutting, sheet metal folding, welding, polishing/weld cleaning stations.

Due to growth, they are now looking to add a Production Supervisor

The Role

The successful Production Supervisor will be assigned to the machine shop. The current main KPI for production is utilisation which is the number of hours they have available to work versus hours completed, though this is currently sat at 90%, their aim is to achieve 100% with the new Production Supervisors at the helm. 

Key duties in the role will involve:

  • Ensuring the team are clear on the production plan for the day ahead
  • Allocating the plan to the team to ensure they are fully utilised
  • Challenging poor effort, standards, and performance on the shop floor
  • Following up on plan to ensure the team are working to the schedule
  • Problem solving output issues – 5Y and root cause
  • Ensuring punctuality and attendance within the team
  • Recording absence
  • Liaise with the Production Planners on plans
  • Reporting on performance each week versus plan
  • Presenting solutions to recover performance if behind plan
  • Listening for ideas from the shop floor and coming up with ideas to improve production performance
  • Ensuring the team have the tools and the equipment available to deliver the plan
  • Ensuring KPIs for cost, safety and quality are adhered to when they are brought into the process

The Person

To be successful in your application for the Production Supervisor you will need.

  • Experience leading production within a manufacturing environment
  • Strong leadership & man management experience
  • Proven experience of dealing with challenging behaviour
  • Strong influencing experience
  • The ability to apply pressure when required
  • Problem solving

The Benefits

Some of the benefits for these Production Supervisor roles include:

  • £33,000 – 35,000
  • 24 Days Holiday + 8 Stats
  • 5% company pension

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

  • Job Type

    Permanent, Full Time

  • Additional Salary Info

    24 Days Holiday + Stats, Company Pension

  • Work Authorisation

    No

  • Industry Sector IT & Internet