Production Supervisor

Overview

In this role you lead the machine shop production floor, ensuring safety, quality, on-time delivery, and cost targets. You’ll drive lean practices, continuous improvement, and engaged teams to optimise operations. You work cross-functionally with engineering, quality, maintenance, and supply chain to resolve issues and sustain efficient flow. This position offers the chance to shape manufacturing excellence in a global, safety‑focused environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Westfield healthcare
• 33 holidays
• pension
• life assurance
• LinkedIn Learning
• on site free parking

Responsibilities

• Lead daily production operations and manage labour, work instructions, attendance, training and employee relations
• Coordinate with Production Control and Purchasing on outsourced work and external providers for cutting and folding
• Control shop floor production levels to meet targets and ensure timely material flow
• Drive lean manufacturing (5S, Kaizen, waste elimination) and lead improvement projects to boost efficiency and reduce costs
• Collaborate with engineering, quality, maintenance, and supply chain to resolve production issues
• Foster accountability, problem-solving and employee involvement; organize daily/weekly production meetings
• Promote health and safety compliance with regulations
• Ensure lean practices are embedded in production lines and flexibly cover day and night shifts when needed
• Perform other duties as required and adhere to site rules and policies

Key requirements

• GCSE level or equivalent
• Significant production experience in a high-pressure manufacturing environment
• Experience in supervisory or people management roles
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement techniques (advantage)
• Awareness of visual management
• Computer literate with experience of Oracle/ERP systems
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to meet deadlines, adapt to changing priorities, and work both in teams and independently
• Flexible to support day and night shifts
• excellent communication skills
• team player
• problem-solving mindset
• lean manufacturing
• 5S
• Kaizen

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