Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor, Larkhall, Salary Negotiable

We are recruiting for a Production Supervisor to work at our clients’ site in Larkhall.

Aside from working for a market leading business, there are a whole host of benefits to take advantage of if you join them. For a start, it’s a permanent job with regular overtime to boost your income.
- Permanent job with regular overtime paid at great rates
- Free on-site parking
- Competitive pension scheme
- Competitive holiday allowance
- Investment in training & development

What to expect as a Production Supervisor
- Working a Continental shift pattern - 12-hour day / night shifts
- Excellent work life balance - working only 7 shifts over a 14-day period
- Leading the team to deliver the daily production plan and the department KPI’s whilst driving team engagement
- Ensuring quality of product maintained to both internal and customer standards
- Ensuring all direct reports comply with internal procedures including work instructions, use of equipment, product quality, housekeeping and 5S
- Comply with all Health & Safety policies participating in key improvement activity as required
- Identify opportunities for improvement within production areas utilising activities such as Gemba Walks, 5S Audits, Process Audits, Waste Walks, Evaluation of Scrap and implementing corrective actions etc.
- Ensuring all direct reports comply with company policies and procedures such as break times, start / finish times, absence reporting, holiday management and overtime
- Identifying training needs and implement ongoing development to ensure operators maintain and exceed required standards within production area
- Manage operator skill level and capability ensuring labour adequately distributed in production area to ensure targets met

What we’re looking for
- Experience of leading a team within a fast-paced manufacturing and production environment
- Analytical skills and the ability to make recommendations on the basis of available data
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Resilience and self-motivation with a genuine drive for achieving production targets
- Experience of championing continuous improvement methodologies
- Proficient with Microsoft packages and reporting
- A solid work history
- An enthusiastic can do attitude

If you’re interested in working for a well-respected business in a permanent position, then we’d love to hear from you.

Work Location: In person