Production Supervisor

**Production Supervisor**

**Location**:Falkirk

**Competitive package + half day on Fridays**

**The Company**
- In a nutshell, we build buses and coaches. In fact, more than half of the buses you see on the roads in the UK are built by Alexander Dennis. We have a huge responsibility for keeping the world moving.
- We are saving the planet. Our purpose is to support Governments globally with their push to reduce pollution and improve air quality by building greener, more eco-friendly buses.
- We love our customers. So much so, almost every bus we build is bespoke - what the customer wants, we will do our best to deliver.
- We have a fantastic Canadian parent company called NFI. They welcomed us into the family in 2019, and we haven’t looked back ever since.
- Our global footprint is pretty impressive. We have a presence in some super cool places across the world from Hong Kong to Auckland to Toronto.
- Our Operations team is responsible for implementing the vehicle build plan as part of our production process to build and assemble completed vehicles, ensuring efficient use of all available resources and compliance with company policies and procedures.

**Your Dream Role**
- Put simply, you will be responsible for managing a team of vehicle builders to meet output requirements, quality expectations and cost targets.
- You will assist and support your team by ensuring they understand the specifications for all contracts, provide engineering or material support where required, and complete the work allocated in line with production plan.
- Demonstrate close control of executing production plan, identifying any concerns, and implementing appropriate solutions.
- Allocate appropriate work packages to your team ensuring they adhere to standard operating procedures and in line with production targets. As part of this you will be responsible for being aware of and ensuring correct health and safety practices are carried out.
- You will be accountable for the KPI’s within your area of responsibility which may include on-time delivery, waste, quality, cost of production as a minimum.
- You will have direct line management of your team including performance and absence management, resolving day-to-day issues.
- Monitor standard of work and provide support or training where required.
- Support and contribute as required to the achievement of ISO9001 standard.
- Communicate regularly with your team to deliver key messages as well as motivating employees.
- You will build strong relationships with your peers and other departments to ensure vehicles are completed in line with production plan.

**About You**:

- You will have demonstrable experience in a similar role as defined in this advert where you have been a successful leader in a fast-paced manufacturing, engineering, or similar industry. Experience in a unionised environment would be advantageous.
- You will have experience of leading a team and strong people management skills with a pro-active approach to change management.
- Alongside your core leadership skills, you can demonstrate excellent planning, organisation and time management.
- You will be an excellent motivator of people and will have the ability to manage performance through leadership and coaching skills.
- Have a good understanding of requirements such as ISO9001/ISO14001, process management, health and safety, quality, and any other legislative requirements.
- You can demonstrate knowledge of lean manufacturing and/or operational excellence.
- By working closely with support departments, you will have the ability to meet challenging targets in line with business requirements.
- Finally, you will be IT literate, being comfortable with all Microsoft packages.

**Benefits**
- The opportunity to work for a company doing amazing things for our environment.
- A competitive salary package - we aim to reward our people at the level they deserve.
- A half day every Friday. Yes, every Friday. A long weekend, every weekend.
- Be coached and mentored by some incredibly intelligent people to drive your career forward.
- We don’t employ people and tell them what to do. You will have the opportunity to change and improve the way we do things which is always good for your personal development.

If this sounds like you, and you’re interested in coming ‘aboard’, then we would love to hear from you. Alongside uploading your CV, please share a short cover letter detailing why you’re interested and why we should hire you
- Recommend a Friend policy is applicable for this role.