Head of Production

**Position: Head of Production**

**Salary**: Negotiable depending on experience

**Contract Type**: Permanent

**Location**:Tockwith, near York

**Hours**: 07.30 - 16.00 with regular overtime, weekend work may be required

**The Company**

You may not have heard of the company, but we can guarantee you will have seen their work. They deliver exciting and innovative projects within the creative industries, from Olympic Cauldrons to TV sets, from giant artworks to jaw-dropping structures. End clients include Google, The BBC, The Brits, Amazon, Netflix and even governments of rarely visited nations.

Their work can be seen around the world and falls into the following categories: large-scale events, theatre and TV sets, ceremonies, art installations and architectural pavilions. The company is a unique and innovative company to work for. Their clients go to them for help solving complex design challenges, turning their concepts and visions into things of beauty.

**Head Of Production Role**:
In cooperation with other key departments, the Head of Production is responsible for overseeing all aspects of projects throughout the production process. They will allocate production slots in consultation with Project Handlers and Managers, as well as working closely with the Production Director to plan production and improve efficiencies.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Planning & Resource**
- From the project brief, facilitate the clear briefing of the project specification and schedule to the relevant production departments, Project Managers and CAD team
- Work closely with the Production Director to plan production going forward and improve efficiencies to achieve goals and objectives for Production
- To host daily and weekly production meetings with contribution from production departments, project managers and other key individuals, setting priorities and timescales
- Ownership of the production planning process for production departments so that they operate in alignment, ensuring plant, materials and personnel are in place and coordinate inter-departmental transport
- Chasing production requirements with each department throughout the day
- Responsible for material demand planning and stock control, chase any PO requests and ensure that adequate storage space if available to load it into the shop etc.
- Responsible for sub-contracting production work when required, identifying and maintaining contact with sub-contractors and organising and monitoring sub-contracted work
- Sourcing suppliers and products as the Production team needs

**People Management**
- Lead from the front with great managerial skills to develop the production team and manage, motivate and coach production managers and production staff
- Line Manage Production Managers including management of annual leave, absence, annual review processes etc.
- Overseeing investigations, formal meetings and other HR duties
- Monitor and review team capability, ensuring all staff are clearly focused on their key objectives and developed to maximise their potential
- Clearly communicate and monitor team targets and KPI’s and the processes to be carried out to ensure these targets are achieved and remain in line with company policies and procedures

**Drawings & Design**
- Issue drawings to the workshops for specific projects
- To co-ordinate as necessary with the Design Team to ensure that key workshop personnel have the necessary input into design and specification

**Quality**
- Ensure that all company & statutory systems and procedures are followed
- Manage, control and mitigate any quality issues
- Understand the required level of quality to match client expectations and ensure that built items conform to this standard

**H&S and Housekeeping**
- Ensure that all company & statutory systems and procedures are followed with regards to Health & Safety
- Ensuring risk assessments and method statements are obtained reviewed and filed and H&S files are complete

Work Location: One location