Lead Production Supervisor

Allstaff Manufacturing Division have a fantastic opportunity available for a Lead Production Supervisor to join a sustainable and innovative Manufacturing company in Paisley. This will be a permanent role working dayshift, Monday to Friday but there should be some flexibility with this as it is supervising three shift patterns.

**Role purpose**

The role of the Lead Production Supervisor is to assist the Production Manager in ensuring the safe and operational efficiency of day to day production which guarantees optimum performance, achieving all production KPI’s, and fulfil customer demands whilst ensuring all company procedures and compliances (both internal and external) are fully met.

The Lead Production Supervisor will also work, in conjunction with the Production Manager, on a variety of projects related to ongoing organisational improvements including, but not limited to, Health and Safety, Quality, Workplace Organisation, Environmental and Sustainability.

**Key accountabilities**
- Embed H&S culture of zero tolerance ensuring the policy is fully understood, owned and implemented by every individual - ensuring machine operators have set up machines correctly and all pre-shift safety checks have been carried out and recorded
- Promote the use of TCards for near miss and hazard reporting
- ensuring appropriate feedback and recognition to operators.
- Implement the actions identified through internal and external audits (including health & safety and quality inspections) and ensure they are completed in a timely manner
- Manage all internal and external regulatory compliances and guidelines as set out by health & safety, quality, and environmental requirements.
- Ensure a Quality 1st culture is in place throughout the area of responsibility.
- Participate in audits on H&S, Environmental and Quality.
- Conduct factory tours for visitors while ensuring the areas are always visitor ready.
- Oversee the production plan, advise Supervisors and Schedulers to continually increase efficiencies.
- Takes ownership of POD information, recording performance and plans.
- Deliver optimum results by driving KPI’s set by Production Manager.
- Drive OTIF performance throughout Finishing operations to support dispatch plan.
- The performance management of Supervisors required with the support of HR, e.g., absence management, lateness, performance, conduct.
- Oversee holiday allocation to ensure the correct level of skill is in place across all shifts, all the time.
- Coaching, mentoring and development of Supervisors, participation in conducting PDR’s.
- Advising and Liaising with Production Support to optimize machine availability and performance.
- Lead continuous improvement projects for increased efficiency.

**Experience Desired**
- Excellent supervisory skills - demonstrating practical leadership in people, product process and plant
- Experience in a similar role - preferably in a manufacturing setting with a good understanding of operational metrics and drivers and the use of KPIs to manage an operation
- Experience of meeting and exceeding health and safety/environmental/ workplace organisation requirements
- Demonstrable supervisory and line management skills with a coaching style that gets the best out of people, focused on collaboration and continual improvement
- Skilled in logistics
- Competent IT Skills
- Excellent organisational skills

This is an opportunity not to be missed for an individual who wants to work within a fast paced thriving enviroment.

Allstaff is operating as an Employment Agency for the supply of Permanent and Contract staff employed directly by the hirer.

**INDH**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £37,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person