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Assistant Production Manager | Proftech

Assistant Production Manager

  Telford, Shropshire

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Reference #: ASP23_1683030058
Location: Telford, Shropshire
Salary: £35000 - £36000
Sector: Technical & Engineering
Type: Permanent
Posted On: 02/05/2023

To further expand our activities, we are currently searching for a new dynamic 'Assistant Production Manager' to provide day-to-day support to our production manager and the production line team-leaders. As the company is moving into a new era of production facilitation and expansion, we need a hands-on proactive individual to cover a vast spread of tasks, duties, and responsibilities, be flexible and adaptable to suit the required development.

Assistant Production Manager - Telford

Your responsibilities:

  • Responsible for supporting the Production Manager with daily duties and tasks to ensure the smooth running of our operation.
  • Daily planning with shopfloor team-leaders to maintain and improve our performance output.
  • Accountability for routine line maintenance checks in coordination with team-leaders
  • Ensure the highest standards of Health & Safety are achieved in our processes.
  • Organise and coordinate with the supply-chain, internal sales and stores to maximise the fluid flow of materials from start to finish.
  • Provide a conduit for sales and Team Leaders for urgent customer orders, lates, replacements or warranty support.
  • Liaise with Team Leaders regarding line side issues and identify and provide a solution.
  • Oversee and support daily paperwork (new visual boards)
  • Review non-conformances and support audit actions by liaising with business systems.
  • Carry out general maintenance checks in accordance with our procedure and organise any required sub-contract maintenance.
  • Oversee site services and contractor management.
  • Administration of contractors for breakdowns (Burner issue on Caccia) and any other on-site operational issues.
  • Supporting goods in with PI and goods out with achieving daily goals and timelines
  • Developing new ways to provide waste reduction within our factory processes.
  • Not right first-time meetings and improvement actions as required.
  • Any other reasonable requests to support the smooth running of the company.
  • You will be reporting directly to our Production Manager.

Your profile:

  • Production process experience essential.
  • Understanding of the day-to-day operational requirements of a shopfloor
  • Highly accountable and responsible for safeguarding the factory operation.
  • Career driven individual looking for a step into management.
  • Strong communication skills and a personable temperament.
  • Energetic person with ability to remain positive and adept at multi-tasking.
  • Team player who takes ownership of individual tasks and challenges.
  • Have exceptional attention to detail and able to identify a solution.
  • Articulate, use common sense, and have confidence in their abilities.
  • Full comprehension of production process.
  • Procedure implementation and strong organizational skills.
  • Ability to remain flexible and handle a variety of situations.

We are offering:

  • Owner-managed, mid-sized family company
  • 23 days Holidays
  • Salary £35000

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