Production Manager
Derry
Salary: £60,000
An established engineering and manufacturing organisation is seeking an experienced Production Manager to lead day-to-day manufacturing operations within a busy production environment.
This is a senior, hands-on leadership role responsible for delivering safe, efficient, and high-quality production output in line with customer requirements, engineering specifications, delivery schedules, and business performance targets.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, motivate, coach, and develop Team Leaders and the wider production workforce to achieve agreed operational targets.
Take ownership of daily, weekly, and monthly production performance, ensuring products are manufactured safely, efficiently, on time, within budget, and to required quality standards.
Plan and coordinate labour, resources, workflows, and priorities to meet production schedules and customer delivery commitments.
Drive a strong health, safety, environmental, and quality culture across all production areas, ensuring compliance with procedures and regulatory requirements.
Work closely with Engineering, Scheduling, Quality, Procurement, Stores, Logistics, Maintenance, and Project teams to resolve constraints and improve operational flow.
Monitor key performance indicators including safety, quality, delivery, productivity, labour efficiency, rework, waste, and absence rates.
Identify production risks, bottlenecks, skills gaps, material shortages, quality issues, and capacity constraints, implementing corrective actions as required.
Champion continuous improvement initiatives, Lean Manufacturing principles, 5S, root-cause analysis, and waste reduction activities.
Ensure Team Leaders conduct effective daily briefings, allocate resources appropriately, and support employee engagement and performance management.
Essential Criteria
Proven experience in a Production Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Operations Manager, or similar senior production leadership role within an engineering or manufacturing environment.
Experience leading production teams through supervisors, Team Leaders, or line managers.
Strong understanding of manufacturing planning, production control, capacity management, labour allocation, and performance management.
Demonstrable ability to lead large teams, set expectations, drive accountability, and develop frontline leadership capability.
Strong knowledge of health and safety requirements within manufacturing environments.
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