Production Manager - Joinery

8 Recruitment Limited; Sharjah; On-site; AED 201,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

8 Recruitment Limited seeks an experienced Production Manager for a Bespoke Joinery role in Sharjah. The position involves workshop-based management with occasional site visits to oversee joinery fabrication, installation, and project delivery.

Responsibilities include coordinating workshop operatives, subcontractors, and stock, while ensuring health and safety compliance and liaising with clients and site managers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production management/supervisor experience in joinery.
• Fully competent in bespoke furniture installation and manufacturing.
• Ability to read and interpret CAD drawings.

Responsibilities

• Manage the daily workload of the Joinery workshop operatives to meet delivery and installation dates.
• Organise subcontracted manufactured items (metal, stone and glass).
• Liaise with design team on manufacturing techniques and best practice.
• Order materials and manage consumables stock cost-effectively.
• Ensure compliance with HSE regulations on all activities.
• Maintain machine and tool servicing.

Skills

Production management

CAD reading

Team leadership

English language

Job description

About the job Production Manager - Joinery

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Bespoke Joinery Production Manager within an established joinery manufacturing company based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This is a flexible role where the candidate will mainly be workshop office based but may berequired for site visits.

Workshop

• Manage the daily workload of the Joinery workshop operatives in order that delivery and installation dates and practical completion is achieved
• Organize subcontracted manufactured items, metal, stone and glass
• Liaise with the design team regarding manufacturing techniques and best practice
• Order materials for each project and ensure consumable stock levels are in good order in a cost-efficient manner
• Ensure all activities are compliant with HSE regulation
• Machine and tools servicing and maintenance
• Coordinating deliveries and collections to and from sites (tools and furniture)
• Organisation of samples for client sign off
• Liaise with Client Site Managers on a daily basis regarding site activity and site requirements
• Regular site visits to ascertain access, working conditions, deliveries/collections
• Attend client programme meetings and site meetings where necessary
• Manage site fitters activities, toolbox talks, discipline, productivity, in a cost-effective manner
• Ensure all activities are compliant with site health and safety regulations
• Organise furniture and tool deliveries, report missing/damaged items of joinery
• Supervise contractors/agency site fitters

Key Skills Required

• Production Manager/Supervisor experience 5 years minimum
• Full understanding of bespoke joinery fabrication and installation
• Good command of spoken English Language
• Fully competent in bespoke furniture Installation and manufacturing
• Ability to read and interpret CAD drawings
• Managing teams of fitters, workshop and subcontracted staff