Facilities Manager

Castle Employment Agency Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Production Manager for a busy structural steel fabrication facility in South Wales. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in structural steel fabrication or heavy manufacturing and solid leadership experience. Responsibilities include overseeing production teams, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and driving process improvements. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an industry-leading organisation known for innovation and career development, offering a highly competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Excellent benefits

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in structural steel fabrication or heavy manufacturing.
• Strong leadership experience in a production environment.
• Understanding of health, safety, quality systems, and production planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead production teams ensuring safe working practices.
• Monitor production output for efficiency and cost control.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards.

Skills

Leadership in production

Health and safety compliance

Quality control

Process improvement

Education

ILM Level 3 or equivalent leadership qualification

Tools

Fabrication processes

Job description

Castle Employment is delighted to be recruiting for an experienced Production Manager for their South Wales facility. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading international structural steel engineering and fabrication business,

This role is ideally suited to candidates with a strong background in structural steel fabrication, heavy manufacturing, or fabrication and welding environments.

The Production Manager will oversee all daily operations within a busy structural steel fabrication and welding facility. You will ensure safe, efficient and high-quality production output while leading and developing a skilled workforce. The role requires a hands‑on leader with strong technical knowledge, capable of driving performance, maintaining safety standards and delivering continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead production teams across all shifts, ensuring appropriate supervision and safe working practices.
• Monitor production output, driving improvements in efficiency, quality and cost control.
• Ensure full compliance with health, safety and environmental standards, including risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Oversee fabrication and welding quality, ensuring adherence to WPS and PMS requirements.
• Coordinate workflow, resources, materials and maintenance to meet production schedules.
• Support team development, including apprentices, through coaching, performance management and regular communication.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve processes, technology and production methods.

About You

• Background in structural steel fabrication, welding, or heavy manufacturing.
• Strong leadership experience within a production or fabrication environment.
• Solid understanding of health and safety, quality systems and production planning.
• Confident decision‑maker with a proactive, solutions‑focused approach.
• ILM Level 3 or equivalent leadership qualification (advantageous).
• Competent in fabrication processes with relevant certifications.

The role offers a highly competitive salary plus excellent benefits and is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward‑thinking, industry‑leading organisation known for innovation, engineering excellence and long‑term career development.