Head of Production - Digital Print (Small & Large Format)

MTA Digital; Greater London; In loco; GBP 55.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

MTA Digital seeks a hands-on Production Team Lead to run the factory floor of our family-run print business in London. You will lead the production team day to day, schedule jobs across small- and large-format print, and own quality and finishing standards across HP Indigo, toner, and EFI wide-format.

Reporting to the General Manager, you’ll build a cross-trained team, manage performance and holidays, and ensure installation and production stay aligned.

Competenze

• Track record of managing a production team on a print factory floor.
• Hands-on digital print background with wide or large format experience.
• Confident planning, deadline management and under-pressure decision making.
• Right to work in the UK.

Mansioni

• Leading the production team day to day, and stepping in on the floor when it matters.
• Scheduling and prioritising jobs across small-format and large-format print runs against tight deadlines.
• Owning quality, troubleshooting and finishing standards across HP Indigo, toner and EFI wide-format work.
• Building a flexible, cross-trained team, and managing performance, holidays and development.
• Working closely with Installation Manager and General Manager so production and installation stay aligned.

Conoscenze

Production management

Print industry experience

Deadline management

Decision making under pressure

Strumenti

EFI Vutek

HP Indigo

PACE MIS

Descrizione del lavoro

MTA Digital is one of the few print businesses that genuinely does both small-format and large-format work under one roof, from business cards and leaflets through to large-format print and installations. We're a close-knit, family-run team based in London (SE6) with easy access from Bellingham Station and car parking available

The Role

Run the factory floor at a family run print business that does it all under one roof, from business cards and leaflets to large-format print and installation. This is a newly created role reporting into our General Manager, and over time you’ll become the person we trust to make the call when we’re not in the room.

Why this role

• Real ownership. You'll have genuine authority over scheduling, quality, people and day-to-day floor decisions.
• Room to grow: a clear route to wider operational or general management responsibility as the business grows.
• Variety. Few print businesses run HP Indigo, toner and wide-format under one roof, so no two days look the same.

What you'll be doing

• Leading the production team day to day, and stepping in on the floor when it matters
• Scheduling and prioritising jobs across small-format and large-format print runs against tight deadlines
• Owning quality, troubleshooting and finishing standards across HP Indigo, toner and EFI wide-format work
• Building a flexible, cross-trained team, and managing performance, holidays and development
• Working closely with our Installation Manager and General Manager so production and installation stay aligned

What we're looking for

• A track record of managing a production team on a print factory floor (works, production, print room or shift manager)
• A hands-on digital print background: wide or large format (e.g. EFI Vutek) and/or HP Indigo or toner, with the credibility to step in on the floor
• Confident planning and deadline management, and comfortable making decisions under pressure
• Right to work in the UK

Great to have

• General understanding of imposition and prepress principles across both small and large format work
• General technical skills — colour management, preflighting, and job costing/MIS systems (we use PACE)

Salary range: £55,000 - £70,000 depending on experience

This is a genuine opportunity to shape a newly created role in a growing, family-run business.