Lead Industrial Coatings Supervisor: Drive Quality & Safety

Escape; New Lanark; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Employee discount scheme

Job summary

Escape is seeking an experienced Paint Shop Supervisor in South Lanarkshire to lead a busy workshop-based coating operation. You will coordinate people, materials and production activity to meet safety, quality and delivery targets.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong planning skills and the ability to manage a team of painters and apprentices while maintaining high standards of COSHH compliance and housekeeping.

Qualifications

• Previous supervisory, team leader or foreman experience within manufacturing, fabrication or industrial coatings.
• Strong experience within protective or industrial coatings.
• Experience managing a team within a production/workshop environment.
• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• The confidence to make decisions and solve problems under pressure.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• A proactive approach to achieving production targets without compromising safety or quality.

Responsibilities

• Plan daily and forward workloads to ensure the team has clear priorities.
• Allocate work according to production requirements and individual skills.
• Manage labour, materials and equipment to maintain production flow.
• Coordinate material movements with other workshop teams.
• Monitor team performance, productivity and downtime.
• Ensure coating work is completed to specification and quality requirements.
• Monitor coating and consumable usage and minimise unnecessary waste.
• Coordinate inspections and ensure defects or damaged work are rectified.
• Ensure production records and tracking systems are accurately maintained.
• Maintain high standards of Health & Safety, PPE, COSHH and risk assessment compliance.
• Ensure painting equipment, tools and consumables are available and fit for use.
• Maintain excellent housekeeping and workshop organisation.
• Lead, motivate and develop the team, including trainees and apprentices.
• Address performance issues appropriately and Escalate where required.
• Provide regular updates to management regarding workload, progress, quality, bottlenecks and delivery priorities.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Industrial coatings

Production planning

Team leadership

Job description

Escape is seeking an experienced Paint Shop Supervisor in South Lanarkshire to lead a busy workshop-based coating operation. You will coordinate people, materials and production activity to meet safety, quality and delivery targets.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong planning skills and the ability to manage a team of painters and apprentices while maintaining high standards of COSHH compliance and housekeeping.