Manufacturing/Fabrication Supervisor - Nights

Employment; Stockport; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing leader in Stockport seeks a Fabrication/Manufacturing Supervisor to oversee production, ensuring quality and timely delivery. The role demands a degree or HND in engineering, significant supervisory experience, and effective risk management. Benefits include competitive salary, attractive pension, half-day Fridays, and wellbeing initiatives like free fruit. Candidates should have proven leadership in aerospace or automotive sectors, knowledge of SAP, and strong computer skills.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Attractive pension

Half-day Friday

Life assurance scheme

Company sick pay scheme

Additional holidays

Wellbeing initiatives

Cycle to work scheme

On-site car parking

Electric vehicle charging points

Qualifications

• Proven manufacturing supervisor experience in aerospace or automotive.
• Current driving license required.
• IOSH / NEBOSH certificate preferred.
• Managing manufacturing environments safely.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing operations team ensuring product delivery meets quality and cost.
• Prepare daily reporting on key business measures.
• Ensure compliance with Quality Management Systems.

Skills

Manufacturing Supervisor experience

Leadership of Manufacturing teams

Resource planning

Knowledge of SAP

Risk management

Project reporting

Computer skills (MS Office)

Education

Degree / HND in Manufacturing or Engineering

Tools

SAP

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

We are currently looking for a Fabrication/Manufacturing Supervisor (NIGHT SHIFT MONDAY TO THURSDAY)

A little about our Client: With over a century of engineering expertise and innovation, they are a renowned world leader in rapidly deployable military bridging systems and a key partner in the UK MoD's Boxer armoured vehicle programme.

Together we are looking to strengthen our workforce with talented and motivated individuals across a range of disciplines to work from our Northwest Engineering Centre of Excellence and currently have this opportunity available:

About the role

The main purpose of this role is to lead and supervise manufacturing operations team to safely ensure the on-time delivery of finished products at correct quality and cost and to champion continuous improvement in all activities and areas of responsibility.

Key duties

• To ensure your team operate in accordance with the Company's, Health Environmental and Safety policies, lead SHE activities in the relevant area.
• To lead the team to deliver Product to Cost and Quality requirements, ensuring that schedule adherence is met, creating recovery plans / short interval control where required.
• Responsible for effective deployment of resource, achieving business returned hour targets are delivered. Redeploy resource (and self) to other business units where required.
• Manage absence according to company procedure (holidays, sickness, disciplinary etc), RTW are carried within 24 hours of return. Fully responsible for welfare.
• Ensuring team competence can deliver targets, ensuring that maximum flexibility within the team and on the job / training courses are arranged and attended.
• Prepare daily reporting (upwards) of primary business measures.
• Ensure that the company Quality Management Systems and Manufacturing Procedures are followed without exception, any escapes.
• To maintain the competency, capability and capacity of the manufacturing team to ensure delivery of programme requirements.
• Personally carry out start and end of shift briefs, ensuring direct workforce receive daily communications and are kept appraised of key business topics.
• Responsible for the upkeep and communication of local KPIs (SQCDP) to team / and management.
• Leads daily auditing of workplace environment ensuring Target Conditions are met to "visitor ready" standards.
• Maybe asked to be re-deploy to other areas of the business if required.

What we're looking for

Applications from candidates who can demonstrate the following requirements will be considered, however, if you do not meet all the requirements, please explain why you are suitable for the position:

• Degree / HND in Manufacturing or Engineering discipline
• Proven Manufacturing Supervisor experience
• Current driving licence
• IOSH / NEBOSH certificate
• Managing manufacturing environments safely and a firm understanding of managing risks.
• Leadership of Manufacturing teams in Aerospace, Automotive or similar mechanical engineering business.
• Leading and implementing Manufacturing schedules and recovery plans.
• Resource planning and competence management.
• Project reporting including definition and collation of KPIs
• Working knowledge of SAP.
• Computer skills (MS Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Equipment maintenance and PM planning.
• Knowledge and understanding of Material Requirements Planning (MRP).
• Completion of employee performance reviews.
• Collaboration cross functionally where required.

Why you should apply

• Competitive salary
• Attractive pension (4% employee contribution, 7% employer contribution)
• Half-day Friday
• Life assurance scheme
• Company sick pay scheme which increases with service
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Additional Holidays & other Long Service rewards
• Wellbeing initiatives, such as Free Fruit on Tuesday's
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Free on-site car parking
• On-site electric vehicle charging points