Production Leader: 40-60 Team, 4-on/4-off Shifts

Macstaff; Coventry; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

7.5% annual bonus

Excellent pension – up to 10% company

Training and development

Internal career progression

Job summary

Macstaff currently seeks a Production Manager to lead a busy, 40–60-strong frontline workforce at a major Coventry site. You will drive safety, quality and output while coaching teams and balancing competing priorities in a 12-hour continental shift pattern (4 on/4 off, days and nights).

You will shape performance through data, set direction, and partner with engineering and operations to maintain high standards and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Strong manufacturing or production management experience.
• Leadership of sizeable frontline, shop-floor or operational teams.
• Excellent coaching and people-development capability.
• Confidence managing performance and difficult conversations.
• Strong safety, quality and operational awareness.
• Structured problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience working with production data, KPIs and performance measures.
• Ownership, accountability and sound judgement under pressure.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop approximately 40–60 frontline production employees.
• Take ownership of production performance, safety, quality and people.
• Champion a strong safety culture and safe working practices.
• Protect product quality and maintain high manufacturing standards.
• Manage attendance, conduct and individual/team performance.
• Deliver meaningful 1-to-1s, coaching and employee development.
• Use production data and KPIs to understand and improve performance.
• Solve operational problems and make confident decisions.
• Balance competing priorities within a demanding production environment.
• Work collaboratively with engineering, operations and other stakeholders.
• Take ownership and accountability when senior management is not immediately available.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Safety culture

Operational excellence

Job description

Macstaff currently seeks a Production Manager to lead a busy, 40–60-strong frontline workforce at a major Coventry site. You will drive safety, quality and output while coaching teams and balancing competing priorities in a 12-hour continental shift pattern (4 on/4 off, days and nights).

You will shape performance through data, set direction, and partner with engineering and operations to maintain high standards and continuous improvement.