Production Manager

Different Technologies Pty Ltd.; Birkenhead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the maritime sector seeks a Production Manager for its Birkenhead facility. This role involves overseeing production processes, ensuring quality and efficiency, and leading a dynamic team. Candidates should have strong leadership and problem-solving skills, coupled with a commitment to safety and compliance standards.

Benefits

Growth and professional development opportunities

Work on high-profile, impactful projects

Supportive and ambitious team environment

Qualifications

• Ideally experienced at a management level, with a willingness to grow.
• Able to interpret complex specifications and technical drawings.
• Strong organisation skills and problem-solving experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and oversee production operations to meet output targets.
• Lead and motivate the production team, ensuring performance standards.
• Monitor KPIs and implement improvements to reduce downtime.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Interpersonal Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

Management Experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Bespoke Software Tools

Job description

Production Manager – Cammell Laird, Birkenhead

If you thrive when overseeing production processes, managing resources and taking the responsibility and accountability to meet high standards of quality and efficiency this may be the role for you!

As our Production Manager you need to be a natural leader and a strong problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment, bringing energy and structure to the team each day. We’re looking for you to take ownership of our daily production activities, coordinate our teams, and maintain workflow to ensure we consistently deliver a strong output.

Who are we?

Part of APCL Group Cammell Laird is known across the globe. Our strategically located facility on the River Mersey operates across 5 core markets: defence refit and repair, commercial refit and repair, defence newbuild projects, commercial newbuild projects and energy.

Across 90 acres we operate four dry docks, a large modular construction hall and extensive covered workshops. We’ve played a strategic role in UK shipbuilding for the past 200 years.

So, what will you do?

• Reporting directly to the Director of Production, you will plan, schedule, and oversee production operations to meet output targets while managing costs

• Every day you will be leading, managing and motivating our production team, ensuring safety and performance standards are met while also understanding and promoting policy and process

• You’ll align and collaborate with other departments to streamline processes, allocate resource efficiently and effectivity to consistently deliver maximum output

• Monitoring KPIs, with accountability for delivery targets, you will accurately report on progress and implement improvements to reduce downtime and wastage

• You’ll ensure compliance with processes, health, safety, environmental and quality standards with a consistent ‘audit-ready’ mindset

• You will always be ready for potential or confirmed, incoming or outgoing projects to make maximum use of the facility

What are we looking for?

• A natural leader with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills both verbally and written, to engage with a wide range of stakeholders

• Experience at management level would be ideal, if you have experience in supervision and the drive and aptitude the take this step up then we can explore that

• You’ll need to open to further development and be keen to promote the development of others.

• You’ll need to analyse data and make informed decisions quickly, so strong organisation and problem solving experience is critical

• The ability to interpret complex technical specifications and understand technical drawings, paying close attention to detail using bespoke software tools as well as Microsoft Office

Why join us?

• This is a great opportunity to work on high-profile, impactful projects as part of a supportive and ambitious team

• You’ll be working in an environment where your ideas and leadership make a massive difference

• We can provide growth and professional development at the centre of a marine technology hub on Merseyside, a world class maritime cluster

Due to the nature of what we do for some of the customers that we work with, some roles working for Cammell Laird are subject to security control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform with us.

You must also undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check before your employment starts, which will include a basic DBS check.