Production Manager

Knauf UK & Ireland; St Helens; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Holiday Pay

Company Sick Pay

Group Income Protection

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Wellbeing Initiatives

Employee Assistance

Job summary

Knauf Insulation in St Helens seeks a Production Manager to lead the site’s production facility with a “one team, one vision” approach, ensuring best utilisation of all production resources in a culture underpinned by Knauf Values.

The role sits in the site’s Management Team, coordinating with HR and trades unions to drive performance, safety and continuous improvement while developing a capable workforce for future challenges.

Qualifications

• Graduate in an industrial or business based discipline.
• 2 years minimum experience in continuous process plant operation with a focus on process improvement and people engagement.
• Production Management experience in a 24/7 unionised process environment.
• Leadership and communication style that motivates and engages individuals and teams.
• Understanding of Values-based policy deployment to meet demanding targets.
• Demonstrated passion for Continuous Improvement.
• Experience applying Performance Management processes.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement principles and tools and creating an enabling environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in the production function to ensure alignment of shift and day teams with targets, extending leadership when needed.
• Engage all reports in skills development, ensuring adherence to contractual obligations.
• Involvement in recruitment for the production function to build a future-ready team.
• Represent the function in on-site meetings related to HSSE, Knauf Values, and management-trades union relations.
• Lead sustainable improvement using best practice CI tools and techniques.

Skills

Leadership

People development

Recruitment

Stakeholder engagement

Continuous Improvement

Education

Graduate in industrial or business discipline

Job description

Knauf stands for opportunity. We know that opportunity looks different to each person, and we are proud that we see opportunity in everyone. This exciting role within Knauf Insulation in the St Helens Plant Management Team could be the perfect next opportunity for you to build a unique career, in a values-led culture with a clear purpose of making tomorrow a home for all of us. We are a global manufacturer of construction materials and within our Group, our 41,500 team members in 90 countries across 300 sites provide a huge opportunity for anyone with ambition and energy. We value everyone's contribution equally and we ask that you bring your whole self to work, to enrich the business further, as together we achieve more in a safe and inclusive environment.

Knauf Insulation is proud to be part of the Knauf Group. …..

Can you say ‘yes’?...

• Do you like to work as part of a busy management team?
• Do you have health and safety as a priority?
• Do you have a strong passion for Continuous Improvement?

As our Production Manager you will provide leadership for the site’s production facility with a “one team, one vision” approach, ensuring the business achieves best utilisation of all production resources in a working environment where behaviors are underpinned by the Knauf Values. Role purpose is undertaken as part of site’s Management Team, utilising all sources of functional expertise.

What you’ll be doing…

• Provide leadership in the production function to ensure shift team and the day team leadership work together to exceed in all applicable functional and business targets. When required, extend this leadership beyond the production function in the pursuit of excellence.
• Ensure all direct and indirect reports are engaged in skills development in terms of process skills, problem solving skills and Knauf Values based behavioural development. When necessary engage with HR function, either directly or indirectly via shift team leadership, to ensure all employees fulfil both the spirit and the letter of their contractual obligations.
• Involvement in all recruitment into the production function, ensuring the St Helens site has a pool of personnel capable of meeting the future challenges in the business.
• Provide functional representation in on-site meetings for HSSE development, Knauf Values development, Management - Trades Union relations, etc., together with external Knauf networking meetings.
• Provide leadership, in terms of the site’s production function and the site’s management team, in the drive for an environment of sustainable improvement utilising best practice Continuous Improvement tools and techniques.

A full role profile is available upon request from HR/Talent Acquisition.

What we’d love for you to have:

We are interested in you as a person, your attitude, behaviours and values. If you have the willingness to learn anything you need for the role that you don't already have, we'd love to speak to you.

If you have any of the following – this would be an added advantage:

• Graduate in an industrial or business based discipline.
• Clear and demonstrable record of personal development following graduation.
• Substantial experience (2 years minimum) of continuous process plant operation, with a tangible reference to process improvement, utilising people engagement, made during that period.
• Production Management experience in a 24/7 unionised process production environment.
• Leadership and communication style which is motivating and engaging to individuals and teams.
• Capable of demonstrating the importance of Values based fully aligned policy deployment to achieve demanding business targets.
• A demonstrable passion for Continuous Improvement.
• Experienced in applying Performance Management process.
• An understanding of the fundamental principles of Continuous Improvement and knowledge of the full range of tools and techniques. Beyond this an understanding of the importance of providing the correct environment, in terms of culture and behaviours, to sustain improvement, and experience in creating such an environment.

We'll provide:

• Enhanced Holiday Pay – 33 days including bank holidays plus the opportunity to purchase more
• 16 weeks Company Sick Pay after 3 months of service
• Group Income Protection
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption packages
• Life Assurance – 4 x annual salary
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
• Staff Bonus Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• Access to Costco Membership
• Wickes Employee Purchase Scheme
• Wellbeing Initiatives and Mental Health First Aiders
• Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme

What happens next?

We appreciate that your time is precious and applying for a new job can be a lengthy process, so we will reply to your application ASAP.