Production Manager

Castle Employment; Wales; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading structural steel engineering firm in South Wales is seeking an experienced Production Manager to oversee daily operations in a busy fabrication and welding facility. The role requires a hands-on leader with a strong background in structural steel fabrication and heavy manufacturing, ensuring high-quality production output while maintaining safety standards. The successful candidate will lead teams, implement process improvements, and support workforce development. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Background in structural steel fabrication, welding, or heavy manufacturing.
• Strong leadership experience in a production environment.
• Solid understanding of health and safety and production planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead production teams ensuring safe working practices.
• Monitor production output and drive improvements.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards.

Skills

Structural steel fabrication

Leadership

Health and safety standards

Quality systems

Production planning

Education

ILM Level 3 or equivalent leadership qualification

Job description

Castle Employment is delighted to be recruiting for an experienced Production Manager for their South Wales facility. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading international structural steel engineering and fabrication business.

This role is ideally suited to candidates with a strong background in structural steel fabrication, heavy manufacturing, or fabrication and welding environments.

The Production Manager will oversee all daily operations within a busy structural steel fabrication and welding facility. You will ensure safe, efficient and high-quality production output while leading and developing a skilled workforce. The role requires a hands‑on leader with strong technical knowledge, capable of driving performance, maintaining safety standards and delivering continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead production teams across all shifts, ensuring appropriate supervision and safe working practices.
• Monitor production output, driving improvements in efficiency, quality and cost control.
• Ensure full compliance with health, safety and environmental standards, including risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Oversee fabrication and welding quality, ensuring adherence to WPS and PMS requirements.
• Coordinate workflow, resources, materials and maintenance to meet production schedules.
• Support team development, including apprentices, through coaching, performance management and regular communication.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve processes, technology and production methods.

About You

• Background in structural steel fabrication, welding, or heavy manufacturing.
• Strong leadership experience within a production or fabrication environment.
• Solid understanding of health and safety, quality systems and production planning.
• Confident decision‑maker with a proactive, solutions‑focused approach.
• ILM Level 3 or equivalent leadership qualification (advantageous).
• Competent in fabrication processes with relevant certifications.

The role offers a highly competitive salary plus excellent benefits and is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward‑thinking, industry‑leading organisation known for innovation, engineering excellence and long‑term career development.