Production Manager

Babcock International Group; Walsall; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defense and space manufacturing is looking for a Production Manager for its Walsall site. The successful candidate will oversee production operations and ensure safety and efficiency in resource allocation, contributing to meeting client demands effectively. Candidates with a proven track record in automotive production and leadership skills are highly encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP services

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading benefit

One paid day for volunteering work

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience within automotive production.
• Demonstrated leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage operational resources to meet production plans.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
• Notify management of risks to output plans.

Skills

Leadership

Resource Management

Health and Safety Standards

Education

Level 4 in National Qualification Framework (NQF) or equivalent

Job description

3 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Role ID: SF65262

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Production Manager at our Walsall site.

Job Title: Production Manager

Location: Walsall

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65262

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Production Manager at our Walsall site.

The role

As a Production Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. As part of the senior operational management team on site, you’ll join us to effectively manage the businesses operational resource to safely deliver the required output against the plan(s). This role makes resource prioritisation decisions to best to achieve the current (plus any subsequent amendments) to the output plan using the resources available.

Day-to-day, you’ll make decisions in the interest of the vehicle production line using your experience and key indicators required by the business needed to meet client demand.

• Ensuring outputs are delivered against plans provided and managing and prioritising resource allocation to meet delivery plan.
• Ensuring H&S standards are followed including use of PPE, safe working areas, near miss reporting and accident reporting.
• Ensuring management chain is notified of risks of meeting output plan as soon as is apparent.
• Managing their people using supporting processes/policies
• Ensuring company processes are regularly reviewed and submit suggested amendments where appropriate.
  
  
  

This role is full time, 40 hours per week and is based on site at Walsall.

Essential Experience Of The Production Manager

• Proven experience within automotive production.
• Demonstrated leadership experience.
  
  
  

Qualifications For The Production Manager

• Educated to Level 4 in National Qualification Framework (NQF) as a minimum (Higher apprenticeship, HNC, Level 4 NVQ) or equivalent workplace experience.
  
  
  

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
  
  
  

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 30/07/25

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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