Production Supervisor

Nicholas Associates Group; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks an experienced Production Supervisor near Chesterfield. In this hands-on role, you'll lead a team, ensuring operational targets are met while maintaining safety and efficiency in a manufacturing environment. The position offers a competitive salary with various bonuses and benefits, including a comprehensive pension plan. If you possess strong leadership skills and a background in manufacturing, apply now!

Benefits

10% pension contribution

Health and safety bonuses

Uniform provided

Canteen facilities

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing or production environment, ideally in a supervisory role.
• Strong understanding of production processes and safety standards.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and team-building skills.
• Comfortable wearing full PPE in a safety-conscious environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of production operators and technicians.
• Ensure production targets are met while maintaining safety and quality.
• Monitor shift performance and address operational issues.
• Conduct shift handovers and ensure clear communication across teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and reduce waste.

Job description

• Salary: Up to £47,093 per annum + + bonus + OT = £52k upwards
• Posted on: 29th Oct 2025
• Job Reference: JN -102025-63762_1761750919

Production supervisor required - Do you have proven experience in a manufacturing or production environment in a supervisory or leadership role?

If so then please read on!

The basics:

Location: near Ashover - Chesterfield

Salary: £47093 inclusive of shift premium + Bonus and Overtime = £52000 and upwards.

Bonus: From 6 months onwards = up to 10% of salary, up to £300 production bonus per quarter, up to £60 health and safety bonus per quarter and up to £1500 per annum additional bonus.

Overtime rates: x1.5 Mon-Sat and x2 Sunday

Hours: 2 days 2 nights 4 off working a 6-6 pattern, every 7 rotations you have 18 days off. 5 lots of 18days off annually / 90 days off. (x2 1hr breaks when on shift)

Benefits: up to 10% pension contribution, x3 salary death in service, Canteen, Uniform, Bonus.

Structure: supported by assistant team leaders with 9 reports, you will work closely with the Shift Manager.

Environment: Manufacturing - Furnaces/Heavy industry

Overview:

As a Production Supervisor, you will lead and supervise a production team on your assigned shift, ensuring operational targets are met while maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and efficiency. This is a hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone with strong manufacturing experience, team management skills, and a passion for continuous improvement and coaching.

Overview of responsibilities:

- Lead, coach, and support a team of production operators and technicians.

- Ensure production targets (output, quality, efficiency) are consistently achieved.

- Monitor shift performance and address any operational issues promptly.

- Maintain a safe working environment and ensure compliance with health & safety standards.

- Conduct shift handovers and ensure clear communication across teams.

- Identify opportunities to improve processes and reduce waste.

- Ensure accurate completion of shift reports, production records, and KPI tracking.

- Support onboarding and training of new team members.

The ideal candidate Production Supervisor may have some of the following, however, please note these are only desirable and not essential as all applications will be looked at individually:

-Experience in a manufacturing or production environment, ideally in a supervisory or leadership role.

-Strong understanding of production processes, safety standards

-Excellent leadership, communication, and team-building skills.

-Must be comfortable wearing full PPE - very health and safety conscious environment being heavy engineering/large furnace machinery.

Commutable from: Darley Dale, Matlock, Ashover, Clay Cross, Chesterfield, Buxton and surrounding areas.

If you are interested in the Production Supervisor role, please apply immediately due to the urgency of this position.

About Us

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive community. In line with our Diversity and Inclusion policy, we welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. As a Disability Confident Employer, and part of the Nicholas Associates Group, we are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities, and we're happy to discuss flexible working options.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of all our candidates and clients. If you choose to apply, your information will be processed in accordance with the Nicholas Associates Group of companies Privacy Notice.

For more information on this vacancy please contact uson 01332360055.