Production Supervisor

Elevation Recruitment Group; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevation Recruitment Group are pleased to be supporting an established specialist engineering manufacturer in Huddersfield to recruit a Production Supervisor. This is a varied position combining day-to-day production leadership with practical engineering support, continuous improvement and responsibility for quality, safety and performance.

You’ll be joining a close-knit manufacturing operation where you can make a genuine impact on the factory floor.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising within engineering or manufacturing.
• Time-served engineering background.
• Ability to operate lathes and milling machines is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and process-improvement skills.
• Confident communication and people management abilities.
• Flexible, hands-on approach with overtime when required.

Responsibilities

• Managing production staffing and daily shop-floor activities
• Ensuring output, quality and delivery targets are achieved
• Leading, developing and motivating production employees
• Supporting assembly and testing of products when required
• Maintaining maintenance and improvement of production equipment and tooling
• Troubleshooting manufacturing issues and identifying root causes
• Supporting continuous improvement projects and future business growth
• Maintaining strong communication across the production team
• Ensuring health, safety and environmental procedures are followed
• Maintaining high housekeeping standards and a clean, safe workplace

Skills

Leadership

People management

Production planning

Quality control

Problem solving

Continuous improvement

Education

Time-served engineering background

Tools

Lathes

Milling machines

Job description

Elevation Recruitment Group are pleased to be supporting an established specialist engineering manufacturer in Huddersfield to recruit a Production Supervisor. This is a varied position combining day-to-day production leadership with practical engineering support, continuous improvement and responsibility for quality, safety and performance.

You’ll be joining a close-knit manufacturing operation where you can make a genuine impact on the factory floor.

What’s on offer

Monday-to-Friday day shift with a 12:30pm finish every Friday

Key responsibilities of the Production Supervisor include:

• Managing production staffing and daily shop-floor activities
• Ensuring output, quality and delivery targets are achieved
• Leading, developing and motivating production employees
• Supporting the assembly and testing of products when required
• Managing the maintenance and improvement of production equipment and tooling
• Troubleshooting manufacturing issues and identifying root causes
• Supporting continuous improvement projects and future business growth
• Maintaining strong communication across the production team
• Ensuring health, safety and environmental procedures are followed
• Maintaining high housekeeping standards and a clean, safe workplace

We’re looking for experienced Production Supervisors with the below skills & experience:

• Previous experience supervising within an engineering or manufacturing environment
• A time-served engineering background
• The ability to operate lathes and milling machines would be beneficial
• Strong problem-solving and process-improvement skills
• Confident communication and people-management abilities
• Excellent attention to detail and sound judgement
• A flexible, hands-on approach, including occasional overtime when required

If you’re an experienced manufacturing supervisor who enjoys remaining close to the product, the people and the day-to-day operation, we’d love to hear from you.