Production Supervisor

Donaldson Timber Systems; Inverness; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading timber frame manufacturer in the UK is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee production targets within a supportive and dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will have experience in manufacturing supervision and a passion for maintaining high safety and quality standards. Benefits include a competitive salary, flexible benefits, and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

30 days holiday

Pension scheme

Sick pay

Life assurance

Flexible Benefits programme

Gym membership

Dental insurance

Dine out discounts

Qualifications

• Successful career in a manufacturing environment with supervisory experience.
• Ability to manage resource planning effectively for production volumes.
• Experience in lean manufacturing and productivity improvement.

Responsibilities

• Meet or exceed production targets while maintaining operational systems.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and productivity standards.
• Monitor performance data and implement improvements.

Skills

Supervising manufacturing facilities

Resource planning

Lean manufacturing

Root cause analysis

System skills

Tools

ERP software

Job description

Our purpose is simple. We’re building the sustainable low carbon homes of the future.

In our factory-controlled environments in Scotland and England, we’re changing the way we build homes, delivering engineered sustainable homes and buildings across the UK. Our ambition is to reduce waste and reduce carbon, creating positive futures for generations to come.

We have a great company culture that looks to the future, a culture built around our people, our customers and their visions that ensures we are focused on doing the right thing for our customers, our employees, and the planet.

The offsite manufacturing industry in the UK is robust and growing. Over the last 50 years, we’ve built over 150,000 homes, 300 hotels and many schools and medical facilities.

What we offer

We reward our people, and you’ll have good benefits, a competitive salary, bonus scheme, ongoing development, and an opportunity to develop your career with the UK’s leading timber frame manufacturer. This full-time role is 40 hours per week Monday to Friday, at Westhill, Aberdeenshire.

You’ll have 30 days holiday per year, pension, sick pay, life assurance and inclusion in our Flexible Benefits programme that includes cycle to work scheme, gym membership, dental insurance and dine out discounts as well as access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

A bit about the role

As a Production Supervisor, you’ll be an important member of the team, responsible for meeting or exceeding production targets while ensuring our systems remain fully maintained and operational.

Reporting to the Production Manager, you’ll be working in a fast-paced environment, where you’ll take responsibility for meeting and exceeding safety, quality and productivity targets.

You’ll have a good working knowledge of health, safety and environmental best practice and regulation within manufacturing with an ability to monitor performance data, identify areas for improvement and efficiency.

You’ll be responsible for the day to day operations, ensuring we meet productivity, financial and quality standards targets. You’ll ensure we remain fully operational with little downtime, resolving any issues as they arise, quickly to minimise impact on customers timelines.

Your skills

We’ll train you with your own growth plan so you’re ready for the next steps in your career. If you have a passion for success, are happy to work on your own and as part of a team, you get on well with other people and are good at finding solutions, this could be the role for you.

• You have a successful career in a manufacturing environment, with experience of supervising manufacturing facilities.
• You can demonstrate robust management of resource planning ensuring the right teams are in place to meet production volumes.
• Ideally, you’ll have experience in lean manufacturing with the ability to seek out and improve productivity and workflows. Working knowledge of 5S and Design for Manufacture principles, proficient in ERP and root cause analysis and solutions.
• You’ll be comfortable taking decisions and recommending solutions based on data.
• You’ll also have excellent system skills using various software to measure and manage performance.

A bit about us

We’re part of the Donaldson Group, a legacy of over 160 years with over 1,500 employees across the UK. 14 businesses, from timber importing, timber merchants, retail, timber engineering and offsite, we’re a business with long standing customers, even longer standing employees.

We value our people, so you can expect a company that is supportive and encouraging, we make you feel welcome, looked after, secure. We invest in our people so you can benefit from training and support as you learn and develop your skills. You’ll have your own learning path, a way to learn new skills, grow and flourish on an ongoing basis. This also ensures you’re ready for the next step when it comes along.

Our people have made us great. Their knowledge, ideas, commitment, and energy over the last 50 years has helped to create a successful business. Our culture is friendly, open, and welcoming, so if that working environment sounds good, please get in touch.