Production Supervisor

Inspire Resourcing Ltd; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Production Supervisor for a client in Sheffield. The role involves supervising production processes, ensuring quality and compliance with regulations, and improving efficiency. Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience in a similar role, with knowledge of lean manufacturing being advantageous.

Qualifications

• 3 Years experience in a similar role.
• Understanding of lean manufacturing is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate production workers' activities.
• Ensure compliance with policies and safety protocols.
• Train and evaluate team members.

Skills

Lean manufacturing techniques

Supervision

Problem-solving

Job description

Production Supervisor

Inspire Resourcing are recruiting a Production Supervisor on behalf of our client in Sheffield.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Production Supervisor, who is looking to join an established and friendly team.

Duties:

• Apply lean manufacturing techniques and methods towards production processes.
• Read and interpret work orders, patterns and plan production processes in line with the business requirements to meet production targets.
• Supervise and coordinate the activities for production workers, reporting any concerns to the operations manager.
• Solve and review queries and concerns in the production areas with support from the operations manager. Troubleshooting equipment/process issues to minimise downtime.
• Ensure products are manufactured on time, within budget, and meet quality standards.
• Train, support and evaluate team members to improve performance and productivity.
• Maintain production records, prepare reports, and communicate progress to the operations manager.
• Identify areas for process improvement and implement best practices for efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and industrial regulations following safety guidelines & enforce safety protocols.
• Work with other health and safety representatives, promoting positive changes.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure smooth workflow.
• Undertake any training required & support the training matrix making sure all employees are appropriately trained. You will be responsible for initiating employee learning and new training methods as appropriate.
• Learn the production processes and initiate improvement methods, ensuring that production processes are in line with company and regulatory requirements.
• Support resources making sure assets are used efficiently and correctly. Organising materials, support material shortages, stock levels and stock controls. Control tools, equipment and machinery within production environments.
• Calculate and evaluate materials in support of booking out goods to maintain stock accuracy.
• Add and update the manufacturing planner daily, preparing all processes to be discussed in the daily production meeting.
• Organise manufacturing sheets, works orders in line with production plans and other documentation.
• Organise daily requirements and employees to achieve production plans .
• Record daily cell figures and details into data to define average production targets and gaps towards the planner.
• Calculating powder coating/painting costs working with purchasing and organising processes to hit planning targets continually.
• Support the creation of works order, picking lists, crate sizes and weights.
• Support inductions, probations, back to work interviews, holidays, sickness and other daily requirements etc.,
• Use tools and techniques to support customer defects and manufacturing concerns to improve processes.
• Supervise and support the factory supervisor and team leaders to make sure the production flows are sufficient.

Requirements:

• 3 Years experience in a similar role
• Understanding of lean manufacturing is advantageous