Production Supervisor

Babcock International Group; Walsall; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defense and engineering seeks a Production Supervisor at their Walsall site. This role involves managing production efficiency, ensuring safety standards, and leading a team in a dynamic environment. The successful candidate will possess proven leadership experience in an automotive production setting and must achieve Security Clearance.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading benefits

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering work

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a management role within a fast-paced automotive or production environment.
• Experience of leading groups of people.
• Experience working in a production line environment.

Responsibilities

• Supervise production of vehicles ensuring efficient allocation of work.
• Complete development and training for direct reports.
• Manage team performance, including health and safety standards.

Skills

Leadership

Health and Safety Management

Production Line Management

Job description

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Job Title: Production Supervisor
Location: Walsall, West Midlands
Compensation: From 35,.23 depending on experience + £ bonus + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF

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 Supervisor at our Walsall site.

The role
As a Production Supervisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll ensure efficient production of vehicles, including the supervision of manpower and allocation of work in an efficient and cost-effective way.

Day-to-day, you’ll complete development and training for direct reports, completion of timesheets and monitoring overtime, deal with disciplinaries, absenteeism and return to work forms, motivate staff to ensure optimal output, deliver weekly tool box talks and you’ll work alongside procurement and engineering teams to improve quality, efficiency and processes.

• Manage a team of technicians, fitters and fabricator welders to ensure company targets are met
• Management and supervision of health, safety and environment (HS&E) within their defined areas of responsibility
• The accurate recording of Accident and Near Misses on the Synergi Life platform
• Identification of hazards and risk assessment development or review
• Effective supervision of employees to ensure that the Health and Safety Legislative and Company Health standards are maintained at all times

This role is full time, 40 hours per week and is based on site at Walsall. You will typically work 7:00am – 4:00pm Monday – Thursday and 7:00am – 1:00pm on Friday.

Essential experience of the Production Supervisor:

• Experience working in an production line environment
• Experience of leading groups of people
• Proven experience in a management role within a fast paced automotive or production environment

Qualifications for the Production Supervisor:

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

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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