Production Supervisor – 3-month FTC

Jonathan Lee Recruitment; Kingswinford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment consultancy seeks a Production Supervisor for a 3-month fixed-term contract in Kingswinford. In this hands-on role, you will oversee all manufacturing processes, lead a team, and ensure health and safety practices while striving for operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing environments, particularly with stamping and assembly.
• Ability to manage and motivate a diverse team.
• Knowledge of performance metrics and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage manufacturing processing areas.
• Ensure health and safety guidelines are followed.
• Monitor production plans and operational performance.

Skills

Leadership

Health and Safety Compliance

Problem Solving

Manufacturing Processes

Education

Supervision Qualifications

Job description

Production Supervisor – 3-month FTC

Based near Kingswinford (West Midlands) and as a day shift Production Supervisor reporting to the General Manager, your primary responsibility will be to lead and manage all aspects relating to manufacturing processing areas within the business. This is a 3-month fixed term contract.

Based on stamping and assembly operations into the medical and automotive sectors, you will provide direction and support to your team members, managing and facilitating staff performance and development, and ensuring skills continue to be developed to meet changing business requirements. You will be the key player to ensure quality driven processes & a safety orientated workplace.

On a daily basis you will be responsible for the management of resources to achieve the operational plan. Key responsibilities will include

• Ability to lead and motivate the Manufacturing team with discipline and clear direction.
• Ensure that health and safety guidelines / procedures are always followed.
• Ensure the principles and measures of safety are implemented and practiced.
• Ensure all safety metrics are communicated to management and team members on a weekly basis.
• Ensure production plans are communicated on a daily/weekly basis and delivered on time in full.
• Ensure OEE & Labour Efficiency is monitored and achieved hourly / daily / weekly / monthly.
• Ensure internal PPM is maintained and a continuous reduction in the total defect ratio is achieved.
• Ensure all 8D reporting concerns & countermeasures are managed and communicated to/from quality.
• Create, control and maintain resource capacity plans.
• Create a reportable dashboard on all manufacturing information to produce a high-level picture of planned performance versus actual.
• Design, manage and maintain a platform for manufacturing data.
• Identify and coordinate with HR and General Manager any specific training needs in the team.
• Manage and organise employee annual performance review/appraisal process.
• Manage & monitor team holidays, sickness, disciplinary and absenteeism.
• Work with Plant Maintenance Leader to ensure any equipment preventative maintenance is planned and manageable to the schedule.

Performance measured on, (to include but limited to):

• Operational Excellence – OTIF (On time, in Full to Production Plan).
• Operational Excellence – Labour productivity & utilisation (TEEP).
• Operational Excellence – Operational Efficiency (OEE) & Operator Performance.
• HSE – LTIs, Near Misses, Observation cards.
• Quality - Internal Quality PPM.
• Quality – Cost of Poor Quality.
• HR – Ownership and development of Skills matrix and training

Note: Manufacturing Metrics reporting will be collated for day/swing/night shift and issued to Senior Management by Day Shift Production Supervisor.

With a focus on continuous improvement and achievement of production goals, you will be a self-driven achiever, who takes a problem-solving approach to their work and leads their team by example. Ability to work effectively & co-ordinate, changing plans to tight timescales, you should have relevant manufacturing exposure where possible with stamping (forging/pressing), assembly and added value processes. Supervision qualifications would be desirable but not essential.

Note this is a hands-on role within a busy environment.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
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