Production Supervisor - Late Shift

Noble Recruiting; Wickford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a dedicated Manufacturing/Production Supervisor for a dynamic role in Wickford, Essex. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years' supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include leading teams, ensuring production efficiency, and maintaining health and safety standards. This is a permanent position with hours from Monday to Friday, 2:15pm to 10:30pm.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years recent supervisory experience within a manufacturing or production environment is essential.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Awareness of and commitment to working to high levels of health and safety regulations.
• Reliable and able to work within a team environment as well as under own initiative.
• Adaptable and able to cope with fluent, changing work requirements.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, train, lead and develop the people within your sphere of influence.
• Be a point of contact for resolving operative issues within your area.
• Study production schedules and estimate staffing, night shift workload and machinery requirements.
• Ensure night shift handover is completed with your counterparts.
• Support Late Shift Manager with recruitment.

Job description

Noble Recruiting have a wonderful opportunity for an experienced Manufacturing/Production Supervisor for a dynamic and fast-paced working environment in Wickford, Essex.

This is a Permanent position from the start!

Hours: Monday to Friday - 2:15pm to 10:30pm

Benefits & Package to be detailed at interview stage

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Late Shift Supervisor to join our Client's dynamic team. As a crucial member of the late shift, you will play a key role in ensuring production is running smoothly.

The role involves supervising, training and leading people within the department to ensure the daily production schedule is followed, whilst liaising with the Late Shift Manager.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise, train, lead and develop the people within your sphere of influence.
• Be a point of contact for resolving operative issues within your area and serve as a link between subordinates and senior management.
• Remain calm and professional at all times especially when under pressure and must be comfortable holding your team accountable.
• Attend and hold ad hoc meetings and relay appropriate information to team members.
• Implement any changes and improvements that have been approved by senior management.
• Study production schedules and estimate staffing, night shift workload and machinery requirements.
• Have a continuous improvement mindset to eliminate errors and lead them team by example.
• Ensure night shift handover is completed with your counterparts and all relevant information is provided.
• Daily production scheduling, warehouse support and cover.
• Assist Late Shift Manager to allocate production and warehouse workload.
• Flexibility around hours.
• Establish or adjust work procedures to meet production schedules and direct senior operatives and/or operatives on which tasks are priority.
• Coordinate labour by increasing and decreasing warehouse/production departments headcount and overtime to meet changing conditions.
• Support Late Shift Manager with recruitment.

Person Specification

• Minimum of 2 years recent supervisory experience within a manufacturing or production environment is essential.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Awareness of and commitment to working to high levels of health and safety regulations.
• Reliable and able to work within a team environment as well as under own initiative.
• Adaptable and able to cope with fluent, changing work requirements.

Important Notice: Noble Recruiting Limited, based in Billericay, Essex, is an equal opportunities employer. With over 17 years of industry experience, we specialise in both permanent recruitment and the provision of temporary workers. By submitting your application, you consent to the processing of your personal data by Noble Recruiting Limited. For further details on how we manage applicant data, please refer to our Privacy Policy available on our website.

Application Status: Due to the high volume of applications received, we regret that if you do not hear from us within 14 days, your application has not been successful on this occasion.