Production / Workshop Manager – High End Residential Joinery

Premises Recruitment Ltd; Rochester; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Premises Recruitment Ltd is recruiting for a Production / Workshop Manager for a well established specialist joinery contractor delivering high-end residential projects in Kent. The role requires taking ownership of the production flow, coordinating workshop operations and ensuring on-time delivery of bespoke cabinetry and interiors.

You'll lead production teams, manage workflow from drawings to delivery, monitor progress, address delays and drive quality.

Qualifications

• Experience leading workshop teams in joinery environments.
• Strong understanding of production planning and quality control.
• Proven ability to manage deadlines and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Managing and coordinating the workflow through the workshop from production drawings and work orders through to completion and delivery.
• Taking ownership of the production programme and ensuring work is progressing in line with project and installation dates.
• Allocating and prioritising work and making sure production teams are clear on what needs to be delivered.
• Monitoring progress and addressing delays, technical issues and resource constraints before they impact the programme.
• Coordinating components and materials being supplied by external specialists.
• Working with the wider project and design teams to identify potential production issues and buildability concerns.
• Taking ownership of workshop quality and ensuring finished work meets the required standard.
• Ensuring completed items are correctly inspected, protected, wrapped, labelled and prepared for delivery.
• Coordinating loading and ensuring deliveries are complete and correctly organised.
• Monitoring workshop capacity, labour requirements, materials and consumables.
• Taking ownership of health and safety across the production and workshop areas.
• Managing, motivating and developing workshop personnel.
• Driving accountability and ensuring agreed production targets and deadlines are achieved.

Skills

People management

Workshop management

Joinery knowledge

Production planning

Quality control

Job description

Production / Workshop Manager – High End Residential Joinery

Location: Kent

We’re recruiting for a well established and highly regarded specialist joinery contractor working on some of London’s most prestigious private residential projects.

They produce and install bespoke, high value joinery packages – from detailed cabinetry to full interior fit outs – on projects typically ranging from £200k to over £1m in value.

The Role - Production / Workshop Manager

This is a role for someone who takes ownership. You will be responsible for making sure the production process flows effectively.

You will have the ability to get the best from people, have difficult conversations when necessary and keep production on track.

You will coordinate production across the workshop, working closely with the various departmental heads and production teams to maintain programme, quality and output.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing and coordinating the workflow through the workshop from production drawings and work orders through to completion and delivery.
• Taking ownership of the production programme and ensuring work is progressing in line with project and installation dates.
• Allocating and prioritising work and making sure production teams are clear on what needs to be delivered.
• Monitoring progress and addressing delays, technical issues and resource constraints before they impact the programme.
• Coordinating components and materials being supplied by external specialists.
• Working with the wider project and design teams to identify potential production issues and buildability concerns.
• Taking ownership of workshop quality and ensuring finished work meets the required standard.
• Ensuring completed items are correctly inspected, protected, wrapped, labelled and prepared for delivery.
• Coordinating loading and ensuring deliveries are complete and correctly organised.
• Monitoring workshop capacity, labour requirements, materials and consumables.
• Taking ownership of health and safety across the production and workshop areas.
• Managing, motivating and developing workshop personnel.
• Driving accountability and ensuring agreed production targets and deadlines are achieved.

About You

This role would suit an experienced Workshop Manager, Production Manager, Joinery Manager or similar who understands joinery manufacturing and is confident managing people and production processes.

Previous experience within high-end or bespoke joinery would be advantageous but is not essential. The important requirement is a solid understanding of joinery and the ability to manage a busy production operation effectively.

If you are an experienced joinery professional who has moved into production management and wants genuine responsibility for making a workshop operation work efficiently, this could be an excellent opportunity.