Senior Production Leader – Injection Moulding & Tooling

CDM Recruitment; East Hartford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent dayshift

Every other Friday off

Job summary

CDM Recruitment is seeking a senior Production Manager for a multi-site plastics engineering operation. You will lead Production and Production Engineering teams, drive performance across sites and oversee tooling and moulding initiatives.

Candidates should have 5+ years in high-volume manufacturing, strong leadership, and proven CI experience aligned with QHSE standards. This is a long-term, permanent role in the North East with a dayshift pattern.

Qualifications

• Strong experience within plastics manufacturing and injection moulding.
• 5+ years' experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Previous senior production or manufacturing leadership experience.
• Strong technical knowledge of injection moulding processes and machinery.
• Experience of tooling and working with toolmakers.
• Experience of new mould sampling and validation.
• A proven continuous improvement background.
• Strong people management and leadership skills.
• Experience working within established QHSE standards.
• Good commercial awareness and problem-solving ability.

Responsibilities

• Leading Production and Production Engineering teams.
• Managing manufacturing performance across multiple sites.
• Driving improvements across safety, quality, cost and delivery.
• Monitoring production performance and implementing corrective actions.
• Improving cycle times, efficiency and manufacturing capability.
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives.
• Supporting new tooling projects and mould trials.
• Working with external toolmakers on new and existing tooling.
• Leading new mould sampling and validation.
• Troubleshooting moulding, tooling and process-related issues.
• Ensuring products meet customer and quality requirements.
• Maintaining high QHSE standards.
• Developing team capability, accountability and engagement.

Skills

Injection moulding

People management

Continuous improvement

QHSE standards

Tooling knowledge

Education

Engineering qualification

Manufacturing qualification

Tools

Moulding machinery

Job description

CDM Recruitment is seeking a senior Production Manager for a multi-site plastics engineering operation. You will lead Production and Production Engineering teams, drive performance across sites and oversee tooling and moulding initiatives.

Candidates should have 5+ years in high-volume manufacturing, strong leadership, and proven CI experience aligned with QHSE standards. This is a long-term, permanent role in the North East with a dayshift pattern.