Senior Production Manager – Heavy Manufacturing Ops

SF Partners; Buxton; Presencial; GBP 59 000 - 72 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Salary: Circa £65,000

8% annual bonus

Private healthcare

Pension: 8% employer contribution

Holidays: 25 days + BH

37.5 hour contract

Career development within a major制造业

Resumo da oferta

SF Partners is seeking a Production Manager for a large-scale heavy manufacturing facility in Derbyshire. The role oversees around 30 employees across production, maintenance and warehousing, combining hands-on leadership with forward planning and cost control.

The successful candidate will drive continuous improvement, ensure safety, maintain supplier and customer alignment, and contribute to budgeting and commercial decisions in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

Qualificações

• Engineering degree or technical qualification, preferably in mechanical, chemical, manufacturing, or process engineering.
• Experience leading production or operational teams within a heavy industrial manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, plant performance, maintenance, and operational efficiency.
• Ability to manage people, solve problems and make effective decisions in a demanding environment.
• Good understanding of health and safety within an industrial setting.
• Commercial awareness, including exposure to budgets, cost improvement, or operational forecasting.
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to work across production, engineering, logistics and commercial functions.
• Experience using SAP or a similar ERP system would be beneficial.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the safe and efficient operation of manufacturing, processing, packing, and dispatch activities.
• Manage and develop a team of managers, supervisors, and operational employees, building a positive, accountable, and safety-focused culture.
• Ensure raw material availability, production capacity and operational resources are aligned with customer demand.
• Monitor and improve operational KPIs, including production efficiency, reliability, downtime, costs, and performance.
• Work closely with maintenance teams to coordinate planned maintenance, shutdowns, and plant improvements.
• Collaborate with procurement, supply chain, logistics and commercial teams to improve planning, supplier performance, and operational delivery.
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs, improve efficiencies, and strengthen overall plant performance.
• Develop greater ownership of departmental budgets, forecasting, and commercial decision‑making.
• Drive continuous improvement, employee development, and operational best practice.

Conhecimentos

Leadership

Communication

Budgeting

Problem solving

Health & safety

Formação académica

Engineering degree or technical qualification

Ferramentas

SAP/ERP

Descrição da oferta de emprego

SF Partners is seeking a Production Manager for a large-scale heavy manufacturing facility in Derbyshire. The role oversees around 30 employees across production, maintenance and warehousing, combining hands-on leadership with forward planning and cost control.

The successful candidate will drive continuous improvement, ensure safety, maintain supplier and customer alignment, and contribute to budgeting and commercial decisions in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.