Yard Manager - Manufacturing

Quest Employment Ltd.; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Employment Ltd. is seeking a Yard Manager – Manufacturing in Peterborough. This hands-on role oversees 3–4 yard areas, coordinates movements, and leads a small team. The position is site-based with a £45,000 per annum salary.

The role is not desk-based and requires working out in the yards, collaborating with Production, Operations and Logistics to ensure smooth operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing or production required.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of 3–4 yard areas.
• Manage and develop a small Yard Operative team.
• Coordinate product and material movements.
• Keep yards safe, organised and efficient.
• Manage stock locations and support stock checks.
• Oversee loading and unloading activity.
• Work closely with Production, Operations and Logistics.
• Spot issues before they become problems.
• Improve yard layout, housekeeping and processes.
• Operate a Counterbalance FLT where required.

Skills

Yard management

Team management

Health & Safety

Stock coordination

Interdepartmental collaboration

FLT operation

Tools

Counterbalance FLT licence

Job description

Yard Manager – Manufacturing

Peterborough
£45,000 per annum
Monday to Friday | Permanent | Site based

The Role

This is a hands-on role for someone who likes things organised, safe and running properly with a Manufacturing background!

You’ll be responsible for 3–4 yard areas, making sure products and materials are stored correctly, movements are controlled and the wider manufacturing operation has what it needs, when it needs it.

You’ll manage a team of around 4 Yard Operatives, with that team expected to grow.

This is not a desk job.

You’ll be out in the yards, on your feet, managing people, coordinating product movements and working closely with Production, Operations and Logistics.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Taking ownership of 3–4 yard areas

• Managing and developing a small Yard Operative team

• Coordinating product and material movements

• Keeping yards safe, organised and efficient

• Managing stock locations and supporting stock checks

• Overseeing loading and unloading activity

• Working closely with Production, Operations and Logistics

• Spotting issues before they become problems

• Improving yard layout, housekeeping and processes

• Operating a Counterbalance FLT where required

What You’ll Need

You must have experience within manufacturing or production.

General warehouse experience alone won’t be enough for this one.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Yard, production or operational management experience

• Experience managing a team

• Strong Health & Safety awareness

• Experience coordinating stock or large product movements

• Confidence working across different departments

• A practical, hands-on management style

• Ideally, experience managing more than one yard, site or operational area

• A Counterbalance FLT licence would be highly desirable

What You Might Not Like

You’ll be outside and on your feet for most of the day.

The weather will occasionally be dreadful.

Priorities will change.

Something will inevitably be in the wrong place just when somebody needs it.

If that makes you want to get involved and sort it, you’ll probably fit in very well.