The Role

Responsible for all Operational activities on site including Production, Warehousing, Maintenance and Quality Control. Site leader in the absence of MD. Key role in all aspects of H&S, Environment and PPC, ISO, Lean, NPD and NP trials.

Responsibilities

• Complete responsibility for Operations at all levels.
• Meet all production targets and liaise closely with Sales.
• Liaise with MD and peer group.
• Build and maintain team ethic among supervisory group.
• Full responsibility for personnel safety on site.
• Ensure plant cleanliness and tidiness is maintained at all times.
• First line responsibility for discipline.
• Ensure all shift personnel receive the correct training, including induction and on-going training.
• Meet production targets.
• Responsible for all production planning and that correct raw material requirements are passed to Purchasing Manager.
• Communicate information to your staff from MD and others.

The Person

• Ideally with an engineering background with supervisory and autonomous working experience. Must have appropriate background in manufacturing and batch processing. Must be able to demonstrate previous competence in running a production unit with good problem-solving abilities.
• Must have experience with Lean or 6-sigma and be able to demonstrate this.

• Must possess the ability to communicate well, written and verbal, at all levels within the company and should be computer literate in word processing, spreadsheet, and database functionality.
• Strong organisational skills are essential, as is the ability to lead people. Self-motivation is essential but must be able to demonstrate a team player role.  Delegation of tasks and responsibility whilst ensuring proper training and competencies are in place to meet the demands placed upon staff.
• Managing personnel resource to meet production demands whilst maintaining a strong safety culture is essential.
• Help maintain the standards for ISO9001/14001/18001 by conforming to all regulations and procedural aspects required.

JK Recruitment

Please be aware that we receive a high volume of interest for each of our roles and we cannot guarantee we will be in touch if you are not shortlisted for the position. At JK Recruitment we aim to provide the best possible opportunity to take your career forward, we will be in touch within the next seven days if your application is successful. Please continue to visit www.jkrecruit.co.uk to keep up to date with further vacancies.

We regret that this client is not prepared to sponsor work permit or work permit transfer applications. Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK.