Production Leader / Manager

Direct Response Employment Services are delighted to be supporting our client in Melksham who are seeking a production leader to oversee the production of the whole Melksham site.

As a production leader you will be responsible for managing over 100 employees on site and therefore we are looking for a candidate who has previous experience as a production manager or similar.

Key Duties:

• Ensure production figures are met and port to site management with any issues that arise or report on any ongoing issues within production.
• Forward plan labour for upcoming production requirements including liaison with recruitment agencies including negotiating and paying agency fees.
• Investigate and complete stage 1 and 2 disciplinaries.
• Approve and decline overtime requests from line leaders.
• Communicating with the engineering teams on planned tool changes.
• Managing employee absences.
• Manage and support all line leaders to complete their role and responsibilities as required, give guidance about production priorities communicated via value streams.
• Ensure appropriate PPE is available and worn at all times.
• Complete 1-1’s, identify high potential people and support with their development plans.
• Create a culture of continuous improvement.
• build a team of line leaders and team leaders who work together to meet site goals.
• coach and develop line leaders, set expectations and manage performance.

You will play a key role in linking ongoing production and the site management team.

We are looking for a candidate who has leadership experience working within a busy manufacturing site. They must have experience of managing a large pool of employees along with experience of managing production, production planning and handling staff issues such as recruitment, disciplinary’s and employee reviews.