Production Manager

Production Manager

Derry

Salary: £60,000

An established engineering and manufacturing organisation is seeking an experienced Production Manager to lead day-to-day manufacturing operations within a busy production environment.

This is a senior, hands-on leadership role responsible for delivering safe, efficient, and high-quality production output in line with customer requirements, engineering specifications, delivery schedules, and business performance targets.

Key Responsibilities

·      Lead, motivate, coach, and develop Team Leaders and the wider production workforce to achieve agreed operational targets.

·      Take ownership of daily, weekly, and monthly production performance, ensuring products are manufactured safely, efficiently, on time, within budget, and to required quality standards.

·      Plan and coordinate labour, resources, workflows, and priorities to meet production schedules and customer delivery commitments.

·      Drive a strong health, safety, environmental, and quality culture across all production areas, ensuring compliance with procedures and regulatory requirements.

·      Work closely with Engineering, Scheduling, Quality, Procurement, Stores, Logistics, Maintenance, and Project teams to resolve constraints and improve operational flow.

·      Monitor key performance indicators including safety, quality, delivery, productivity, labour efficiency, rework, waste, and absence rates.

·      Identify production risks, bottlenecks, skills gaps, material shortages, quality issues, and capacity constraints, implementing corrective actions as required.

·      Champion continuous improvement initiatives, Lean Manufacturing principles, 5S, root-cause analysis, and waste reduction activities.

·      Ensure Team Leaders conduct effective daily briefings, allocate resources appropriately, and support employee engagement and performance management.

Essential Criteria

·      Proven experience in a Production Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Operations Manager, or similar senior production leadership role within an engineering or manufacturing environment.

·      Experience leading production teams through supervisors, Team Leaders, or line managers.

·      Strong understanding of manufacturing planning, production control, capacity management, labour allocation, and performance management.

·      Demonstrable ability to lead large teams, set expectations, drive accountability, and develop frontline leadership capability.

·      Strong knowledge of health and safety requirements within manufacturing environments.

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