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Production Supervisor (Machining)

Posted 27 February 2025
Salary £40.000 per year
LocationBishop Auckland
Job type Permanent
Industry Sector TechnicalManufacturing
ReferenceJ138317
Job FunctionProduction

Job description

MTrecs new career opportunity

As a Production Supervisor you will manage the machine shop to maximise output with a key focus on proactively driving and implementing continuous improvement in a precision engineering manufacturing environment.

If you have supervised within a machining environment then this position could be ideal for you.

The job you’ll do

  • Lead, motivate and develop your team to achieve business goals, ensuring work standards are met and aligned with company policies and procedures.

  • Create a process driven culture and remove variation supporting achievement of short and medium-term goals.

  • Communicate and implement company policies, procedures and practices.

  • Drive the Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People (SQCDP) culture.

  • Implement and develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

  • Lead daily SQCDP cell meetings.

  • Proactive management of absence and performance issues.

  • Ensure full compliance to all business standards (H&S, quality and site performance).

  • Ensure incidents/accidents are captured, reported and contained with corrective actions.

  • Support in delivering business objectives.

  • Provide guidance and feedback to team members, setting clear expectations.

  • Identify poor performance and manage through performance improvement plans.

  • Ensure training and development needs are identified and met.

  • Contain faults and put corrective actions in place.

  • Understand and drive Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) across the site.

  • Ensure constructive handover and capture of all issues is completed.

  • Practice and maintain 5S standards.

  • Ensure quality systems and procedures are being adhered to i.e. first and last off inspections, in-process checks, Statistical Process Control (SPC) data and completion of documentation.

  • Liaise with production engineers to jig and fixture design and routing amendments to ensure processes are capable of achieving drawing tolerances.

  • Support with amendments to work lists on a daily basis.

  • Promote and ensure high standards of quality at all times.

  • Drive, implement and support continuous improvements ensuring improvements are acted upon

  • Trouble shoot manufacturing problems to achieve optimal manufacturing outcome.

  • Collate and report data to identify problem areas.

  • Ensure that you work in a safe manner and comply with the British Engines Group Health, Safety and Environmental Policy.

About You

  • To apply, we ask that you are an experienced Production Supervisor with significant experience working in a fast-paced engineering/manufacturing environment, ideally in high precision machining.

  • You will have experience managing teams in manufacturing processes, including staffing levels and machine capacity planning.

  • You will be experienced in implementing and maintaining HSE standards and able to demonstrate people management to motivate and develop your team.

  • We are looking for someone who is a strong leader, results orientated, with ability to plan and deliver against production deadlines.

  • If you can demonstrate strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive, positive and enthusiastic approach to adopt and implement new ideas and processes we would love to hear from you.

  • NEBOSH general certificate and six-sigma green belt qualification would be advantageous.

  • This position will be on a full time, permanent basis, and working day shift hours of 38.75 per week.

The Rewards and the Benefits

  • Wellbeing app (Employee Assistance Program)

  • Holiday buy and sell

  • Car scheme

  • Competitive pay

  • Enhanced pension

  • Training and development