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To further expand our activities, we are currently searching for a new dynamic ‘Assistant Production Manager’ to provide day-to-day support to our production manager and the production line team-leaders. As the company is moving into a new era of production facilitation and expansion, we need a hands-on proactive individual to cover a vast spread of tasks, duties, and responsibilities, be flexible and adaptable to suit the required development.

Assistant Production Manager - Telford

Your responsibilities:

• Responsible for supporting the Production Manager with daily duties and tasks to ensure the smooth running of our operation.
• Daily planning with shopfloor team-leaders to maintain and improve our performance output.
• Accountability for routine line maintenance checks in coordination with team-leaders
• Ensure the highest standards of Health & Safety are achieved in our processes.
• Organise and coordinate with the supply-chain, internal sales and stores to maximise the fluid flow of materials from start to finish.
• Provide a conduit for sales and Team Leaders for urgent customer orders, lates, replacements or warranty support.
• Liaise with Team Leaders regarding line side issues and identify and provide a solution.
• Oversee and support daily paperwork (new visual boards)
• Review non-conformances and support audit actions by liaising with business systems.
• Carry out general maintenance checks in accordance with our procedure and organise any required sub-contract maintenance.
• Oversee site services and contractor management.
• Administration of contractors for breakdowns (Burner issue on Caccia) and any other on-site operational issues.
• Supporting goods in with PI and goods out with achieving daily goals and timelines
• Developing new ways to provide waste reduction within our factory processes.
• Not right first-time meetings and improvement actions as required.
• Any other reasonable requests to support the smooth running of the company.
• You will be reporting directly to our Production Manager.

Your profile:

• Production process experience essential.
• Understanding of the day-to-day operational requirements of a shopfloor
• Highly accountable and responsible for safeguarding the factory operation.
• Career driven individual looking for a step into management.
• Strong communication skills and a personable temperament.
• Energetic person with ability to remain positive and adept at multi-tasking.
• Team player who takes ownership of individual tasks and challenges.
• Have exceptional attention to detail and able to identify a solution.
• Articulate, use common sense, and have confidence in their abilities.
• Full comprehension of production process.
• Procedure implementation and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to remain flexible and handle a variety of situations.

We are offering:

• Owner-managed, mid-sized family company
• 23 days Holidays
• Salary £35000