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Production Team Leader

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Posted 14 hours ago, valid for 15 days
Location

Hamilton, South Lanarkshire ML3 7NF, Scotland

Contract type

Full Time

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  • We are seeking a Production Supervisor for a permanent position in Larkhall, offering a salary of £28,560.
  • The role requires experience in leading and developing high-performing teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
  • Key responsibilities include managing production operations, ensuring product quality, and driving health and safety performance.
  • Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, resilience, and a solid work history, along with a commitment to continuous improvement.
  • This position involves working a three-shift rotational pattern, with no weekends unless overtime is required.

Production Supervisor, Larkhall, £28,560

We are recruiting for a Production Supervisor to work at our clients' site in Larkhall.

What you'll be doing:

As a Production Supervisor you'll play a key role in supporting production operations, with responsibilities including:

  • Leading the team to deliver the daily production plan and the department KPI's
  • Communicating shift production targets and objectives to the team at shift start as well as ensuring an effective handover completed at shift changeover
  • Ensuring quality of product maintained to both internal and customer standards
  • Actively manage and drive H&S performance within the team
  • Ensuring all direct reports comply with internal procedures including work instructions, use of equipment, product quality, housekeeping and 5S
  • Identify training needs and ensure all relevant training completed
  • Identify opportunities for improvement within production areas utilising activities such as Gemba Walks, 5S Audits, Process Audits, Waste Walks etc.
  • Ensuring all direct reports comply with company policies and procedures such as break times, start / finish times, absence reporting, holiday management and overtime
  • Ensure prompt action taken on all quality issues
  • Organising the supply of materials and any related documentation
  • Managing team performance; providing coaching to ensure operator excellence

What you can expect:

  • Working a three-shift rotational pattern - Back Shift, Early Shift and Night Shift
  • No weekends unless it's overtime - standard shifts all worked Monday to Friday
  • Permanent job with regular overtime paid at great rates
  • Free on-site parking
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Competitive holiday allowance
  • Investment in training & development

What we're looking for

  • Experience of leading, developing and engaging a high performing team within a fast-paced manufacturing and production environment
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
  • Resilience and self-motivation with a genuine drive for achieving production targets
  • Experience of championing continuous improvement methodologies within a manufacturing setting
  • Good IT skills with an ability to use data to interpret action required
  • A solid work history
  • An enthusiastic can-do attitude

If you're interested in working for a well-respected business, then we'd love to hear from you. Apply now!We will be in touch quickly to have a chat and book you in for a tour of the site! If you like what you see, we can move quickly to get you started on this long-term career option!

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.