Production Manager

Job Purpose

To lead and inspire a combined team of operations and maintenance employees across a number of wholesale production assets. The Production Manager will performance manage their team and the assets within the production area to ensure a safe, efficient and compliant outcome.

Job Accountabilities

• Responsible for the operations and maintenance budget for the production area and the delivery of the financial business plan
               
• Responsible for asset performance and meeting the operational business plan for the production area
               
• Accountable for maintaining and driving improvements in compliance, efficiency and Health and Safety
               
• Performance management and training and development of direct reports in accordance with all Human Resource policies and procedures, including regular contact, one to one meetings, performance reviews etc.
               
• Accountable for security and emergency requirements at the sites for which they are responsible
               
• As part of the Wholesale management team, contribute to the day-to-day leadership of the area including sharing best practice, implementing improvements plans and leading on activities identified through the business plan development
               
• Ownership of key external relationships, including the regulators and customers as appropriate
               
• To work closely with key internal stakeholders to ensure asset problems are identified and resolved in the most effective manner and maintenance is carried out in a proactive manner including appropriately planned and profiled proactive maintenance
               
• To act as a leader and advocate to deliver change required as part of the business plan
               
• To provide an effective operations and maintenance regime for the production area asset, minimising reactive work and work orders and increasing planned proactive activities
               
• To ensure both they and their team members work within the clear framework given to ensure effective operations and maintenance of their assets
               
• To balance financial, customer service, regulatory compliance and people priorities in order to deliver the business plan and sustainable and effective operations and maintenance regimes

Knowledge and Skills

• Managerial and leadership skills are critical for this role to deliver performance through a team of people responsible for wholesale production assets. The ability to motivate a team and deliver high performance across a 24/7 service is fundamental to this role
               
• Experience of managing operational budgets and delivering innovative solutions to improve the sustainable operating cost of a production type operation
               
• Good understanding of operations and maintenance strategies and preferably have some production line experience and the ability to react and keep production moving
               
• Effective communication skills able to liaise with internal and external stakeholders
               
• Education, ideally to HNC level (or equivalent) and an experienced line manager in a process or maintenance environment
               
• A good level understanding of the regulatory and legislative framework surrounding the operation and maintenance of wholesale production assets
               
• Analytical skills and the ability to drive solutions to a wide range of technical and managerial problems, whilst also knowing when to stop and ask for help from support colleagues