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Senior Production Lead – Day Shift
About the Role
We are seeking a confident and motivated Senior Production Lead to support the effective running of our day shift production operations. The ideal candidate will have strong manufacturing experience, good leadership skills, and the ability to coordinate people, priorities, and workflow in a busy environment. This is an important hands-on leadership role, helping to maintain production performance, support quality standards, resolve day-to-day issues, and ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and to the required standard.
Working Hours
| Day | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 7:30am | 4:30pm |
| Tuesday | 7:30am | 4:30pm |
| Wednesday | 7:30am | 4:30pm |
| Thursday | 7:30am | 4:30pm |
| Friday | 7:30am | 2:00pm |
| Saturday | — | — |
| Sunday | — | — |
Total: 42.5 hrs/week
Core Responsibilities
- Lead and support day shift production teams to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and in line with quality, delivery, and customer requirements.
- Coordinate daily production priorities, allocate resources, and monitor progress against planned schedules, customer commitments, and business needs.
- Act as a key point of contact for customer-related production queries, providing clear updates and helping ensure expectations are understood and managed.
- Support team leaders and operators with day-to-day production issues, helping to resolve problems and escalate concerns where required
- Maintain clear communication between customers, production, planning, quality, maintenance, and management to support smooth workflow and reliable delivery.
Skills & Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in a manufacturing or production leadership role, with confidence supporting teams in a busy operational environment.
- Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage priorities, people, and workflow effectively.
- A practical, reliable, and quality-focused approach, with good problem-solving skills and a strong understanding of safe working practices.
Desirable
- Experience in sheet metal fabrication, precision engineering, or a similar manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of production planning, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, or performance management processes
- Previous experience supporting team leaders, coordinating multiple production areas, or acting as a senior point of contact on shift
Company Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- Additional holiday entitlement linked to length of service.
- Company uniform and IT plus mobile device equipment provided where required for the role.
- Access to a company discount scheme.
- Overtime opportunities available at competitive rates, where applicable.
- Employee referral scheme.
- Training and development support and Employee wellbeing package.
- Long service awards
- Planned company events and engagement activities.
- Access to a salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme, subject to eligibility.
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