Production Manager

This range is provided by UNITED CAPS. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

We are looking for a Production Manager to join our team at United Caps Dinnington.

Function: Production

Line Manager: Factory Manager

Direct Reports: Production Supervisors, Maintenance Lead, Process Engineer Lead

GENERAL - MANAGEMENT

• Manages the division of labour of the production department.
• Ensures that adequate training plans are established for all colleagues.
• Ensures that relevant corrective/preventative actions decided through various meetings, audits, and customer complaints are implemented correctly and within the agreed time frame.
• Ensures that the SOPs and work instructions are followed by teams.
• Ensures that records and documents are properly managed and up to date.
• Supervises colleagues and ensures cleanliness, hygiene, and GMP standards are met.
• Effectively manages Production, Maintenance, and Process staff, including 1-1s, appraisals, return to works, setting objectives, development conversations, social climate KPI reporting, holiday management, and other engagement tasks.

ORGANISATION

• Directly responsible for Production Supervisors and Operatives.
• Participates in the preparation of production planning with logistics.
• Participates in the management review.
• Responsible for communication and implementation of management guidelines.
• Keeps up to date with new technology that can be used in the production process (Continuous improvement).

MANUFACTURING PROCESS

• Responsible for optimisation of production.
• Provides technical support to QA and Plant manager.
• Participates in the selection and implementation of investments.
• Responsible for monitoring and reducing plastic scrap.
• Develops new and improves existing SOPs relevant to the manufacturing process.

PRODUCTION

• Responsible for the overall performance of production.
• Participates in the monitoring of monthly indicators.
• Coordinates tasks/repairs in production with the maintenance and process engineers.
• Responsible for quality of parts produced in accordance with the quality service.
• Participates in the analysis and maintenance of the BRCGS and ISO
  14001 systems.
• Participates in daily, weekly, and monthly production meetings and implements the decisions made.
• Respects and enforces SOPs regarding approved chemical usage.
• Manages hiring of new production staff with plant manager/HR as required.

MAINTENANCE AND PROCESS

• Overall responsibility for the maintenance and process departments.
• Effectively delegates/prioritises tasks where required.
• Ensures both teams are meeting their objectives.

SAFETY

• Responsible for the safety of all UC colleagues. Takes preventive and corrective measures to avoid all kinds of risks.
• Responsible for fire evacuation of colleagues on site.

• Knowledge of Process Management and Quality / Environment Systems.
• Safety/cleanliness/GMP (BRCG product team member - knowledge through training).
• Technical understanding of injection moulding production process would be beneficial.
• Good knowledge of Windows applications.
• Leadership qualities - efficient communication, problem-solving, and decision-making ability.

UNITED CAPS is a global industry reference for the design and production of high-performance plastic caps and closures. As a dedicated partner, we enable customers to evolve and extend their own packaging solutions and maintain their leading position. Therefore, we make custom-designed specialty closures for a wide variety of international companies in the packaging markets. The company is headquartered in Luxembourg and has manufacturing facilities in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malaysia, and Spain.

• Respect your colleagues as individuals and accept their differences.
• Be a team player. Trust your colleagues, have confidence in their competencies, and respect their responsibilities.
• Be reliable and honour your commitment.
• Keep the customer in mind in all your actions.
• Be honest when exercising your responsibilities.

Salary: 45k+

Health cash plan with surgery choices (Westfield Health).

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Production

Packaging and Containers Manufacturing