Production Supervisor
Listed on 2026-09-12
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Manufacturing / Production
Operations Management, Production Manager, Production QC/QA, Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Job Title:
Production Supervisor
Location:
Rosyth, Fife
Compensation: £44,473 - £46,874 + Benefits
Role Type:
Full time / Permanent
Role
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Production Supervisor at our Rosyth site.
The roleAs aProduction Supervisor, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be responsible for leading and developing a team of production professionals to safely deliver critical work packages against safety, quality, cost and schedule targets. You'll translate business priorities into operational plans, ensuring people, equipment and resources are deployed effectively to achieve production objectives.
This role offers the opportunity to make a genuine impact, driving continuous improvement, operational performance and workforce development while contributing to nationally important defence programmes.
Day-to-day you'll be required to:
- Leading day-to-day production activities to ensure delivery of contractual commitments and production objectives.
- Setting clear priorities and performance expectations while coordinating activities across multiple disciplines and departments.
- Monitoring production performance against key targets and implementing recovery plans where required.
- Championing a proactive safety culture and ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental requirements.
- Developing team capability through coaching, performance management, engagement and workforce planning activities.
This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at Rosyth.
Essential experience of the Production Supervisor- Proven experience leading and managing teams within a production, manufacturing, engineering, shipbuilding or industrial environment.
- Experience delivering against safety, quality, cost and schedule targets.
- Strong understanding of health and safety legislation and safe systems of work.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical documentation and production specifications.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and people leadership skills.
- ONC, HNC or equivalent engineering qualification.
- Time-served engineering, manufacturing or production background with significant relevant industry experience.
- IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent safety qualification – desirable
- ILM Level 3/5, CMI or another recognised leadership qualification – desirable
- Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, ERP systems (such as IFS) or experience within complex manufacturing, shipbuilding, defence or multi-disciplined production environments – desirable
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - ().
What we offer- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one…
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