Production Supervisor

Location: Howden

Role:
Production Supervisor

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Location:

East Yorkshire – Goole / Howden / Selby
🏭 Industry: Manufacturing / FMCG / Food

💵 Salary:
Up to £36k - £38k per annum, depending on experience

🤝Benefits: 28 days holiday incl. bank holidays, standard contributory pension, death in service

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Working hours:

48 hr week / including weekend working (SAT & SUN FIXED) and working 3 days per week (FLEXIBLE); 7.30am – 4pm (9.5hrs per day)
📋 Reporting to:
Production Manager

The client

Our client is a leading UK food manufacturing organisation, who supply to major UK retailers. Still family owned, they have a rich history having operated for over 60 years. With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities including in Yorkshire, they are looking to expand their operations in the near future as well.

The role

They are looking for a proactive Production Supervisor to drive productivity and efficiency on the production lines. To assist the Production Manager and cover in their absence.

Key day to day responsibilities:

* Plan and organise line labour to maximise production output, efficiency and on-time order completion.

* Ensure full compliance with Hygiene, Health & Safety, GMP and quality procedures at all times.

* Maintain a clean, tidy Packing area and linked areas using a “clean as you go” approach.

* Meet, monitor and continuously improve production KPIs; drive efficiencies across lines and the department.

* Minimise waste and resource usage while maintaining output to customer specifications.

* Accurately record production data: downtime, batch counters, changeovers, label checks and metal detector logs.

* Carry out hourly metal detector checks and checkweigher verifications at start/end of each run.

* Report quality and equipment issues promptly to the Production Manager, Technical and Engineering teams.

* Lead, motivate and develop the team; ensure adequate training, address gaps and take corrective action on performance.

* Communicate company information clearly, monitor processes continuously and contribute ideas for improvement.

Person Specification:

* Previous experience as Team Leader / Supervisor within a Manufacturing / Packaging environment

* Basic Food Hygiene Qualification / HACCP training (Desirable)

* Experience of Continuous Improvement methods through people (Desirable)

* Previous experience in FMCG manufacturing

* Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

* Good basic IT & Numerical skills

* Ability to meet deadlines in pressurised environment

* Problem solving

* Team player

* Be flexible in approach to working hours to meet business demands

Qualifications:

* NQV L2 Manufacturing desirable

* GCSEs

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