Production Supervisor – Westhill, Aberdeenshire Backshift

Full time 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
Option for flexible working

Competitive salary, bonus scheme, 25 days holidays per year, pension, sick pay, family private medical insurance, life assurance. Flexible Benefits perks including dental insurance, gym membership and retail discounts.

About the role

Reporting to the Manufacturing Manager, you will be a key member of the Manufacturing Team responsible for optimisation of the production facility. You will use your people and general management skills to provide clear site direction to the main manufacturing operations.

• You will deliver, through your team, the production plan with pre agreed targets from the Factory Manager/ Manufacturing, including Output levels, Quality  and Customer satisfaction
• Maintain a safety focused culture across your department, and ensure that management systems (ISO 9001; ISO 14001 and ISO 18001) are followed.
• Ensure appropriate training needs for each team member is identify and training is delivered
• Plan and monitor team performance to ensure high availability for work to deliver performance, quality; health & safety; customer requirements and productivity to agreed target.
• Optimise utilisation of production machinery and waste management to meet productivity, health & safety, quality; customer satisfaction and financial targets, identifying areas for improvement
• Ensure effective operation from material flow through manufacturing (sawing, auto lines, manual lines, sub assembly) of a quality product to being despatched on time in full.
• Ensure employee resource and working patterns are matched in terms of skills and numbers to short and long term production plan
• Build effective working relationships with relevant departments to maximise delivery
• Provide support and cover for the Manufacturing Manager, Logistics Manager & Material Control Manager.
• In keeping with the specific importance given to Health & Safety and the Environment by Group you have specific accountabilities as set out in our Corporate Responsibility for Health & Safety and Environmental Policy.

Your Skills

• You will demonstrate thorough knowledge of health, safety and environmental practices within a manufacturing environment.
• Capability for production and resource planning and productivity within a manufacturing environment

• Knowledge of using ERP systems and Quality Management Systems in manufacturing environment

• Proficient in Microsoft office (particularly Excel)
• Basic knowledge of lean manufacturing

A bit about us

Our purpose is simple.  We’re building the sustainable low carbon homes of the future. In our factory controlled environments in England and Scotland, we’re changing the way we build homes, delivering engineered sustainable homes and buildings across the UK.

We’re part of the Donaldson Group, a legacy of over 160 years with over 1,500 employees across the UK. 14 businesses, from timber importing, timber merchants, retail, timber engineering and offsite, we’re a business with long standing customers, even longer standing employees.

Together we have a great company culture that looks to the future, a culture built around our people, our customers and their visions that ensures we are focused on doing the right thing for our customers, our employees, and the planet.

We value our people, so you can expect a company that is supportive and encouraging, we make you feel welcome, looked after, secure.  We invest in our people so you can benefit from training and support as you learn and develop your skills.