Based in Chadderton this is a full-time position in a factory/workshop setting. PPE is required and will be provided in accordance with site rules.
Monday to Thursday 6am to 16:30 with flexibility to support production requirements, including occasional overtime.
Pay is dependent on Experience with an initial Salary range of £38k-£42k p/a.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead and manage the workshop team (approx. 30 people): set daily expectations, allocate work, monitor performance, and maintain good discipline and morale.
* Plan and control workflow: coordinate job priorities, labour, and machine capacity, to keep work moving efficiently through the workshop.
* Adhere to production times and delivery commitments: ensure jobs are completed to route/standard times, identify bottlenecks early, and implement corrective actions to protect on-time-in-full (OTIF) performance.
* Quality management: ensure output meets drawings/specifications, workmanship standards, and customer requirements; carry out in-process checks and ensure final inspection requirements are met.
* Health & Safety leadership: enforce safe systems of work, PPE compliance, risk assessments, COSHH controls, and housekeeping; investigate near misses/accidents and implement preventative actions.
* Manage day-to- manage attendance/timekeeping, holidays, minor conduct issues, informal grievances, return-to-work conversations, and capability concerns in line with HR procedures; escalate appropriately.
* Training and competence: support onboarding, identify skill gaps, arrange on-the-job training, and ensure operators are competent/authorised for equipment and tasks.
* Continuous improvement: drive 5S, waste reduction, rework reduction, and practical improvements to methods, layouts, tooling, and standard work.
* Materials and WIP control: liaise with planning/stores/engineering to ensure drawings, cut lists, materials, consumables, and tooling are available; maintain control of WIP and job packs.
* Reporting and communication: provide clear shift handovers, production updates, and escalation on risks to safety, quality, delivery, or cost.
* System discipline: ensure accurate job tracking, clocking, paperwork completion, and traceability records as required.
Key Measures of Success (KPIs)
* On-time delivery / OTIF performance against plan
* Labour efficiency and adherence to standard/estimated times
* Right-first-time quality, rework and scrap levels
* Health & Safety performance (near misses, incidents, audit findings, housekeeping/5S)
* Absence, timekeeping, and team stability (turnover/retention)
* WIP control and throughput (bottleneck performance)
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
* Essential: Proven supervisory experience in a fabrication/manufacturing environment, ideally sheet metal.
* Essential: Strong working knowledge of fabrication processes (cutting, forming, welding, finishing) and interpreting engineering drawings.
* Essential: Demonstrable ability to plan workflow, prioritise, and deliver to time and quality requirements.
* Essential: Confident people manager with experience handling day-to-day employee issues fairly and consistently.
* Essential: Strong Health & Safety mindset with experience enforcing safe working practices in an industrial setting.
* Essential: Clear communication skills and the ability to work with planning, engineering, quality, and supply chain.
* Desirable: Formal H&S training (e.g., IOSH Managing Safely) and/or first aid/fire marshal training.
* Desirable: Experience with lean/continuous improvement (5S, standard work, root cause analysis).
* Desirable: Familiarity with MRP/ERP systems, job tracking/clocking, and quality documentation/traceability
Salary description
£38000.00 - £42000.00 per year