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Production & Quality Manager

📍 Lancaster, Lancashire | 🕒 Full-Time, Permanent | 💰 Salary up to £55,000 (DOE)

Are you a hands-on manufacturing leader with a passion for quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement?

I’m currently partnering with a well-established and growing UK manufacturer to recruit a Production & Quality Manager for their Lancashire-based operation. This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a key leadership role within a specialist industrial environment, where you’ll have real influence on production performance, quality standards, and future growth.

🚀 The Opportunity

This is a pivotal position overseeing both production operations and quality systems, ideal for someone who enjoys being close to the shop floor while driving improvements across the wider business.

You’ll lead a team of around 12 operatives, working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure smooth, efficient, and compliant manufacturing processes.

🔍 What You’ll Be Doing

Overseeing day-to-day production operations to meet output, quality, and delivery targets
Leading, mentoring, and developing production staff
Managing and improving the ISO 9001 quality management system
Driving continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing processes
Investigating and resolving production and quality issues
Ensuring compliance with health & safety and company standards
Managing quality inspections, audits, documentation, and reporting
Supporting production planning, scheduling, and operational performance
Collaborating with internal teams to meet customer requirements
Leading and developing training programmes across production

🎯 What We’re Looking For

Essential:

✔️ Proven experience in a production and/or quality management role within manufacturing
✔️ Strong understanding of production processes and quality systems
✔️ Experience working within an ISO 9001 environment
✔️ Confident leadership, communication, and organisational skills
✔️ Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
✔️ Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability

Desirable:

➕ Experience in polymers, coatings, textiles, or industrial manufacturing
➕ Knowledge of continuous improvement / lean methodologies
➕ Engineering or technical manufacturing background
➕ Experience in production planning and process optimisation

🌟 What’s on Offer

Competitive salary circa £45-55k (depending on experience)
Profit Share
Company pension
24 days holiday + bank holidays
Early finish on Fridays
Supportive and experienced team environment
Ongoing training and development
Long-term progression opportunities within a growing business

🕒 Working Hours

Monday – Thursday: 7:30am – 4:45pm
Friday: 8:00am – 1:00pm
Flexibility required to meet business needs

💡 Why Apply?

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to make a real impact improving processes, shaping quality standards, and growing into a broader leadership role over time.

Please send your CV to (url removed) or call me on (phone number removed) for more information on this fantastic career defining opportunity!

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