Production Manager Engineering & Fabrication Peterborough area | Full-time | Competitive salary (DOE)
The Role
If youre the sort of person who notices a crooked weld before the kettles boiled and can have the materials reordered, costed, and back on track before lunch this ones for you.
This is a hands-on, front-line leadership role overseeing the entire production function: fabrication, assembly, planning, procurement, and cost control. Youll take full ownership of operations to ensure quality output, efficient workflow, and tight budget management while keeping the team motivated and production deadlines met.
What Youll Be Doing
Leading and motivating the workshop team, setting the pace and standards for quality and performance.
Planning and scheduling all production activity keeping jobs on time and on spec.
Procuring and managing materials efficiently, securing competitive prices, and maintaining accurate stock levels.
Managing costings, budgets, and supplier relationships to ensure smooth, profitable operations.
Carrying out quality checks on incoming materials and finished components.
Supporting new product development and verifying estimated build costs.
Identifying and implementing process improvements for leaner, smarter workflows.
Ensuring Health & Safety standards are actively followed, not just filed.
What Youll Need
Immediate availability
Proven experience leading a workshop or production function within engineering or fabrication.
Strong understanding of procurement, materials control, and cost management.
Technical background you know your MIG from your TIG and can read a drawing without breaking a sweat.
Excellent planning and organisational skills, able to juggle competing priorities.
Immediate availability the teams ready, the projects are live, and we need someone who can hit the ground running.
A calm, practical approach and a commitment to doing things properly.
What You Might Not Like
This isnt a desk job youll be in the thick of it, boots on the floor, sleeves rolled up.
The pace can be demanding youll need to think fast and act faster.
Problems will appear daily; the trick is how you handle them.
What To Do Next
If youre ready to take full ownership of a busy production workshop from procurement to delivery and make a visible impact from day one, get in touch. Click apply or contact us directly for a confidential chat.
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