Job Description
Salary up to £42,000 depending on experience
Location Miskin (site-based)
Working hours day-shift
Application deadline: 15/06/2026
We are seeking a proactive and organised Production Supervisor to lead day-to-day operations within our Process Finishing department.
As a Production Supervisor in Process Finishing reporting to the Production Manager, you’ll have responsibility for a team and ensure finishing operations deliver against productivity, quality and delivery expectations across all three shifts.
You’ll also be responsible for driving operational performance, maintaining high standards of quality and accountability, and supporting a culture of urgency, ownership and continuous improvement throughout the department.
Process Finishing is a high-paced environment focused on completing machine shop components for both functional and cosmetic requirements.
The department process a wide variety of parts, carrying out critical finishing operations to ensure parts meet performance and visual standards. With constant demand variation, the area operates with daily prioritisation, combining flexibility, speed, and attention to detail to maintain flow and support downstream build requirements.
In the role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead and make decisions, proactively resolve challenges and work collaboratively across production, assembly and quality teams to support overall business performance. You’ll benefit from leadership development and progression opportunities within a supportive and growing manufacturing environment, alongside ongoing training and the chance to influence and improve operational performance in a key production area.
Responsibilities
1. Leading day-to-day finishing operations to deliver production targets, customer requirements and workflow efficiency
2. Monitoring and improving operational KPIs (e.g. throughput, efficiency, rework, credits to stock, fixed schedule hours and quality), taking proactive action to address issues
3. Responding effectively to changing priorities and operational pressures, including short-term recovery actions and contributing to longer-term improvement initiatives
4. Identifying and resolving process bottlenecks, inefficiencies and recurring issues, implementing sustainable improvements
5. Ensuring finishing processes are completed safely, efficiently and to required quality standards, maintaining high standards of health, safety and housekeeping throughout the area
6. Collaborating closely with production, assembly and quality teams to resolve shortages, disruptions and build stoppages quickly and effectively
7. Driving communication and alignment across shifts, ensuring effective handovers and operational continuity
8. Promoting accountability by managing performance, behaviours and attendance, using structured tools to support development and succession planning
9. Supporting a positive, high-performing culture focused on ownership, teamwork and continuous improvement
Key requirements
10. Previous demonstrable supervisory or leadership experience within manufacturing, finishing, engineering or production environments
11. Operationally aware with the ability to drive productivity and manage changing production demands
12. Able to assess problems, implement effective short-term solutions and contribute to longer-term improvements
13. Confident managing performance, accountability and difficult conversations, while developing high performers and addressing capability concerns
14. Effective collaborator who can work cross-functionally and influence others, challenging constructively where required
15. Maintains clear communication and alignment across shifts and departments, demonstrating quality awareness and attention to detail
16. Resilient and composed under pressure, showing urgency and sound decision-making
17. Ambitious, with potential to progress into a management role
Desirable requirement
18. Experience within process finishing or similar manufacturing/engineering environments
19. Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems to support production planning and control
20. Knowledge of lean manufacturing, continuous improvement and structured people or talent management approaches
Person specification
As a Production Supervisor, you’ll be someone who naturally takes ownership, develops people, drives standards and works collaboratively to solve problems quickly and effectively. You’ll lead from the front, create accountability within the team and contribute positively to wider operational performance across the business.
Benefits
When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).
We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.
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Employment Type:
Permanent
Time Type:
Full time
Requisition Number:
R9417 Production Supervisor (Process Finishing) (Open)