Job Title: Production Manager
Location: Walsall, West Midlands
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Production Manager at our Walsall site.
The role
As a Production Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join our senior operational management team and play a pivotal role in driving performance and safety on site. You’ll be responsible for strategically managing operational resources to deliver output in line with current plans and any evolving requirements. This role involves making key prioritisation decisions to optimise resource allocation and ensure targets are met efficiently and safely
Day-to-day, you’ll use your expertise and business critical indicators to make informed decisions that support the smooth running of the vehicle production line, ensuring client demand is consistently met. You'll also:
1. Ensuring outputs are delivered against plans provided and managing and prioritising resource allocation to meet delivery plan
2. Ensuring health and safety standards are followed including use of personal protective equipment (PPE), safe working areas, near miss reporting and accident reporting
3. Ensuring management chain is notified of risks of meeting output plan as soon as is apparent
4. Managing their people using supporting processes/policies
5. Ensuring company processes are regularly reviewed and submit suggested amendments where appropriate
This role is full time, 40 hours per week and is based on site at Walsall.
Essential experience of the Production Manager:
6. Proven experience within automotive production
7. Demonstrated leadership experience
8. Competent PC user (MS Office, MS Outlook, SharePoint)
Qualifications for the Production Manager:
9. Educated to Level 4 in National Qualification Framework (NQF) as a minimum (Higher apprenticeship, HNC, Level 4 NVQ) or equivalent workplace experience
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and NPPV security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at