Production manager

GBP38,000 - GBP45,000 (negotiable) + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Package + Superb career development and progression opportunities Location: Easy commutable areas to this job include Gravesend, Northfleet, Dartford, Bexleyheath, Swanley and Hartley. The Role: A market leading and award winning manufacturing organisation are looking to a appoint a Production Manager at their busy production site near Gravesend. This is a very rare and exciting permanent opportunity for someone looking to either make the leap into production management and leadership OR a proven production manager looking to make a positive impact and changes at a busy and expanding manufacturing sheet metal process site. This really is a career one-off not to be missed. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will join this small but expanding production site leading a team of 12 operators and production staff using state of the art special purpose machinery to process sheet metal production products for the construction, engineering and mechanical engineering industries. Using your excellent planning, forecasting and production organisation skills, you will play a vital role working for this market leading manufacturing company. You will be empowered to implement your own ideas, make your own decisions and inspire change amongst your team to meet with the ever increasing demand. This role would perfectly suit a can do , continuous improvement and forward thinking production manager from within the sheet metal (or similar) manufacturing sector. You will be rewarded with a superb package alongside excellent career development opportunities. If your background is similar to that described below, please don #39;t miss out on this once in a career permanent job opportunity. Candidate Requirements: Essentially, you will be a positive, driven, reliable and forward thinking production manager, factory manager, production supervisor, production planner or similar skilled manufacturing professional. You will also need to have technical experience from within the sheet metal production sector alongside strong knowledge of Amada, Radan, Esprit or similar special purpose machinery / systems used within the sheet metal world. We are keen to see applications form proven production planning biased production managers but also working supervisors who are looking to make the step into a management and leadership capacity. You will have excellent knowledge of sheet metal, fasteners, press, cutting and/or similar processes and be someone who can plan, train, lead and delegate. You will be a flexible person who can help apply manufacturing processes to new product development and prototyping alongside meeting the demands of existing product manufacturing. If you are THIS person and you want excellent earnings and be a valued member of the senior manufacturing team, there really is no better opportunity than this; so don #39;t miss out! Apply today for immediate interview consideration. Work for a company that puts their employees as their highest priority