About This Role
This hands-on leadership opportunity is for an experienced Production Manager to join an established architectural manufacturing business. You will manage a team, coordinate production activities, and ensure manufacturing operations run efficiently, safely, and to a high standard. The role involves overseeing daily production planning, workflow coordination, quality control, and meeting delivery deadlines, as well as coordinating installer bookings, installation schedules, and service jobs.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and coordinate daily production activities for a team of 8-10 employees
- Lead, supervise and motivate staff to achieve production targets and maintain high standards
- Allocate workloads, monitor employee performance and ensure production schedules are followed
- Manage staff attendance, provide feedback and address performance or workplace issues as required
- Train and develop team members while promoting accountability, teamwork and continuous improvement
- Plan and schedule production activities to meet customer requirements and delivery deadlines
- Coordinate installer bookings, installation schedules and service jobs to align with production timelines
- Liaise with installers, customers and internal departments to confirm job readiness, scheduling and installation requirements
- Monitor job progress and coordinate priorities to minimise delays between manufacturing, delivery and installation
- Ensure products meet quality standards, technical specifications and customer requirements
- Read and interpret technical drawings, production plans and job specifications
- Coordinate labour, materials and equipment to minimise downtime and production delays
- Identify operational issues and implement practical solutions to improve efficiency
- Maintain a safe, clean and organised production environment
- Monitor material requirements and coordinate with relevant departments to maintain production flow
- Maintain accurate production records, service schedules and job progress updates
Requirements
- Proven experience managing, supervising and leading a team within a manufacturing environment
- Demonstrated ability to manage a team of approximately 8-10 employees, including workload allocation, performance management and achieving production targets
- Experience managing staff attendance, providing feedback and resolving workplace challenges
- Previous experience as a Production Manager, Production Supervisor or Team Leader
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and production specifications
- Strong knowledge of production planning, workflow management and quality control
