Production Manager

Ref: AS7449335

Ebbw Vale, Wales

£40,000

• Permanent
• Lean Process Improvement
• Multi-Shift Leadership
• High-Volume Manufacturing

About the candidate

A seasoned production professional with over seven years’ experience across industrial and manufacturing environments, including high-volume, multi-shift operations. They bring a strong engineering background alongside hands-on experience leading production teams, improving processes and maintaining safe, compliant working practices.

They are well suited to a permanent Production Manager role, offering confident people leadership, a practical approach to problem-solving and a clear focus on operational performance. Available to start in 2 weeks, they would be a strong fit for a busy manufacturing setting looking to improve efficiency, output and team engagement.

What makes them great?

• Improves efficiency: Helped introduce Lean ways of working that reduced waste and improved efficiency by around 20%.
• Boosts output: Contributed to a 15% increase in production output while maintaining strong safety standards and team accountability.
• Reduces downtime: Developed KPI tracking and process improvements that supported around a 10% reduction in downtime across key production lines.

Areas of expertise

• Production Leadership: Experienced in managing multi-shift teams, including leading 30+ operators in high-volume manufacturing environments.
• Lean & Continuous Improvement: Hands-on experience implementing Lean methodologies, refining workflows and embedding operational best practice.
• Safety, Quality & Compliance: Strong focus on maintaining safe working practices, quality standards and documentation in regulated industrial settings.