Production Manager

Evac is the world’s leading provider of integrated water and waste management systems, as well as corrosion-protection systems, for the marine, offshore, and building industries. Our cutting-edge solutions and services have been helping leading global players in these industries to significantly reduce their environmental footprint for more than years. With offices in countries across four continents and representatives in more than countries, we pride ourselves on being close to our customers wherever in the world they are located.

Key responsibilities

• To lead the Production functions within the Chesterfield site which includes all manufacturing, assembly and electrical departments.
• Ensure all operations are carried out in an appropriate, cost-effective and safe manner
• Improve operational management systems, processes, best practices and continuous improvements.
• Deliver the strategic and operational objectives set out by the Group management
• Ensure appropriate Material Requirement Planning (MRP) is in place to support the business.
• Ensure the correct level of sales and operational planning is in place to ensure we deliver customers’ orders on time, every time. This includes staffing and material levels.
• Ensure the organization’s processes remain legally compliant.
• Monitor, record and affect production KPIs positively
• Ensure staff comply with management systems, processes and best practices.
• Ensure all staff and visitors on-site abide by the company Health and Safety policies at all times.
• Lead the team. Show leadership to the production team by role modelling behaviour and following the Evac leadership principles.

Key requirements

• The successful candidate has several years of leadership experience in operational management. He/She will have a positive attitude, good motivational skills, the ability to make difficult decisions, be able to delegate and be approachable.
• Further attributes include integrity, humility, transparency and authenticity.
• He/She should have the experience and skills to lead the Production Team and workshop operatives.

The Production Manager will:

• ensure everyone always works in a safe and consistent manner as set out in the company handbook.
• Ensure the capacity and deal with Time & Attendance (T&A) issues such as Lateness, Absenteeism, Sickness and Holidays.
• Lead daily pulse production meetings in collaboration with the Production, Sales, Quality and Engineering teams.
• Monitor and address Evac production daily KPI’s such as, but not limited to Sales, Customer / Production OTD, Productivity, RFT, Safety, Throughput, S, Costs and Staffing in all production departments.
• Ensure each department update their team boards daily.
• Ensure each department is operating safely and respecting company H&S at all times. Drive a safe working culture though the business, ensuring adherence to the rules and regulations, encouraging near miss and safety observation reporting
• Manage direct reports to deliver KPI’s.
• Always set the required standard.
• Able to manage conflict.

Daily tasks will include also

• Ensuring the correct level of sales and operational planning is in place to ensure we deliver customer’s orders on-time, every time. This includes staffing and material levels.
• Ensuring the quality of production satisfies customer’s expectations. Work with the Quality Manager / department to develop RCCA process.
• Developing current production manufacturing and planning processes to enable an ERP/MRP driven business.
• Ensuring appropriate levels of actions are in place and undertaken to keep KPI’s green.
• Collaborating with production support functions Purchasing, Engineering and Quality to ensure required levels of support is in place at all times to deliver product on-time and to the required standards.
• Work with the Sales Managers to improve communication including the setting of standard lead-times (to reduce required interaction) and sales forecasting to improve forward planning of resources (staff and materials).
• Provide the Sales team with lead-times based on the information provided.
• Work with the Technical Sales Manager to ensure the Bills of Materials are accurate at all times

Continuous Improvement

• Take the lead from the Senior Operations Manager to implement and sustain the company S programme across all production functions ensuring audits are undergone and actions are closed in a timely manner.
• Coordinate any production area improvements through S and/or project work.
• Work with the despatch and warehouse teams to ensure all products are boxed and packed in the most suitable way for transportation.

• Sales
• Customer OTD
• Variable Costs (Labour, Shop Supplies, R&M)
• Throughput
• Productivity
• Quality (RFT)

Relationships required

• Maintain a good working relationship with all Production teams and operatives.
• Maintain a good working relationship with all internal support functions and their respective Managers, namely Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Quality and Despatch.
• Maintain good working relationship with agents and customers.

Experience and skills

• Experience of leading production teams is mandatory.
• Experience in change management and managing conflict.
• Good understanding of business systems (MRP/ERP).
• Understanding of Production KPI’s and how to apply them in the workplace, such as but not limited to Safety, Quality, Delivery and Performance.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office tools particularly Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Good attention to detail.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Good understanding of Lean principles and their application in a workplace.
• Firm, fair leadership style.
• Important qualities include integrity, accountability, empathy, humility, resilience, vision, influence and positivity.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with Production team and other business functions.

Advantageous but not mandatory

• Working knowledge of the Product range. Consideration for how the business runs and awareness of possible design impacts.
• Knowledge of class requirements relating to MGPS, ICCP and RO water makers.
• Knowledge of military and offshore market requirements
• Knowledge of organising of factory acceptance tests

Mandatory Qualifications

• Leadership and/or management qualifications (E.g., CMI, NVQ, BTEC, ILM)

Qualifications sought but not mandatory

• Professional qualification for mechanical or electrical engineering
• Qualifications in Production Planning
• Supply Chain Management qualifications

Lean manufacturing qualifications (E.g., Six Sigma, Lean, Data Analysis)

What we offer
We offer you an influential position with a global setting. Together with the team around you, you will have the chance to help us achieve our vision of a future with no waste. As a working place Evac fosters an inclusive and safe culture where colleagues know and trust each other.