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Position Production Manager

Location Hitchin UK

Type Permanent

Salary £40-45k

Euraqua UK

Euraqua Uk is a small engineering firm with 30 years experience designing and manufacturing water treatment equipment for the UK market. Having been brought into the PWG 5 years ago it now has the financial backing to enable it to implement this knowledge into a wider geographical and technological markets. To further aid this transition a purpose built factory has just been built and opened. 

The result of this is an engineering firm with the benefits of a small firm and the resources of a large group. We are looking for a Production manager at our new manufacturing site in Hitchin Hertfordshire to help us to make innovative custom engineered products. 

The Position

Leading an 11 strong team of multi-disciplined (mechanical and electrical) assemblers to manufacture water treatment equipment for the UK, European and Australian market. The products we manufacture are a mix of distributed components, catalogue standard plant and bespoke designed equipment as an OEM supplier into the water treatment industry.

Responsibilities

As a production manager, you'll oversee the production process, coordinating all production activities and operations. You'll need to:

plan and draw up a production schedule
decide on and order the resources that are required and ensure stock levels remain adequate
select equipment and take responsibility for its maintenance
set the quality standards
ensure that the production will be cost effective by estimating costs and negotiating and agreeing budgets with both clients and managers
monitor the production processes and adjust schedules as needed
monitor productivity rates and product standards and implement quality control programmes
organise the repair of any damaged equipment
liaise with different departments, teams and companies, e.g. suppliers, managers, clients
ensure that health and safety guidelines are followed at all times
ensure customer orders are completed on time and to budget and that quality standards and targets are met
work with managers to implement the company's policies and goals
collate and analyse data, putting together production reports for both factory managers and customers
supervise and motivate a team of workers
review worker performance and identify training needs.You'll be involved in the pre-production (planning) stage as well as the production (control and supervision) stage. A large part of the job is dealing with people and resource management.

You will also be involved with product design and purchasing