Are you a Production Manager in Rolling stock or a transferable industry? Looking for a new challenge working with state-of-the-art Trains?

We have a Shift Production Manager role for one of our key rail clients based in Norfolk on a permanent basis.

As a Shift Production Manager, you will work on a shift rotation consisting of days and nights and have a salary of £58,000pa

Accountabilities:
• Lead and manage the production team, providing the business with the contractual levels of performance including but not limited to; Safety, Reliability, Train Presentation, Availability on a 24-7 basis.  
• Support the business in ensuring trains are provided as and when necessary, meeting all criteria in the areas of product and people safety, reliability, environment and train presentation (interior & exterior as required). Ensuring industry, engineering and production best practice and standards, and at least as a minimum the contract requirements.  
• Provide robust leadership and management through a base professional production delivery know-how and competency, people and product safety culture, coupled with a continual improvement mind-set and client and end-user focused attitude. Must be able to act independently and set their own priorities while contributing to the Companys KPIs and values. As a Shift Production Manager your will achieve this via various tasks such as:
• Supporting the Head of Production by leading and coordinating teams of technical staff (e.g. technicians, fitters and assistants)
• Deliver on-the-job, quality inspections, reporting procedures and liaison with necessary stakeholders
• Allocation of work to staff in accordance maintenance plans (including work arising and enhanced work as required)
• Carry out routine maintenance, overhaul, repair, fault-finding and technical investigations into recurring defects as required and directed.
• Ensure that all documentation (e.g. job cards, defects logs, work orders and failure reports, component labels) associated with fleet maintenance and overhaul activities are completed
• Supporting as required in the application of people management arrangements, including first level requirements of discipline, sickness and attendance monitoring procedures
• Ensure that staff undertaking work are competent to do so, in accordance with the competence management regime. Also support of staff to develop and maintain competence.
• Management of performance regime to ensure targets are achieved • Demonstrate values based behaviour • Adequately deputise for Head of Production on a short/medium term basis
• The above description only serves as a characterization of activities, and is not an exhaustive list. The job holder is therefore expected to also perform all other relevant work they are asked to do, within reason Competencies Required:

Essential:
• Electrical or Mechanical time served (or equivalent) with suitable level of shop floor experience
• At least 5 years experience in supervising or man-management and the ability to make sound engineering decisions
• Good inter-personal and communication skills
• Good level of IT skill including Microsoft packages  

Desirable:
• Project management
• Proven extensive experience in a large engineering environment with a focus on production, through-life support
• Knowledge of maintenance activities with a large multi-disciplined transport fleet.
• Experience in an operational transport and production environment
• Knowledge and experience in advanced Lean, Kaizen and 5S and other modern production techniques.
• Knowledge and experience in conducting and leading complex root cause investigations

Applications are encouraged from transferable industries such as the Army, REME, RAF, The Royal Navy or other vehicular Engineering industries as well as those already in Rolling Stock If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, contact me now to discuss further.