Production Manager

The Production team at Calor are looking to recruit an engaging and proactive Production Manager. Your role will be to ensure that safety is always the number one priority on site at all times. You’ll effectively manage resources to optimise production across all plant activities to achieve site targets on cylinder filling and cylinder maintenance and develop the production shift teams to ensure a competent, safe and motivated workforce aligned to delivering the sites goals.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensure that safety is always the number one priority on site, establishing an open, proactive and transparent safety culture.
• Target an LTI free workplace by meeting all SHE, HSE and legislative guidelines and ensuring full compliance with all safe systems of work.
• Provide direction and guidance to Shift Leads to meet the production requirements.
• Monitor shift performance and standardise best practise across the shifts.
• Provide oversight of the Shift Leads daily production plan ensuring the wider business overview and priorities are taken into account.
• Take ownership for successfully delivering all production and cylinder maintenance plant KPI’s through the teams.
• Responsible for the recruitment, training and development of all direct and indirect resource within the Plant Operations teams.
• Manage succession planning through the development of high performing team members.
• Ensure the site has a full suite of up to date Work instructions, risk assessments and safe systems of work (SSOW) for all production activities.
• Manage on site gas and material stocks ensuring that orders are placed to meet production requirements.
• Own the accurate reporting and recording of safety, production, budgetary and stock levels.
• Driving continuous improvements across filling and cylinder maintenance activities.
• Required to take a “senior” role within the on-site incident management team (Site Main Controller, SMC).
• Deputise for the COMAH Site Manager as and when required.

As such we would like you to have/be:

• Experience of managing occupational and process safety risks is essential.
• A good understanding of process safety, COMAH and applicable legislation is essential.
• Must have proven leadership and people skills with experience in a production based environment.
• Can deliver results through teams.
• Planning and organisation skills - able to turn customer requirements into the most efficient production plans.
• Works well under pressure and is resilient.
• Able to build strong relationships with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills, ensuring common goals and messages are clearly understood.
• Delivering effective training to ensure demonstrable competency of all production teams.
• Good Microsoft Office skills.
• Experience of report writing and conducting investigations.
• Technical competence with HNC/D level qualification in an engineering or other relevant discipline.
• Hold a NEBOSH safety qualification (or be prepared to work towards).
• Working knowledge of Risk Assessment, COSHH, Work Instructions & Incident Investigation.
• Hold a green belt qualification (or be willing to work towards) in Lean Six Sigma.
• Drive a number of DMAIC projects / processes.

What we can offer you:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holiday.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Company Pension Scheme (matched contributions to up to 7.5%).
• Life Assurance.
• Staff discounts on gas.
• Shopping discounts.

To be considered for the above opportunity you must be eligible to live and work in the UK and hold a full driving licence that is valid for you to drive in the UK. You must also be medically fit to drive. We are a responsible business where safety is our number one priority. As such, during any visit to, or employment with Calor, you may be randomly selected to undergo a drugs and alcohol test. Such results, which would be shared with you, may be taken into consideration in relation to any employment application or continued employment. If you are successful in being offered this role, you may be required to carry out pre-employment checks including but not limited to a DBS (basic disclosure) check. Calor Gas Ltd. is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users of its services, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependants, age, physical/mental disability or offending background.