Production Supervisor (Process Finishing)

Salary up to £42,000 depending on experience

Location: Miskin (site-based)

Working hours: day-shift

Application deadline: 15/06/2026

We are seeking a proactive and organised Production Supervisor to lead day-to-day operations within our Process Finishing department. As a Production Supervisor in Process Finishing reporting to the Production Manager, you’ll have responsibility for a team and ensure finishing operations deliver against productivity, quality and delivery expectations across all three shifts.

You’ll also be responsible for driving operational performance, maintaining high standards of quality and accountability, and supporting a culture of urgency, ownership and continuous improvement throughout the department. Process Finishing is a high-paced environment focused on completing machine shop components for both functional and cosmetic requirements. The department processes a wide variety of parts, carrying out critical finishing operations to ensure parts meet performance and visual standards. With constant demand variation, the area operates with daily prioritisation, combining flexibility, speed, and attention to detail to maintain flow and support downstream build requirements.

In the role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead and make decisions, proactively resolve challenges and work collaboratively across production, assembly and quality teams to support overall business performance. You’ll benefit from leadership development and progression opportunities within a supportive and growing manufacturing environment, alongside ongoing training and the chance to influence and improve operational performance in a key production area.

Responsibilities:

• Leading day-to-day finishing operations to deliver production targets, customer requirements and workflow efficiency
• Monitoring and improving operational KPIs (e.g. throughput, efficiency, rework, credits to stock, fixed schedule hours and quality), taking proactive action to address issues
• Responding effectively to changing priorities and operational pressures, including short-term recovery actions and contributing to longer-term improvement initiatives
• Identifying and resolving process bottlenecks, inefficiencies and recurring issues, implementing sustainable improvements
• Ensuring finishing processes are completed safely, efficiently and to required quality standards, maintaining high standards of health, safety and housekeeping throughout the area
• Collaborating closely with production, assembly and quality teams to resolve shortages, disruptions and build stoppages quickly and effectively
• Driving communication and alignment across shifts, ensuring effective handovers and operational continuity
• Promoting accountability by managing performance, behaviours and attendance, using structured tools to support development and succession planning
• Supporting a positive, high-performing culture focused on ownership, teamwork and continuous improvement

Key requirements:

• Previous demonstrable supervisory or leadership experience within manufacturing, finishing, engineering or production environments
• Operationally aware with the ability to drive productivity and manage changing production demands
• Able to assess problems, implement effective short-term solutions and contribute to longer-term improvements
• Confident managing performance, accountability and difficult conversations, while developing high performers and addressing capability concerns
• Effective collaborator who can work cross-functionally and influence others, challenging constructively where required
• Maintains clear communication and alignment across shifts and departments, demonstrating quality awareness and attention to detail
• Resilient and composed under pressure, showing urgency and sound decision-making
• Ambitious, with potential to progress into a management role

Desirable requirement:

• Experience within process finishing or similar manufacturing/engineering environments
• Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems to support production planning and control
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing, continuous improvement and structured people or talent management approaches

Person specification:

As a Production Supervisor, you’ll be someone who naturally takes ownership, develops people, drives standards and works collaboratively to solve problems quickly and effectively. You’ll lead from the front, create accountability within the team and contribute positively to wider operational performance across the business.

Benefits:

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, subsidised onsite restaurants and coffee shops, free parking, car sharing scheme and 24 hour fitness centres (not available at all sites). We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement. If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 524600 or recruitment@renishaw.com.