Production Manager

Purpose of Employment

Manage freezer, oven, and incubator production lines.
Plan and enact production quality improvements, increasing throughput and insourcing of additional production processes.

Background and Experience
- 15 years minimum experience in production environments, including production management experience
- Experience with high-volume, high-mix production, preferably for refrigeration products
- Excellent spoken and written English to interface with colleagues in Scotland and France; will consider high level of spoken and written French instead
- Experience working within ISO 9001 and 13485 quality systems, working knowledge continuous improvement required
- Use of ERP

Primary activities

- Direct production activities to fulfill company freezer, oven, incubator sales forecast; plan ahead to address changes in throughput and product mix
- Manage the production schedule and the distribution of work
- Cross-train employees, ensure a robust and engaged workforce
- Drive continuous improvement efforts, lead a proactive quality culture that includes all employees
- Working with the R&D and production engineering teams, introduce new products and new production capabilities (e.g., painting, sheet metal processing)

Responsibilities

-Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Production Manager is responsible the day-to-day management of several dozen production operatives, overseeing sheet metal and electronics assembly in addition to dedicated freezer, oven and incubator production lines.
-The Production Manager also oversees a small team of production engineers working with R&D and production to introduce new products, production processes, and quality improvements.