Vickerstock Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, United KingdomHead of Manufacturing

Vickerstock Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, United KingdomDirect message the job poster from VickerstockAssociate Director @ Vickerstock | Engineering and Manufacturing Recruitment

EXCLUSIVE TO VICKERSTOCKNewtownabbey - North Belfast / South Antrim areaMonday to Friday with flex start finish times (Early finish Fridays – With some Hybrid work from home)Full time Permanent PositionExecutive package on offer:15% bonusPrivate healthcare and Healthshield for Dental / Optical coverWork from home – Up to 2 days per weekLife Cover: 4X basic salaryThe CompanyOur client is a leading name in the design and manufacture of heavy metal machinery, with a proud history of success and innovation. As one of the largest employers in the region, they operate multiple production facilities and serve a loyal international client base.Job PurposeWorking collaboratively with the leadership teams across all our global regions, you will have strategic and tactical responsibility for developing and implementing the manufacturing strategy and strategic operational goals to exceed customer expectations for product quality, cost and delivery, maximising efficiency, optimising production levels and driving operational excellence. The successful candidate will have overall responsibility for Manufacturing across the site, which will include people (120+ staff in total within Fabrication / Manufacturing, working alongside the Head of Assembly who has a similar team size) and budgetary management. You will lead, direct and monitor all aspects of manufacturing on site. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring that manufacturing processes run reliably and efficiently and that the set production goals are met while maintaining compliance with legal and safety standards. This position reports directly into the Operations Director and will require some board reporting.A minimum of 5 years’ people management experience at a similar company upper leadership level, within a similar lean manufacturing environment (Six Sigma and Kaizen etc)The successful person will have previous experience in managing similar manufacturing teams over a minimum of 50+ staffStrong personal drive and commitment and accountability to achieve goals, make improvements and have a successful collaborative team that works to fabrication excellence standardA relevant 3rd level qualification or demonstration of significant comparable senior experienceComprehensive knowledge of quality assurance principles, methods, design, testing and implementation. A thorough understanding of manufacturing principles and achieving output goalsExperience of working with ERP systems and MS Office particularly Word and ExcelApply now via the link on this page or contact Hugh Nugent directly for a confidential discussion.About Hugh Nugent -

With 13+ years of experience in Executive Engineering and Manufacturing Recruitment, Hugh specialises in placing leaders within Senior Executive throughout N Ireland.FOR A FULL LIST OF VACANCIES IN YOUR SECTOR, PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE.This role is ideal for candidates based in Antrim, Tyrone, Belfast, Lisburn, Cookstown, Ballymena, Magherafelt, Derry / Londonderry, Armagh, Portadown, Craigavon, Omagh, Dungannon, Bangor and surrounding areas.Other similar titles for this role could be Operations Manager, Fabrication Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Factory Manager, Site Manager, Operations Director, Senior Production Manager, Head of Operations, Head of Fabrication, Head of Assembly etc.Seniority level

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