Production Manager Extrusion

POSITION KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety, Compliance & Standards

· Drive behavioural-based safety across extrusion operations, ensuring full compliance with HSE, engineering, and legislative standards.

· Ensure safe systems of work are implemented and adhered to, including permits to work, risk assessments, LOTOTO, guarding, and interlocks.

· Take a leading role in incident response and follow-up, ensuring actions are completed and lessons learned embedded.

· Conduct regular safety inspections across extrusion and materials handling areas.

· Ensure operational compliance with applicable ISO standards and internal procedures.

Extrusion Operations & Performance

· Deliver daily extrusion output in line with the agreed production plan, quality standards, and customer demand.

· Lead daily and weekly performance reviews, ensuring key operational metrics are visible, understood, and acted upon.

· Own operational Tier 1 / Tier 2 reviews, ensuring problem-solving is driven at the appropriate level.

· Monitor production performance indicators including schedule adherence, output, machine utilisation, waste, and right-first-time.

· Support preventative maintenance and breakdown response activities, escalating risks where required.

Production Planning, Materials & Warehouse Control

· Oversee production planning activities to ensure plans are aligned to forecast demand and operational capability.

· Ensure availability and control of raw materials to support uninterrupted extrusion output.

· Oversee finished goods storage and dispatch readiness, maintaining stock levels in line with targets.

· Ensure accurate administration of production and inventory transactions within the ERP system.

· Liaise with third-party logistics and warehouse partners to manage inbound and outbound material flows effectively.