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.
• · Review and track planning and warehouse KPIs to support operational delivery and stock accuracy.
• People Leadership & Engagement
• · Lead, manage, and develop extrusion and associated planning / warehouse teams.
• · Set clear expectations and objectives aligned to operational priorities.
• · Carry out performance reviews, one-to-one meetings, coaching, and development discussions.
• · Manage attendance, holidays, and absence in line with company policy.
• · Support disciplinary and grievance processes where required, in line with established procedures.
• Continuous Improvement & Change
• · Identify and implement operational improvement opportunities focused on safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• · Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring ideas are effectively reviewed and implemented.
• · Contribute to the implementation of new systems, processes, and ways of working that improve extrusion performance.
• Use data and root-cause analysis to identify trends and implement corrective actions.