Powder Coating Production Manager

Powder Coating Production Manager

Antrim
Full-time Permanent
HN12486

What's on Offer?

• £50,000 - £55,000 salary
• 5-10% performance bonus
• Private healthcare
• Flexible working hours
• Early finish Friday
• Senior leadership team position
• Autonomy across two operational facilities

About the Role

Vickerstock are working in partnership with a well-established engineering and manufacturing business in Antrim to recruit a Powder Coating Production Manager.

This position will oversee a modern powder coating facility alongside a secondary logistics, kitting and light assembly operation located close to the company's main manufacturing site.

Reporting into senior leadership, you will lead approximately 40 staff across both facilities with the support of Production Supervisors, taking responsibility for productivity, throughput, quality standards and on-time delivery.

The company are particularly interested in individuals with previous powder coating, paint line, surface finishing or metal finishing manufacturing experience who can bring a strong operational and continuous improvement mindset to the role.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations across the powder coating and operational facilities
• Drive productivity, throughput and operational efficiency
• Improve on-time delivery and workflow management
• Ensure powder coating quality, process consistency and production output targets are achieved
• Lead and develop Production Supervisors and operational teams
• Work closely with planning, production and wider operations teams
• Drive lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives
• Monitor KPIs and implement corrective actions where required
• Maintain high standards across H&S, quality and operations

What You Will Need

• Experience within a Production Manager, Manufacturing Manager or Operations Manager role
• Previous powder coating, paint line, surface finishing or metal finishing manufacturing experience
• Strong engineering or manufacturing background
• Experience leading teams within fast-paced production environments
• Strong operational, productivity and OTD focus
• Lean manufacturing / continuous improvement experience
• Hands-on leadership style with strong communication skills

To discuss this Powder Coating Production Manager opportunity, speak to Hugh Nugent at Vickerstock.

Powder Coating Manager / Powder Coating Production Manager / Paint Line Manager / Manufacturing Manager / Operations Manager / Surface Finishing / Metal Finishing / Powder Coating / Fabrication / Lean Manufacturing / Continuous Improvement / Antrim / Ballymena / Belfast / Lisburn / Newtownabbey / Carrickfergus / County Antrim

Skills:
powder coating production manager operations

Benefits:
Bonus and Benefits

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