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Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor – Moulding Department

Production Supervisor / Moulding Team Leader

Are you an experienced production or moulding professional looking for a hands-on supervisory role where you can lead teams, improve processes, and support a fast-paced manufacturing environment?

📍 Location: Bradford
💷 Salary: £30,000 per year
⏰ Hours: Permanent | Full-Time | Alternating shifts (6am–2pm / 2pm–10pm)
📅 Start Date: ASAP

🎁 Benefits:

✔️ Permanent, secure role
✔️ Alternating early and late shifts
✔️ Supportive management and leadership team
✔️ Opportunity to influence production processes and standards
✔️ Long-term progression potential

⭐ Introduction

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established manufacturing business as a Production Supervisor within the Moulding Department, specialising in styrene packaging.

The role is hands-on, operational, and people-focused, supporting the Production Manager with the day-to-day running of moulding operations. You will be responsible for supervising teams on the shop floor, ensuring production targets, quality standards, and health & safety requirements are consistently met.

This role is ideal for a confident production professional with supervisory experience who enjoys leading by example, driving efficiency, and maintaining high standards in a high-volume manufacturing environment.

🔧 Key Responsibilities

Production Operations

  • Support the planning and organisation of daily moulding operations

  • Set up and structure shifts to meet production targets and customer demand

  • Supervise moulding machines and production lines producing styrene packaging

  • Lead daily toolbox talks and shift handovers

  • Monitor output, scrap levels, downtime, and efficiency

  • Ensure materials, tooling, and labour are available for each shift

  • Investigate production issues, quality defects, and downtime

  • Liaise with maintenance, quality, and planning teams to minimise disruptions

  • Ensure accurate production records and reports are completed

Health, Safety & Compliance

  • Ensure all machinery is operated safely and in line with procedures

  • Confirm all staff are wearing appropriate PPE

  • Promote safe working practices across the moulding department

  • Report and investigate accidents, near misses, and safety concerns

  • Support compliance with health & safety, quality, and environmental standards

People Management, Quality & Continuous Improvement

  • Lead, motivate, and support production operatives on shift

  • Assist with training, onboarding, and skills development

  • Support disciplinary processes and performance management where required

  • Ensure product quality standards for styrene packaging are maintained

  • Identify opportunities to improve processes, efficiency, and waste reduction

  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the department

  • Support audits and ISO / quality accreditation requirements

🧠 Essential Skills & Experience

  • Previous experience in a production supervisory or team leader role

  • Background in plastic moulding, packaging, or high-volume manufacturing

  • Knowledge of styrene or similar polymer materials (preferred)

  • Strong understanding of production KPIs and performance monitoring

  • Experience working with production planning and manufacturing systems

  • Good IT skills (Microsoft packages preferred)

  • Strong organisational and communication skills

  • Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

  • Proven leadership skills with the ability to motivate teams

🎓 Qualifications

  • Relevant manufacturing or supervisory qualification (desirable)

🚀 How to Apply

10 Recruitment are delighted to be supporting our client with this vacancy and are shortlisting immediately. Please apply today to avoid missing out.

📞 0333 038 32 10
🌐 www.10rec.co.uk


Location: Bradford | Salary: £30000 - £31000 per year | Job type: Permanent | Posted: 06/01/2026

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