Job Description

Location: West Whiteland, PA

The Production Manager is responsible for achieving and improving Safety, Quality, Cost and Operations targets in line with KPIs across all production areas. This role has the responsibility for leading & engaging shift-based teams.

Note: this is a site based role with no remote work possibility.

Principal accountabilities

• Ensures all relevant production activities for the relevant areas are undertaken in full alignment with the agreed EHS/security policies, procedures and standards, to minimize any potential risks/hazards
• Promote and improve EHS awareness and reduce EHS risks within the team/area/project, ensuring activities are managed and undertaken safely. Supporting and participating in EHS good practice and initiatives across the business and leading by example
• Build, lead and develop a high performing and engaged team, ensuring resource allocation is deployed effectively to optimize delivery of results
• Coach, mentor, and develop the team including succession planning, the delivery of constructive performance feedback, and the timely completion of annual reviews.
• Ensure a right first-time culture is delivered and ensure customer complaints are avoided as much as possible. Where customer complaints do occur ensure a rapid and thorough response.
• Delivers production targets set within the production plan, on time, to cost & quality, safely.
• Ensures all production areas achieve or exceed quality standards defined by our customers.
• Investigates non-conformances and embeds lessons learnt to drive quality improvements
• Embeds a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring all teams continually strive to improve performance, standards & processes driving efficiencies. Identifies & implements best practice principles.
• Plans, prioritizes and manages production areas maintenance and down times to minimize disruptions to manufacturing schedules
• Implement, monitor & review training & development strategy and support learning & development.
• To take on any other duties which are within the employee’s skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.

Qualifications:

• 5-10 yrs experience in manufacturing for a multi-site organization, leading people in a union environment or 5+ years of experience in a chemical or metals manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated experience in effective leadership, with ability to coach, develop and engage individuals and teams.
• Demonstrated understanding of general EHS management principles
• Experience and/or degree in a relevant discipline e.g. engineering, metallurgy
• Demonstrated experience of the application of problem solving/RCA techniques
• Experience working within ISO 9001 / ISO 14001 / ISO 45001 standards

How you will be rewarded:

We offer a competitive compensation and JM Elements benefits package including bonus, excellent pension contributions and 20 days annual leave (varies for shift- based roles). Our JM Elements Benefits program helps our employees understand and manage the JM benefits, as well as helping you focus on your overall wellbeing – for you and your family.

We use our inspiring science and technology to enhance lives. For those who are passionate about sustainable solutions and shaping our markets, we offer stretch and a wealth of diverse opportunities.

We’ll give you freedom to bring your whole self to work and be part of a team where difference matters and all voices are heard, that genuinely cares for you and where your contribution is appreciated. We’ll empower you to lean in and make things happen, to create solutions and value for our customers. United by our values and vision, we’re self-starters sharing the same values and accountability and always with a shared commitment to doing the right thing. We’re passionate about making a difference and delivering a better tomorrow for us and for you – a cleaner and healthier world, today and for future generations.

Johnson Matthey is open for discussion on job share and flexible working patterns.

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