At Allied Vehicles we design, develop, and manufacture a wide range of specialist vehicles, including wheelchair accessible vehicles, taxis, and minibuses.
In addition to manufacturing vehicles, we also offer a range of aftersales services (onsite and mobile), including servicing, repairs and maintenance and we are Scotland’s largest independent parts distributor.
We are a driven, high performance, family business, that achieves our goals through engaging our people and maximising opportunities.
Our commitment to quality and innovation has made us a trusted name in the industry and we seek enthusiastic and dedicated individuals to join our team.
We are now recruiting for a Production Supervisor to join our Operations department.
You will be responsible for helping to achieve the companies on time delivery, by ensuring that vehicles are manufactured correctly, cost effectively, and delivered on time, in accordance with customer build specification and quality requirements.
Hours of work are Monday-Wednesday, 7am-6pm and Thursday, 7am-5.30pm and the salary is £40k per annum.
This position provides an excellent opportunity to become part of a forward-thinking and dedicated company.
Why Join Us?
We believe in taking care of our people, and that’s why we offer a fantastic benefits package designed to support your well-being, career growth, and lifestyle:
- Generous Annual Leave: Enjoy 19 days of holiday, plus 8 public holidays.
- Financial Security: Access our group life scheme and annual profit share.
- Competitive Growth: Annual salary reviews to ensure you're rewarded for your contributions.
- 24/7 Health Support: GP24 by HealthHero provides virtual GP services and second opinions for you and your family, 24/7/365.
- Benefits package: Enjoy industry-leading perks and discounts at your fingertips plus a holiday purchase scheme and EV leasing through OctopusEV.
- Convenient On-Site Facilities: Free staff parking and an on-site cafeteria for your convenience.
- Sustainable Travel: Save on your commute with our cycle-to-work scheme.
- Continuous Development: Frequent learning opportunities to help you grow professionally.
- Exclusive Discounts: Take advantage of after-sales discounts for yourself, friends, and family.
- Recognition and Rewards: Celebrate your success with our company values and long-service awards program.
The main duties of the role are:
- Schedule Adherence – Manage daily Input & output targets ensuring correct alignment to S&OP and progression reports
- Control – Manage and regularly review production progress against deadline targets to ensure on time delivery
- Ensure that all production related work order activity is time and cost efficient/effective
- Quality Control - Manage production/quality processes, equipment being used, and the working environments to ensure they are conducive to producing a high-quality product/ service. Manage/analyse production activity to ensure that the appropriate manufacturing methods are employed, and that sufficient due care is taken in order to meet the customer’s build and quality specifications
- Staff Training & Development - Establish goals and objectives for team and implement accordingly to help support/improve job performance (experience, ability, competence). Develop and monitor performance standards. Identify individual and team training needs/gaps/strengths and ensure appropriate training is received. Implement, monitor, and review training and development plans
- Performance Management - Monitor, review, and address personnel under performance, maintaining appropriate records in accordance with company procedures. Ensure all employees live by and embody the company values of respect, collaboration, courage, ambition and passion and challenge colleagues who fail to exhibit these core behaviors
- Discipline & Grievance - Address any staff discipline or grievance issue, maintaining appropriate records in accordance with company procedures. Ensure when company triggers are met that attendance and timekeeping issues are dealt with accordingly.
- Promote, maintain, and introduce awareness and compliance of H&S in accordance with best practice and legal requirement
To be effective in this role, you will have:
- Prior experience of achieving production output targets with quality and cost parameters
- Proven work history with people management responsibilities in an Engineering, Automotive or Manufacturing background
- Excellent communication skills
- Good planning and organisational skills
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and encourage applications from all members of the community. We are committed to the disability confident initiative, and creating an inclusive workplace where all individuals, regardless of disability, have the opportunity to thrive. We encourage applications from candidates with disabilities and will make reasonable adjustments where required to support you through the recruitment process and beyond. We will offer a guaranteed interview to any applicant who considers themselves to be disabled, and who meets the requirements for the post.
We appreciate all applications, but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. Thank you for considering Allied Vehicles as your potential employer. We look forward to reviewing your application.
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