Head of Manufacturing

Cornish Lime Company Ltd are a leading UK manufacturer of traditional and innovative lime-based building materials. We are looking for a high-calibre Head of Manufacturing to lead our mission to increasing production volumes whilst driving consistent focus on quality and safety.

Your Objective

• Champion Safety & Quality: Cultivate a continued focus on maintaining high safety and quality standards.
• Drive Lean Culture: Continue to promote our 5S methodology and develop further methods of automation and continued drive for optimum efficiency.
• Lead & Develop: Manage the production, engineering, and warehouse teams, coaching supervisors to manage their teams effectively.
• Optimise Scheduling: Maximise throughput whilst taking a proactive approach to support scaling production.

Your Background & Skills

• Production Leadership: You will have a strong track record managing multi-disciplinary manufacturing teams.
• Commercial Acumen: Previous experience of maintaining strong financial awareness with a history of controlling manufacturing costs.
• Scale and Sector Alignment: Experience managing a medium to large scale plant would be a prerequisite.
• Supply Chain & Logistics: You will have direct experience overseeing material control, warehousing, and the factory floor.
• Regulatory Record: You will possess experience dealing directly with regulatory bodies (e.g., HSE, ISO etc) and managing or assisting formal audits. H&S training or certification.
• ERP/MRP Systems: An understanding of manufacturing software would be advantageous.

 Why Join Us?

• Impact: You will be responsible for the continual development of our manufacturing plant and production capacity to support our continued growth and business strategy.
• Culture: You will be joining a highly collaborative team, focused on becoming the leading manufacturer of lime-based materials in the industry.

Package:

• Basic Salary circa £50,000 per year DOE.
• Pension & Comprehensive Health Cover.
• Holidays plus shutdown over Xmas & New Year.

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