Operations Manager

About this role

• Lead People.
• Improve Performance.
• Make a Lasting Impact.
• Are you an experienced manufacturing leader who enjoys being close to the operation, developing people and finding practical ways to improve performance?
• Consortium Professional Recruitment are pleased to be partnering with an established industrial business in East Yorkshire to recruit an Operations Manager .
• This is an opportunity to take ownership of day-to-day manufacturing operations, ensuring production runs safely, efficiently and reliably.
• You'll work across a varied industrial environment, leading operational teams, strengthening processes and driving improvements that make a measurable difference to performance, productivity and operational standards.
• The Opportunity: As an Operations Manager, you'll play a key role in: Leading safe, compliant and efficient manufacturing operations, ensuring production activities meet operational, quality and environmental standards.
• Planning and delivering production requirements, balancing resources, plant capacity, workforce availability and operational priorities.
• Developing and supporting Supervisors, Team Leaders and shift teams, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Monitoring operational KPIs, including throughput, yield, downtime, quality and production costs, taking practical action to improve performance.
• Working closely with Engineering and other departments to improve plant reliability, manage maintenance activities and deliver sustainable operational improvements.
• Your work will directly contribute to building a safer, more reliable and productive manufacturing operation, where people are supported to perform at their best and improvements are embedded into everyday working practices.
• About You: We're looking for someone who can bring: Proven experience in operations management or a senior supervisory position within manufacturing, processing or a similar industrial environment.
• A strong understanding of industrial processes, production equipment and operational systems, ideally including pumps, valves, tanks, transfer systems or SCADA-controlled operations.
• Experience leading operational teams, managing performance and supporting people to develop their skills and capabilities.
• A practical understanding of health and safety, environmental compliance, operational risk and standard operating procedures.
• Confidence using production data, operational KPIs and performance measures to identify issues and deliver improvements.
• Strong planning, communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound decisions in a busy operational environment.
• A collaborative leadership style, with the ability to build positive working relationships across Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality and other operational functions.
• Qualifications such as IOSH, NEBOSH or relevant industry-specific training would be advantageous, although practical experience and a proven ability to lead safe, effective operations are equally important.
• You don't need to meet every desirable requirement to be considered.
• If you're an experienced operational leader who enjoys developing teams, solving problems and improving how things work, we'd welcome your application.
• The Benefits and Package: In return, you'll enjoy: Salary: 50,000 - 55,000 Location: East Yorkshire.
• The opportunity to take ownership of a varied manufacturing operation and influence its ongoing performance.
• A hands-on leadership position with the scope to introduce improvements and shape more effective ways of working.
• The chance to develop operational teams and work collaboratively with colleagues across multiple business functions.
• How to Apply: This exciting Operations Manager opportunity is being managed by Consortium Professional Recruitment, a trusted recruitment partner.
• If you're ready to take the next step in your career and enjoy leading people, improving performance and making a meaningful impact within manufacturing, we'd love to hear from you.
• Please apply with your CV attached.
• Consortium Professional Recruitment Ltd are a professional level recruitment consultancy specialising in the delivery of high relevance recruitment services on behalf of our clients across the UK.
• We regularly receive large responses to our advertising which can make providing individual feedback to every applicant challenging.
• If you haven't received a reply from us within 14 days of your application, we regret to say your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
• We have a policy of retaining your details for future vacancies unless you request otherwise.
• To learn more about our services, please visit consortiumrecruitment.co.uk

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