Senior Production Manager

Banbridge, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

6/20/2025

Description

The opportunity has arisen to join an industry leader in UKs & Irelands Building Services sector. Alternative Heat design, develop and deliver a wide range of offsite-prefabricated, innovative, and sustainable building service solutions throughout the UK & Europe.

We specialise in the design, supply, and installation of a wide range of prefabricated energy solutions, typically built in NI and shipped throughout the UK & Europe. We also offer turnkey design, build, and operate solutions for commercial energy centres and large-scale district heating solutions and have experience with successfully procuring and delivering many similar packages to a wide range of public bodies throughout UK & Europe.

Role Overview Position Overview: We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Production Manager to oversee our production processes and operations at our Banbridge head office. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring efficient production workflows, maintaining high standards of quality, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Job Title | Senior Production Manager Location | Banbridge, Co. Down

Hours | Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-3pm Salary | Competitive Depending on Experience Responsible to | Head of Operation Key Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee daily production operations to ensure timely and efficient manufacturing processes.
• Capacity overview, establish current capacity levels, set future targets, provide daily/weekly reports
• Develop and implement production schedules, ensuring optimal use of resources and meeting production targets.
• Monitor production performance and implement corrective actions to address any issues or delays.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and promote a safe working environment.
• Collaborate with the quality control team to maintain high standards of product quality.
• Lead and mentor production staff, fostering a culture of teamwork and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate with other departments, such as procurement and logistics, to ensure smooth operations
• Staff Recruitment & retention, sourcing labourers / skilled operatives / Material planners and supervisors
• Analyse production data and generate reports for senior management.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices.
• Lean Manufacturing, input lean manufacturing process, to automate and streamline our process, reduce handling and down time.
• Prepare a monthly presentation to Senior Management on production levels, forecast workload and facilities requirements.
  
  

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential Criteria

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Proven experience in a production or operations management role, preferably in the heating or manufacturing industry.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Knowledge of production planning and quality control principles.
• Proficiency in using production management software and tools.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
  
  

Benefits

• Full in-house training and career development opportunities.
• Competitive pension scheme.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Health cash plan.
• Full access to smart wellbeing platform.
• Annual flu vaccine
• Free annual health check during working hours.
• Annual leave increasing in line with length of service.
• Lavish Long service awards
• Generously funded social events organised for all employees throughout the year via our Social and Wellbeing committee.
• Electric vehicle charging ports
• Full access to car emergency kit.
• Annual Christmas raffle
• Yearly allowance for AH Branded clothing merchandise
• Secure, free onsite parking.
• Dedicated departmental budget allocated annually for team building events during working hours
• Free Barista Style Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Tea, and Fruit provided daily.
• Friendly and supportive working environment in state-of-the-art facilities.
  
  

About Alternative Heat With over 20 years of experience within the Commercial Offsite Fabrication industry, Alternative Heat have established themselves as a market leader in this sector.

Located centrally between Dublin and Belfast our 8.5 acre Head Office and fabrication facilities, which are fully equipped with overhead cranes and 8,000m of workshop floor area, provide an ideal factory construction environment which is reflected in the high quality solutions we offer.

We employ a strong team of design engineers, CAD technicians, contracts managers and skilled trades personnel who utilise their vast industry experience to assist in the design, fabrication and delivery of our bespoke MEP solutions, which we supply throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe.

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