Reed Engineering & Manufacturing are working with a leading Engineering & Manufacturing company.

The Opportunity

A leading  engineering & manufacturing organisation is seeking a Forge Supervisor to join its operations team. This is an excellent opportunity for a proven production leader to take responsibility for a key manufacturing area, driving performance across safety, quality, delivery, productivity and people development.

Working within a fast-paced industrial environment, you will lead a team to ensure production targets are achieved while maintaining the highest standards of operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Management

• Lead daily forge operations to achieve production, quality and delivery targets.
• Monitor and improve departmental KPIs including OEE, productivity, inventory control and cost performance.
• Manage resources, equipment and manpower to optimise production efficiency.
• Support production scheduling and adjust plans where required to maintain customer commitments.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the department.

Health, Safety & Environmental

• Promote and maintain a strong safety-first culture.
• Ensure compliance with all health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Complete risk assessments, safe working procedures and accident investigations.
• Lead corrective and preventative actions arising from audits, incidents and inspections.
• Champion housekeeping and 5S standards throughout the area.

Quality & Process Improvement

• Work closely with Quality, Engineering and Technical teams to resolve process and product issues.
• Support investigations into quality deviations and implement corrective actions.
• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing processes, efficiency and reliability.
• Ensure compliance with customer and business quality standards.

People Leadership

• Lead, motivate and develop a team of production employees.
• Conduct regular one-to-one meetings, performance reviews and development discussions.
• Manage attendance, return-to-work processes and holiday planning.
• Support employee relations activities including disciplinary and grievance procedures.
• Develop team capability through coaching, mentoring and training.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience within a steel/forging/heat treatment manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of health and safety requirements.
• Experience managing operational performance against KPIs.
• Excellent communication and people management skills.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office applications.

Desirable

 Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing or a related discipline.

• Experience within forging, metals, heavy engineering, heat treatment or similar industrial sectors.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience of manpower planning, materials control and production scheduling.

What We're Looking For

The successful candidate will be a hands-on leader with experience within the metals industry such as Forging, Heat Treatment etc.