Production Manager
Job Description
We are currently looking for an experienced and driven Production Manager to join our team based at our factory in Steeton, (West Yorkshire).
The Production Manager leads a multi-shift workforce of over 60 employees to ensure the safe, efficient, and continuous operation of a stairlift manufacturing facility. This role drives consistent, high-quality production across all shifts by developing teams, standardizing processes, and ensuring seamless handovers to maintain operational continuity.
Benefits of working at Acorn:
- Induction and training programme
- Investors in People award
- Healthcare and pension provisions
- Free on-site parking
- Excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, and Skipton
- Cycle to work scheme
- Company Events
- On site Canteen (Subsidised food)
- Gym Membership discounts
- Health & wellbeing programme
Must be able to display the Acorn Values
OUR VALUES
- Quality of the products we make and sell and the service we provide
- Unity Working together as one team
- Integrity Acting responsibly and honestly to deliver on our promises
- Caring About our customers, each other and the wider community
- Ambition Taking Pride in all we do and striving to improve
We Recognise Your Efforts
Acorn Achievers: Monthly awards scheme with £100 vouchers for winners and £50 vouchers for runners-up.
Recommend a Friend: Earn up to £100 if your referral joins Acorn.
All recruitment communications will come solely from our internal Recruitment Team at Acorn Stairlifts.
Please note: this position may close early if we receive a high volume of qualified applications. To ensure ample consideration, please submit your application as soon as possible.
The Ideal Candidate
- Proven experience managing production in a manufacturing environment
- Experience leading multi-shift teams
- Background in manufacturing production
- Strong understanding of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement
- Excellent organisational and planning skills in a high-volume environment
- Ability to manage complexity across multiple shifts
- Data driven decision making (KPIS, OEE, labour metrics)
- Strong communication, especially for cross-shift alignment
Key Responsibilities
- Production & Delivery Strategy: Execute the multi-shift production plan to meet customer demand for custom stairlifts, optimizing capacity, workflow, and labor utilization.
- Team Leadership & Development: Oversee a 24-hour (3-shift) operation, coaching Shift Supervisors, setting clear performance standards, and ensuring seamless shift handovers.
- Health, Safety & Quality Compliance: Champion a "safety-first" and "right first time" culture, ensuring strict adherence to HSE regulations and safety-critical product standards while actively reducing defects and rework.
- Performance & KPI Management: Track, report, and drive accountability across core operational KPIs, including Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), output, scrap, downtime, and absenteeism.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify process bottlenecks and lead targeted improvement initiatives to maximize throughput, minimize waste, and control manufacturing costs (labor and materials).
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Supply Chain to ensure material availability, Quality to resolve warranty issues, and Maintenance to maximize equipment reliability and minimize downtime.
Salary Package
Salary : £45,000
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 8.00am - 4.30pm
Benefits
- Excellent Transport Links to Leeds, Bradford and Skipton
- Free Parking
- Healthcare Provision
- Induction and Training Programme
- In-house Canteen
- Life Insurance Cover
- On-going Coaching and Development
- Pension Provision
About the Production and Warehousing Department
Our production teams take pride in manufacturing our product to the highest possible standards using innovative manufacturing methods and managing the packaging and distribution of our product to customers globally. Roles within production include administration, production, warehousing, quality and inventory control and engineering. Positions range from operative to management levels, providing opportunities for individual progression.
Working with Acorn Stairlifts
Employing around 1,500 people worldwide Acorn is the world's largest independent manufacturer and supplier of straight stairlifts, with sales in over 80 countries and offices on 4 continents. Acorn achieved the Investors in People award and continues to invest in its most valuable resource: its people.
