Junior Production Manager

We work to be the sustainable link to the future. For more than 140 years, our company has been leading the industry of high-technology cables & systems for energy and telecommunications. Spanning 50 countries (in North America, Europe, MEAT, LATAM, APAC), 104 plants, 25 research and development centers, and with about 30,000 employees, we've a strategic footprint that allows us to service emerging markets and communities across the globe with ease. Our business model is diversified by portfolio and geographical area. Today we drive the energy transition and worldwide digitalization.

Reporting to the Production Manager the Junior Production Manager (Process Owner) is responsible for one of our five factories on site, for all three shifts with a Team Leader and over 30 direct reports (Machine Operators).

Duties include but are not limited to
- Compliance with Health, Safety and Environmental systems and procedures
- Actively identifying risks and critical items to safely achieve targets and develop strategies to ensure risk elimination/minimisation.
- Plan, manage and control the production area with a focus on safety, quality and productivity
- Production Output and Productivity Inventories, Scrap and Material Usage
- Factory Variable Cost management
- People Management - managing a team of 25+ process workers, Provide training & development
- Implement lean initiatives to build a continuous improvement culture. Using tools such as; visual management, A3's, SMED, and 5S
- Enhancing the capability of the business to achieve improved performance and growth by actively contributing to business and cultural improvement initiatives, encouraging team members to participate and identify barriers to goal achievement.
- Provide engineering support to reduce manufacturing downtime and deviations
- Implement improvement projects to increase process equipment reliability
- Responsible for a 24 hour operation

To be successful in this role

We look for potential, not only performance. To be successful you will be open about your strengths and weaknesses and prepared to challenge yourself. We value diversity of thinking, experiences and perspectives and listening. Prysmian people support each other to achieve together.

Additionally you will have:

- 5 years' experience in a similar position within mechanical, process, plastics engineering
- 2 years' experience of managing 20+ process workers
- Ability to engage effectively with stakeholders across the business from operations to board room
- Proven team member who can maintain effective and harmonious working relationships with colleagues and customers.
- A passion for learning and personal growth, with meaningful focus on industry developments.
- Ability to cope and work with disruption and adapt to changing priorities.
- A passion for learning and personal growth, with meaningful focus on industry developments.
- Have excellent general engineering problem-solving skills and some experience in equipment maintenance
- The ability to motivate others is crucial as is a sound level of technical understanding of manufacturing process, products and machinery.

The benefits of working with us
- Globally supported Sustainability and Diversity Programs (because we care about our people and the environments we operate in)
- A Prysmian Rewards Program (designed to save you money on the day to day) exclusive to our Team
- An inclusive Employee Share benefits scheme
- A competitive Rem Package comprising of Base + Incentive Component
- Annual Performance and Potential practices ensuring discretionary effort doesn't go unnoticed, and
- A culture that fosters inclusiveness, team work and joint success
- Free parking on all sites (Liverpool, Dee Why)
- Flexible work practices
- Prysmian, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, aims to attract and recruit individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills, and abilities. We strongly believe that diversity brings significant value at all levels of the organization, increasing the possibility of capturing market opportunities and maximizing value for our customers and stakeholders. With Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) as part of our Social Ambition 2030 and a strategic pillar of our Company culture, Prysmian is committed to the development of an organization that prioritizes talent, where people feel respected, included, and free to fully express their potential just as they are._
- All Managers and HRs in Prysmian are responsible for ensuring DE&I policies are respected during the recruiting process, as well as recognizing and mitigating unconscious biases that must not influence our selection processes. All persons will be considered for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, origin, citizenship status, socio-economic status, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, parental leave, medical conditions, o