We’re looking for a proper Production Manager. Someone who can lead from the front, set high standards and make sure the production plan gets delivered.

You’ll inherit an established production team with a leadership structure already in place. Your job is to tie it all together: giving people clear direction, creating accountability and ensuring production performs consistently against plan.

This isn’t a role for someone who manages production from a spreadsheet.

You’ll be visible on the shop floor, close to the operation and prepared to get your hands dirty when needed. You’ll understand what good looks like, know which numbers really matter and use them to drive better performance.

Ultimately, the production plan sits with you.

What you'll be doing

• Taking ownership of the day-to-day production operation and delivery of the production plan
• Leading an established team through the existing supervisory/leadership structure
• Setting clear expectations around output, quality, safety, efficiency and standards
• Being highly visible on the shop floor and understanding what is actually happening, not just what the numbers say
• Establishing the right KPIs and using them to identify problems and drive action
• Holding people accountable while developing and supporting your team
• Tackling bottlenecks, downtime and recurring production issues
• Working closely with planning, engineering, quality and other functions to keep production moving
• Driving continuous improvement without losing sight of today's production requirements
• Leading by example and creating a culture where high standards become the norm

What we're looking for

You’ll already have experience leading production in a manufacturing environment, ideally within industrial products, consumables, process manufacturing or a similarly demanding operation.

More importantly, you’ll have the right approach.

You’re hands-on without micromanaging. You know how to use an established leadership team rather than trying to do everybody’s job yourself.

You set high standards and are comfortable enforcing them. When performance slips, you address it. When something isn’t working, you get close enough to understand why.

And you’re commercially switched on about production. You know what to measure, why you're measuring it and what action to take when the numbers move in the wrong direction.

The opportunity

This is an established manufacturing operation, not a blank sheet of paper.

The people and structure are there. What we need is a Production Manager who can bring it together, raise the bar and deliver.

If you're happiest close to the shop floor, enjoy leading people and want genuine ownership of production performance, we'd like to hear from you.

This isn't a role for someone who simply keeps a factory ticking over.

THE ROLE

• Full P&L and operational responsibility
• Leadership and development of the site team
• Driving safety, quality, delivery, cost and productivity
• Improving operational performance through Lean / continuous improvement
• Building stronger processes, accountability and KPI discipline
• Identifying opportunities around capacity, efficiency, waste and cost
• Working cross-functionally across engineering, production, quality and supply chain
• Creating a culture where people take ownership and performance improves

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Significant senior operational leadership within heavy engineering / industrial manufacturing
• Experience leading a complete manufacturing or engineering operation
• P&L / budget accountability
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes and operational KPIs
• A demonstrable record of improving productivity, cost, quality, delivery and safety
• Strong Lean / CI / operational excellence credentials
• The ability to lead managers as well as shop-floor teams
• An Engineering or relevant technical degree

WHY CONSIDER IT?

Home-Based / Remote UK | Commercial Interior Fit-Out

Tendering. Pricing. Procurement. Commercial strategy. Then hand over a project that's ready to deliver.

We're recruiting a Pre-Construction Commercial Manager for a successful and growing business specialising in high-quality commercial interior fit-out.

This isn't a role managing the commercial side of live construction projects.

Instead, you'll take ownership of the commercial pre-construction process, working on opportunities from tender receipt through pricing, procurement and commercial assessment before handing a robust, properly bought project across to the delivery team.

It's a great opportunity for an experienced pre-construction professional or a commercially strong Estimator, Quantity Surveyor or Commercial Manager who wants to move into a broader pre-construction role.

The Role

You'll be involved from the point an opportunity lands, taking responsibility for:

• Managing the pre-construction process from tender through to project handover
• Reviewing tender documentation, drawings and specifications
• Pricing and commercially assessing opportunities
• Procuring subcontractor, supplier and specialist packages
• Obtaining, analysing and negotiating quotations
• Building and maintaining strong supply-chain relationships
• Preparing tender submissions and commercial assessments
• Producing client valuations where required
• Identifying commercial risks and opportunities
• Developing value-engineering options
• Preparing procurement schedules aligned with project programmes
• Ensuring projects are commercially robust before moving into delivery
• Working closely with the delivery team to ensure a smooth handover

About You

We're looking for someone with a strong commercial grounding in construction and experience across tendering, estimating, procurement or pre-construction.

You may currently be a:

• Pre-Construction Manager
• Estimator / Senior Estimator
• Quantity Surveyor
• Commercial Manager
• Procurement Manager

Your current job title matters less than your ability to understand a tender, build the numbers, procure the right packages, negotiate commercially and get a project ready to deliver.

Experience within commercial interior fit-out, refurbishment or a closely related sector would be a significant advantage.

You'll also need to be commercially sharp, a confident negotiator, highly organised and capable of managing several tenders and priorities simultaneously.

Most importantly, you'll be someone who takes ownership rather than waiting to be managed.

The Opportunity

You'll join an established, growing business where pre-construction has a direct impact on both winning work and delivering it profitably.

There's scope to make the role your own, develop strong relationships across the supply chain and play an important part in the company's continued growth.

The role is currently home-based and candidates can be located anywhere in the UK. There may be a requirement for some attendance at a London office in the future, with flexibility around frequency and working arrangements.

If you know how to turn a tender into a commercially sound, properly procured project that's ready to hit the ground running, we'd like to hear from you.

Home-Based / Remote UK | Potential Future London Attendance

Ready to take ownership of a finance function rather than just one part of it?

We're recruiting a hands-on Finance Manager for a successful and growing business operating within the construction and commercial interiors sector.

This is a broad, practical role with responsibility for the day-to-day finance function. You'll work alongside an existing finance administrator and liaise with external accountants, while taking ownership of everything from management accounts and cash flow to credit control, VAT, CIS and Xero.

It could suit an experienced Finance Manager, but we're equally interested in an ambitious Management Accountant or similar who's ready to step up and take on more responsibility.

The Role

You'll take responsibility for:

• Preparing monthly management accounts
• Accounts payable and receivable
• Credit control and debtor management
• Sales invoicing and purchase orders
• Processing supplier and subcontractor invoices
• Bank reconciliations
• VAT and CIS
• Cash-flow reporting and forecasting
• Month-end processes

This is an SME environment, so we're looking for someone who enjoys being hands-on. You'll need to be equally comfortable producing management information and getting into the detail when something needs sorting.

About You

You'll need strong practical finance experience and, importantly, excellent working knowledge of Xero.

You'll probably currently be working as a Finance Manager, Management Accountant, Assistant Finance Manager or in a similar hands-on finance role.

We're particularly interested in someone who is:

• Confident managing day-to-day finance independently
• Strong on management accounts, cash flow and credit control
• Experienced with VAT
• Familiar with CIS, or able to get up to speed quickly
• Commercially minded and interested in what sits behind the numbers
• Organised, proactive and comfortable working remotely
• Keen to improve processes rather than simply maintain them

Experience within construction, fit-out, interiors or a similar project-based business would be a real advantage, but isn't essential.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to become a key part of a growing business and take genuine ownership of its finance function.

It's particularly well suited to someone who wants more autonomy, more responsibility and greater commercial exposure than they're getting in their current role.

The position is currently home-based and candidates can be located anywhere in the UK. There may be a requirement for some attendance at a London office in the future, but there will be flexibility around frequency and working arrangements.

If you're good with the numbers, confident with Xero and ready to make a finance function your own, we'd like to hear from you.