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Production Managers and Directors in Manufacturing

Production managers and directors in manufacturing plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the activities and resources necessary for production in manufacturing industries including the maintenance of engineering items, equipment and machinery.

Average Salary

£42,650

New workers start around £12,336. Normal pay is £42,650 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £92,010.

Jobs

276,068

The number of jobs in the career for the current year.

Daily Tasks

  • Oversees supervision of the production line and its staff, ensures targets are met.

  • Monitors production and production costs and undertakes or arranges for the preparation of reports and records.

  • Manages production to ensure that orders are completed to an agreed date and conform to customer and other requirements.

  • Liaises with other managers to plan overall production activity and daily manufacturing activity, sets quality standards and estimates timescales and costs.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Operations Management

  • Production Management

  • Auditing

  • Engineering Management

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

  • Management

  • Communications

  • Leadership

  • Operations

  • Planning

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.