Salary up to £40,000 depending on experience
Renishaw is looking for a Production Supervisor to join our Manufacturing Services Division. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop a team within a precision engineering environment, producing high-quality electro-mechanical products.
Working within a high-mix, high-complexity assembly operation, you will play a key role in ensuring customer demand is met while driving improvements in quality, delivery, safety and productivity. You will collaborate closely with manufacturing, engineering, supply chain and customer-facing teams to create a positive and high-performing production environment.
Responsibilities
Leading, coaching and developing a team of operators and technicians
Creating a safe, engaged and high-performing working environment
Coordinating activities to resolve production, process and quality issues
Managing production schedules to meet customer requirements
Supporting inventory planning and material availability
Analysing performance data and identifying opportunities for improvements
Driving continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, delivery and efficiency
Working closely with engineering, supply chain and product teams to support business objectives
Key requirements
Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, engage and develop people
Experience working within a manufacturing, production or engineering environment
Confidence analysing data and using performance metrics to drive improvements
Good planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
A practical, problem-solving approach and a focus on delivering results
Desirable requirements
- Experience supervising a production or assembly team
- Knowledge of materials planning, inventory control or production scheduling
- Experience using ERP/MRP systems
- An HNC (or equivalent) in an engineering or technical discipline
Benefits
When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).
We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join Renishaw Health Trust (Aviva) and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.
Please click here for further information about our benefits.
At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.
If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 490384 or [email protected].
Please click here for further information about diversity and inclusion at Renishaw.
Employment Type:
PermanentTime Type:
Full timeRequisition Number:
R9915 Section Supervisor (Open)Skills Required
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, engage, and develop people
- Experience working within a manufacturing, production, or engineering environment
- Confidence analyzing data and using performance metrics to drive improvements
- Good planning and organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
- A practical problem-solving approach and focus on delivering results
- Experience supervising a production or assembly team
- Knowledge of materials planning, inventory control, or production scheduling
- Experience using ERP/MRP systems
- HNC or equivalent qualification in an engineering or technical discipline
Renishaw Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Renishaw and has not been reviewed or approved by Renishaw.
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Retirement Support — The pension scheme includes a 9% employer contribution with salary‑sacrifice options, signaling strong long‑term savings support. Feedback suggests this materially strengthens total compensation in the UK.
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Healthcare Strength — Subsidized private medical cover, life assurance, and a 24/7 EAP—alongside options like a health cash plan and on‑site fitness centers—indicate comprehensive health and wellbeing support. These provisions contribute to a sense of strong healthcare coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — 25 days of annual leave with company days, long‑service accrual, and the option to buy additional leave point to generous time‑off provision. Hybrid and “variable working” arrangements further support work–life balance when roles allow.
Renishaw Insights
What We Do
Renishaw is one of the world's leading engineering and scientific technology companies, with expertise in precision measurement and healthcare. The company supplies products and services used in applications as diverse as jet engine and wind turbine manufacture, through to dentistry and brain surgery. It is also a world leader in the field of additive manufacturing (also referred to as 3D printing), where it designs and makes industrial machines which ‘print' parts from metal powder. The Renishaw Group currently has 80 offices in 36 countries, with over 5,000 employees, of which over 3,000 people are employed within the UK. The majority of the company's R&D and manufacturing is carried out in the UK and for the year ended June 2019, Renishaw achieved sales of £574 million of which 94% was due to exports. The company's largest markets are USA, China, Japan and Germany
