Job Vacancy: Production Manager
The Role
Geovista is seeking a Production Manager to join our team in beautiful North Wales. The successful candidate will possess strong hands-on technical skills, a proven ability to manage a team of engineers and technicians, and the capacity to quickly learn Geovista’s specialised tools and equipment.
Geovista develops and manufactures geophysical borehole logging equipment, supplying a comprehensive catalogue of winches, probes, and accessories to a worldwide market. We operate a low-volume, high-precision production process, which includes many bespoke products.
As a growing company with a global presence, we need an adaptable individual whose duties may vary week-to-week to meet business demands. At Geovista, we consider attitude and integrity to be equally as valuable as skills and experience.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Team Leadership: Manage the production team across assembly, sustaining, and repairs; oversee team well-being, scheduling, training, and support.
- Management: Manage the ERP system, assign tasks to the production team, oversee procurement/inventory, and ensure parts are ordered in a timely manner to hit deadlines.
- Hands-on Assembly & Testing: Perform mechanical and electrical assembly of Geovista tools when required; conduct functional, performance, and reliability testing.
- Maintenance & Calibration: Undertake repairs of equipment returned from the field; perform fault-finding, troubleshooting, and calibration of data acquisition tools. Maintenance and assembly of mechanical and electrical assemblies.
- Quality Assurance: Follow, create, and improve internal testing procedures, documentation, and QA standards; liaise closely with our manufacturing facility.Maintaining and improving on the existing testing and quality (ISO9001) control procedures, BOMS, and supply chain.
- Cross-Department Collaboration: Work with the sales team to align production priorities with business goals; collate and package customer orders for shipment.
- Health and Safety: Ensuring compliance to Health and Safety throughout the organisation and operations.
· Sourcing / ordering all required electrical, electronics, and mechanical components and liaising with our engineering workshop. Includes responsibility for goods-in inspection.
Key Skills & Requirements
- Technical Aptitude: Strong practical skills for delicate mechanical work, with a solid understanding of mechanical and electronic systems.
- Electrical Skills: Proficient in soldering wires and connectors (SMD component-level soldering is desirable but not essential).
- Testing Equipment: Experienced with instrumentation such as multi-meters, insulation testers, oscilloscopes, and signal generators.
- Problem Solving: A methodical, structured approach to fault-finding and troubleshooting.
- Drawings: Competent at interpreting mechanical drawings and wiring diagrams.Ability to read 2D and 3D CAD drawings, and electrical drawings
- Leadership & Organisational Skills: Self-motivated with the confidence to make decisions, manage schedules, aassign and follow up day to day tasks and lead a teamwork-driven production environment.
- Systems & Quality: IT literate (MS Office, ERP systems); familiarity with quality standards (e.g., ISO9001) is highly advantageous.
Qualifications & Experience
- A University Degree in Engineering, an HND in Engineering, or a time-served apprenticeship in a relevant discipline.
- Experience in managing a team and dealing under pressure
- Geophysical borehole logging knowledge and experience is advantageous, but not essential.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary commensurate with skills and experience.
- Company contributions to a private pension scheme.
- A relaxed, friendly, and collaborative work environment.
- Potential opportunities for international travel.
Position Details
- Job Type: Full-time
- Work Location: In person (North Wales)
Pay: £30,000.00-£45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
