Career Area:
Manufacturing
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
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Job Title: Production Manager
Salary: £41,500 - £50,000 depending on experience + shift allowance: 20% Mid, 27% Nights
Contract: Full time & Permanent
Hours: 37 – Rotating shift pattern – flexibility due to business needs
The Opportunity
As a Production Manager, you will lead a production line, Team Leaders and their teams to deliver safe, high-quality, and efficient operations. You will play a key role in ensuring production targets are met while maintaining a strong focus on safety, people development, and continuous improvement.
The Caterpillar Building Construction Products' fabrication facility at Stockton uses the latest technology to laser cut, weld and machine all the major structures for use at the assembly plant at Leicester.
What you will do:
As a Production Manager, your accountable for, but not limited to:
Making safety your number one priority, ensuring all teams operate in line with safety standards and reporting and resolving hazards and near misses
Managing daily production operations, ensuring workflow runs smoothly and targets for safety, quality, and productivity are achieved
Leading and developing Team Leaders and production employees, including performance management, coaching, and training
Creating and monitoring reports on performance, identifying issues, and implementing improvements
Preparing and maintaining documentation relating to operating procedures, safety, and quality standards
Promoting strong communication and collaboration across teams to support a culture of continuous improvement
NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.
What You Can Demonstrate:
Level: Extensive Experience
Manufacturing Safety: Actively promote and lead a safe working environment by identifying risks, enforcing standards, and taking immediate action when hazards arise, always ensuring the protection of people and the site.
Manufacturing Operations: Takes ownership of daily production, coordinating people, processes, and performance to ensure targets are achieved and workflow runs smoothly, delivering consistent output and operational efficiency.
Level Working Knowledge:
Talent Management: Leads, develops and motivates teams, setting clear expectations, managing performance, and building capability to drive engagement, strengthen team performance, and support long-term success.
Process Improvement: Identifies inefficiencies, analyse issues, and implement practical improvements that enhance safety, quality, and productivity, helping the operation remain efficient and competitive.
What You May Have:
Proven ability to lead teams in a fast-paced operational environment, confidently managing priorities, making decisions, and delivering results through others with minimal supervision.
Strong understanding of safety standards and practices, with the confidence to apply them, challenge unsafe behaviours, and ensure compliance across the team.
Confident in using data, reports, or structured problem-solving methods to identify issues, make decisions, and implement effective, practical solutions.
Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting.
Just a quick heads-up: We start reviewing applications as soon as they come in, so if you’re interested, don’t wait too long! We may close the advert early if we feel we’ve got a strong pool of potentially suitable applicants.
Don’t miss out, get your application in soon!
What You Will Get
One Company, Limitless Opportunities
Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. We do business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.
Careers at Caterpillar are limitless, we have opportunities in Engineering, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and so much more. You can create the career you want. It’s your time and talent, make it count.
Our Sustainability Commitment
Caterpillar has a long-standing commitment to sustainability, one of our five Values in Action. It is part of who we are and what we do. We actively lead sustainable green initiatives to preserve the environment, help reduce poverty with the Caterpillar Foundation and stay involved in the communities we help build.
Benefits: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, opportunity to buy additional holiday, 10% Bonus, contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution up to 10%, contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution, Employee Support Networks – join groups that offer support, connection, and a sense of community, optional flexible benefits including access to private health and dental care plans, EV car lease etc
Travel: Up to 5% UK travel may be required, including visits to other facilities as needed.
Posting Dates:
June 24, 2026 - July 9, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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