Production/Manufacturing Supervisor

Overview

Production Manufacturing Supervisor - Waters Longbridge

Join Waters at our brand-new, state-of-the-art machining centre in Longbridge. We're looking for an experienced Production Supervisor to lead a talented team working with the latest GF Milling, Mazak Multi Axis turning, Studer Grinding and Zeiss, Hexagon and Mitutoyo CMM technology.

This is a full-time, permanent role on a rotating early/late shift pattern, offering a competitive salary, excellent shift allowance and great company benefits.

Responsibilities

What you'll do

• Lead and motivate a team of Manufacturing Technicians coordinating day-to-day production activities, safety, quality, on-time delivery and product costs to achieve company KPI's and targets
• Drive continuous improvement by supporting lean initiatives including:o 5S, Kaizen and OEE
• Maintain ISO 9001:2015 standards and support Product Quality initiatives
• Support recruitment, training, development, performance management and annual appraisals
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality and Planning functions to enable production schedules to be met
• Ensure safe working practices and strong housekeeping standards

Qualifications

What you'll bring

• Apprentice-trained or HNC/HND in Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• Proven supervisory experience and people management skills in a precision machining environment
• Strong CNC knowledge
• Ability to read engineering drawings (GD&T) and inspect components
• Confident communicator and decision maker with solid organisational and problem-solving skills

Why Waters?

Waters is a global leader with outstanding employee benefits, including pension and healthcare. Our Longbridge site is modern, fast-growing and highly collaborative, with a supportive, family-oriented culture. We invest in your development and give you the tools to grow your career.

We're committed to building diverse, inclusive teams and welcome applications from everyone. We can also make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process.

Shift Pattern:

Rotating weekly shift pattern as follows: Early Shift (Mon-Thur 06.00hrs to 14.00hrs, Friday 06.00hrs to 13.00hrs) Late Shift (Mon-Thur 13.45 hrs to 21.45, Friday 12:45 to 19:45hrs).

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in analytical instruments, separations technologies, and software, serving the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences for over 65 years. Our Company helps ensure the efficacy of medicines, the safety of food and the purity of water, and the quality and sustainability of products used every day. In over 100 countries, our 7,600+ passionate employees collaborate with customers in laboratories, manufacturing sites, and hospitals to accelerate the benefits of pioneering science.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Client-provided location(s): Birmingham, United Kingdom

Job ID: Waters-25034

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-01-09T18:39:49