Deputy Production Manager

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Deputy Production Manager

Chemical Manufacturing | Pas-de-Calais

The Site & Environment

Our client operates a chemical manufacturing site classified as Seveso High Threshold, specialising in the production of high value-added resins and additives for industrial applications.

The site operates in a highly demanding industrial environment, with strong requirements related to:

• Process and operational safety
• Product quality
• Industrial performance
• Asset reliability

The facility employs around 80 people, working mainly in 5x8 shift patterns, and includes on-site functions such as production, maintenance, logistics, HSE, quality (with an internal laboratory), engineering, planning, HR, and finance.

Role Context

As part of a wider initiative to strengthen industrial performance and structure production management, our client is creating a Deputy Production Manager / Performance Leader position.

Reporting directly to the Production Manager, this role is a key operational leadership position, combining:

• Strong field presence
• Deep understanding of production processes
• Team development
• Deployment of continuous improvement initiatives

The role acts as a true right-hand to the Production Manager and ensures continuity of operations in their absence.

This opportunity is suited to a highly hands-on, operational leader capable of analysing processes in depth, identifying deviations, structuring best practices, and developing team competencies in a constrained industrial setting.

Key Responsibilities

Safety & HSE Compliance

• Apply and actively promote a Zero HSE Impact mindset
• Integrate safety requirements into process design and daily operations
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal standards
• Participate in safety acceptance reviews and validation of new equipment or processes
• Actively contribute to incident prevention and safety culture reinforcement

Production Performance Management

• Ensure the stability, safety, and performance of production processes
• Monitor and optimise key production parameters to guarantee quality, cost, delivery, and equipment reliability
• Identify deviations, lead corrective actions, and prepare associated technical analyses
• Analyse malfunctions using continuous improvement and root-cause methodologies
• Contribute to performance reviews (KPIs) and propose optimisation actions in collaboration with support functions
• In the absence of the Production Manager, coordinate daily operations and cross-functional communication

Team Development & Leadership

• Train, coach, and develop teams to strengthen autonomy and technical expertise
• Contribute to the structuring of training plans and onboarding of new employees
• Cascade priorities clearly and foster a collaborative, engaged working environment
• Support collective skills development within a culture of accountability and continuous improvement

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Lead initiatives aimed at improving productivity, reducing losses, and optimising flows
• Identify, manage, and monitor continuous improvement projects in collaboration with maintenance, quality, and logistics
• Drive digitalisation and standardisation of performance monitoring tools (KPIs, reporting)
• Actively contribute to the deployment of an operational excellence culture, sharing best practices and encouraging proactive behaviours

Profile Sought

• Engineering degree or equivalent technical background, or a strong hands-on industrial career path
• Proven experience in industrial production, ideally within chemical manufacturing and/or high-risk environments
• Strong foundations in industrial chemistry to understand processes, reactions, and critical parameters
• Knowledge of resins is an advantage
• Highly operational, field-oriented profile with the ability to react quickly to process deviations
• Strong interest in industrial performance and continuous improvement (root cause analysis, corrective actions, KPI monitoring)
• Demonstrated ability to support, train, and develop teams
• Credible posture as a relay and reference point for the Production Manager, with clear, fact-based communication
• Strong HSE awareness and the ability to consistently reinforce safety rules and behaviours

TEC Group International is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.