Excellent Pay and Benefits!

Qualitrol employees enjoy Competitive Salaries, great Healthcare benefits, Pension Plan with company contributions, generous Holiday/Sickness plans, Life Insurance and more. We are a family friendly workplace and provide enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay, Adoption leave, Parental leave, Flexible Working Hours, and some remote, work from home opportunities.

 

You will love working with colleagues who have a genuine desire to innovate and seek out complicated problems. We believe in absolute inclusion and diversity. Qualitrol associates enjoy the autonomy, breadth of responsibility, and creativity that are typical in a medium-sized company, while sharing resources, standard methodologies, and growth opportunities that are found in a Fortune 500 company like Fortive.

 

Your Impact

The Production Manager/VSL will lead and co-ordinate the training and activities of team members to achieve production volume, product quality, delivery, and cost goals. They will be key in the continual improvement of plant policies and production techniques, seeking to increase quality and efficiency.

 

Here’s where you’ll demonstrate your proficiencies:

Establish performance standards and objectives for the Value Stream Team that align with achieving site and future state goals. Develop and implement an annual operating plan including Kaizen opportunities, capital plan, productivity projects and production department budget. Responsible for scaling the Fortive Business Systems (Fortive's Continuous Improvement Methodology) and driving positive engagement through ongoing development of cell leaders, buyer/planners, quality engineers and operators. Lead Daily, weekly, and monthly Gemba reviews to drive alignment and focus on meeting and exceeding customer expectations. Responsible for product quality, on-time shipment, and production material within the assigned cells. Collaborate with customers to ensure timely execution of orders. Responsible for establishing tact time goals per production forecasts and schedules and creating and maintaining product Value Stream future and current state maps. Responsible for hiring, training, performance evaluations, and other actions related to employee performance.

 

Skills & Experience

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

BS in Engineering, Business, or Production Management preferred Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience working as a first line supervisor/manager. Excellent leadership and motivation skills and can demonstrate leading successful teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Experience leading teams with 30 -100 employees as well as dealing with a variety of potential personnel and production issues. Excels in time and project management, troubleshooting/problem solving, planning & follow-through and quality improvement processes. Knowledge of Oracle business system would be advantageous Ability to effectively collaborate with people at various technical and management levels. Proficient in the use of Microsoft office

 

Working Conditions: (especially manufacturing and field service positions)

Location: Belfast Reports to the Director of Operations Manufacturing environment

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.

We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.