# Production Manager Job Description Template | ATZ CRM > Use this Production Manager job description with safety, people, schedule, quality, throughput, maintenance, cost, and interview guidance. Source: https://atzcrm.com/job-descriptions/production-manager-job-description/ Operations, Supply Chain & Manufacturing # Production Manager Job Description A Production Manager leads people, equipment, materials, schedule, quality, and improvement so a facility can produce safely and reliably. Define process, products, shifts, volume, hazards, regulations, team, equipment, and budget authority. Use the template Prepare the intake meeting Role snapshot Typical reporting line Plant Manager, Operations Director, or General Manager Core scope People, safety, schedule, materials, equipment, quality, output, and cost Process context Batch, continuous, assembly, fabrication, food, pharmaceutical, or another model Success balance Safety, quality, service, reliability, cost, waste, and capability Candidate-facing template ## Edit the description for your organisation Replace bracketed details, remove anything that is not genuinely required, and obtain the appropriate internal approval before advertising. Ready-to-edit job description Copying excludes all recruiter notes below. Edit template Reset Copy description ### About the role \[Company name\] is hiring a Production Manager for \[facility or process\]. You will lead shift and production teams, translate demand into safe plans, coordinate materials and equipment, protect quality, and improve flow without trading away people or process safety. ### What you will be responsible for - Plan production against demand, labour, skill, material, equipment, changeover, and quality constraints. - Lead managers, supervisors, and operators through safe work, training, performance, and incident learning. - Coordinate maintenance, quality, engineering, warehouse, planning, and improvement actions. ### What success looks like - Production plans are achievable and expose constraints before work begins. - Safety, quality, downtime, waste, and service losses receive root-cause action. ### Essential qualifications - Production leadership in a comparable process, hazard, volume, and shift environment. - Strong people, safety, schedule, quality, equipment, cost, and improvement skills. - Ability to stop unsafe or non-conforming production and lead controlled recovery. ### Preferred qualifications - Experience with \[industry, process, automation, regulation, or production system\]. - Relevant operations, engineering, safety, quality, or management qualification. ### Tools and working knowledge - Manufacturing execution, ERP, planning, and labour systems - Quality, maintenance, downtime, traceability, and safety platforms - Spreadsheet, dashboard, improvement, and communication tools Compensation: \[Add approved range, currency, shift, on-call, overtime, bonus, benefits, and location basis.\] \[Company name\] will assess essential facility functions individually and discuss reasonable adjustments. ### How to apply Apply through \[method\] with a safety, quality, output, or team improvement example. Edited draft preview This preview reflects the text currently saved in your browser. Edit the complete candidate-facing description Your draft stays in this browser. It is not sent to ATZ CRM or saved to an account. Production Manager Location: \[Location or working arrangement\] Employment type: \[Full-time, shift-based\] Reports to: \[Plant Manager, Operations Director, or General Manager\] About the role \[Company name\] is hiring a Production Manager for \[facility or process\]. You will lead shift and production teams, translate demand into safe plans, coordinate materials and equipment, protect quality, and improve flow without trading away people or process safety. What you will be responsible for - Plan production against demand, labour, skill, material, equipment, changeover, and quality constraints. - Lead managers, supervisors, and operators through safe work, training, performance, and incident learning. - Coordinate maintenance, quality, engineering, warehouse, planning, and improvement actions. What success looks like - Production plans are achievable and expose constraints before work begins. - Safety, quality, downtime, waste, and service losses receive root-cause action. Essential qualifications - Production leadership in a comparable process, hazard, volume, and shift environment. - Strong people, safety, schedule, quality, equipment, cost, and improvement skills. - Ability to stop unsafe or non-conforming production and lead controlled recovery. Preferred qualifications - Experience with \[industry, process, automation, regulation, or production system\]. - Relevant operations, engineering, safety, quality, or management qualification. Tools and working knowledge - Manufacturing execution, ERP, planning, and labour systems - Quality, maintenance, downtime, traceability, and safety platforms - Spreadsheet, dashboard, improvement, and communication tools Compensation: \[Add approved range, currency, shift, on-call, overtime, bonus, benefits, and location basis.\] \[Company name\] will assess essential facility functions individually and discuss reasonable adjustments. How to apply Apply through \[method\] with a safety, quality, output, or team improvement example. Performance expectations ## What good performance looks like Use these outcomes to replace vague activity lists with the evidence the hiring manager expects to see after the person joins. Shift plans reconcile capacity, skills, material, maintenance, quality, and changeover. Supervisors develop the judgement to control work without constant manager intervention. Hiring-manager intake ## Questions to settle before advertising Record specific answers so sourcing, screening, and interview decisions use the same definition of the role. 1. 1 Which products, processes, lines, shifts, output, hazards, regulations, and team size apply? 2. 2 What safety, quality, schedule, labour, budget, inventory, and stop-work authority is included? 3. 3 Which service, yield, waste, downtime, cost, safety, and capability outcomes matter? Evaluation criteria ## Evidence to use in a Production Manager scorecard Agree the criteria before interviews begin, then score examples against the same evidence standard. Criterion Useful evidence Concern to explore Production system leadership Balances demand, flow, people, equipment, material, quality, risk, and recovery. Pushes output while hiding maintenance, safety, or quality debt. Frontline capability Builds clear standards, training, supervision, problem-solving, and escalation. Solves every disruption personally and leaves supervisors dependent. Structured interview ## Production Manager interview questions and strong signals Ask the same core questions in the same order, then use follow-ups to understand the candidate’s individual contribution. 1 ### Tell me about a production target you deliberately missed. Strong answer signal Shows a safety, quality, equipment, or customer-risk decision and controlled recovery. 2 ### Describe recurring downtime you reduced. Strong answer signal Uses evidence, operators, maintenance, cause analysis, action, and verification. Related titles ## Check the scope behind the title Manufacturing Manager — often includes broader plant and engineering scope. Plant Manager — usually owns the whole facility, budget, functions, and external compliance. Common hiring mistakes ## Problems to remove before publishing Publishing output targets without process, product mix, staffing, and equipment context. Hiding night, weekend, on-call, heat, noise, exposure, and emergency conditions. Continue the hiring workflow ## Related roles and recruiter resources ### Related job descriptions [Production Supervisor](https://atzcrm.com/job-descriptions/production-supervisor-job-description/) [Quality Assurance Manager](https://atzcrm.com/job-descriptions/quality-assurance-manager-job-description/) [Maintenance Engineer](https://atzcrm.com/job-descriptions/maintenance-engineer-job-description/) ### Helpful recruiter resources [Manufacturing Staffing Software Coordinate hiring for production environments.](https://atzcrm.com/solution/manufacturing-staffing-software/)[Job Order Management Prioritise and approve workforce demand.](https://atzcrm.com/workflow/job-order-management/)[Job Order Priority Calculator Compare urgent staffing requirements.](https://atzcrm.com/tools/job-order-priority-calculator/)[Temporary Staffing Guide Plan flexible cover for changing output.](https://atzcrm.com/blog/temporary-staffing-guide/) Source and review notes ## How this template was prepared Language International English Prepared by ATZ CRM Editorial Team Review ATZ CRM Recruitment Editorial Review Last reviewed 2026-08-05 [O\*NET: Industrial Production Managers Reference for occupation tasks, knowledge, skills, abilities, and work activities.](https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/11-3051.00)[ESCO: occupations and skills Reference for internationally recognised occupation and skills terminology.](https://esco.ec.europa.eu/en/classification/occupation_main) Qualifications, compensation, licences, working conditions, and equal-opportunity wording must be checked for the role and location before use. Recruiter questions ## Production Manager job description FAQs ### What should a Production Manager job description include? State process, products, shifts, team, hazards, regulation, equipment, authority, workload, and balanced outcomes. ### How should production performance be measured? Use safety, quality, service, output, yield, waste, downtime, cost, schedule, and people capability together.