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PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR

LOCATION: Louth, Lincolnshire

JOB TITLE: Production Co-ordinator

JOB TYPE: Full Time

HOURS OF WORK: Monday to Friday, 2pm – 10:30pm

SALARY: £35,500 - £36,500 pa (DOE)

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking an experienced, motivated, and proactive Production Co-ordinator to support the effective operation of our busy cleanroom laundry facility.

This is an excellent opportunity for a strong team leader who is passionate about driving operational performance, maintaining high standards of safety and quality, and supporting the development of people and processes. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring production targets are achieved while promoting a culture of continuous improvement and teamwork.

JOB PURPOSE

To ensure the efficient day-to-day operation of the plant, driving continuous improvement and supporting the achievement of production goals.

The role requires active participation in daily production meetings and supporting team briefings through the effective use of Visual Management (VM) boards, KPIs, and other relevant operational information. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating shift activities and providing cover for morning or afternoon shifts during periods of absence, annual leave, or project-related secondments.

The health, safety, and wellbeing of the team, alongside delivering the required quality standards to our customers, must remain the highest priority at all times.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Take responsibility for the efficient operation of the plant during designated shifts and provide a cost-effective service at all times.
• Lead, support, and develop team members to enhance individual skills, team performance, and operational efficiency.
• Monitor, manage, and act upon key performance indicators (KPIs) using Visual Management tools, ensuring accountability and ownership throughout the team.
• Support initiatives to reduce excessive working hours, resource waste, and overproduction.
• Ensure processes are effectively managed to maintain high levels of customer service.
• Monitor production activities to ensure products are dispatched accurately, safely, and on time.
• Assist with stock management to ensure production requirements are met while maintaining cost-effective inventory levels.
• Identify, propose, and support the implementation of process improvements to increase productivity and efficiency.
• Promote and maintain a strong culture of health, safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Act as a key point of communication between production teams and management to ensure operational objectives are achieved.

THE CANDIDATE

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• The ability to lead, support, and motivate a team through effective coaching, recognition, and constructive feedback.
• A positive and proactive approach to contributing to the overall performance and success of the plant.
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring company and customer quality standards are consistently achieved.
• The ability to develop and support team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, personal development, and collaboration.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally at all levels of the business.
• A good understanding of safe working practices and the importance of compliance within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong self-motivation, initiative, and commitment to achieving business objectives.
• Good computer literacy and confidence using business and production systems.
• Flexibility to work additional or alternative hours when required to meet business needs.
• A good standard of written and spoken English.

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

We are committed to investing in our people. Training and ongoing support will be provided, and the successful candidate will be expected to actively participate in development opportunities designed to enhance leadership, people management, and operational performance skills.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and make a real contribution to the continued success of the business.

Closing date for application: Friday 4th September 2026

Interview date: TBA

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, or change the closing date, if we receive the sufficient number of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

WHY IS MICRONCLEAN A MORE INTERESTING PLACE TO WORK?

• Significant capital investment at the Louth and Skegness facilities
• Micronclean Future Skegness Campus
• Training and development opportunities fostering growth and self-improvement

Why Work for Micronclean?

• Great work life balance
• No shift work
• Extensive array of employee benefits e.g. eye care scheme, gym membership and more
• Environmental and Sustainability Strategy ‘to be the most sustainable specialist textile and cleanroom consumable business on the planet’
• A growing, family owned, highly successful business, with a history spanning back to the 1920s
• A great culture, represented in our company values known as the SKIEs

About Micronclean

Micronclean is a family-owned business based in Lincolnshire employing over 400 people.

Our current focus areas include rental of specialist work wear to cleanroom industries (pharmaceutical, medical devices, aerospace), and of protective workwear to manufacturing industries (engineering, automotive). The company also manufactures and distributes a range of cleanroom products, which it sells in the UK and exports throughout Europe and further afield, including India, Australia, and Canada.

Looking to the future, we are confident of growth not only in the UK but also in export markets as we seek to leverage not only our laundered garment and mopping service, but also consumable sales. Our unique in-depth laundry knowledge delivers business opportunities in overseas markets in line with our mission statement.