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Production manager : Salary and conditions

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  • Range of typical starting salaries: £20,000 - £23,000.
  • Average salaries for production managers with a few years of experience vary from £24,000 - £37,000. For more senior roles, salaries are in the range of £40,000 - £65,000.
  • Salary will vary according to the size of the organisation, the type of business and its geographical location. Hi-tech companies pay higher salaries than those in more traditional industries.
  • This is not a nine to five job and you may well have to work shifts and unsocial hours, especially in the early stages of your career. You may also need to work extended hours, particularly if there are tight deadlines to be met or new systems to be introduced. You could be on call at weekends or public holidays to deal with problems.
  • In small enterprises you will spend considerable amounts of time on the shop floor supervising staff, where the environment can be both quiet and pleasant, or noisy and dirty, depending on the nature of the organisation.
  • Opportunities for self-employment are limited, but people with considerable expertise in production management are sometimes engaged as consultants to help industries implement new manufacturing and production systems.
  • Production management is often seen as a male-dominated profession, but the number of females entering the profession is rising, notably in the food, pharmaceutical, electronics and textile industries.
  • Opportunities are available all over the UK.
  • Dress code is usually business casual, but you will need to dress more formally when meeting suppliers, managers or business people. The job can be stressful but rewarding and you will definitely need good time management and attention to detail skills.
  • Most production managers tend to be based on one site, but some are responsible for operations in a number of locations, including locations abroad, and will be required to travel and spend time away from home.
 
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Written by AGCAS editors
Date: 
June 2010
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