Production manager : Employers and vacancy sources

The manufacturing sector accounts for about one sixth of the economy, providing around 3.5 million jobs directly and many more indirectly. Most manufacturing companies - large and small - have a production manager, though the actual title will vary. In very small companies, which are often privately owned, the job may be combined with other functions.

Manufacturing companies can be found in many varied industries, including:

• food processing;
• pharmaceuticals;
• automobiles;
• aerospace and defence sector;
• electronics and electrical consumer goods.

Production managers are also employed in chemical engineering, heavy engineering, textiles and the printing industry.

Many companies are involved in several types of production, which may include:

• jobbing production (the manufacture of small, often single quantities of a large range of products made to order);
• mass production (a small range of products manufactured in very large quantities);
• process production (usually involving chemical, rather than mechanical processes);
• batch production (where products are manufactured neither singly nor continually).

Sources of vacancies

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• Food Manufacture   
• Totally Engineering  
• Production Engineering Solutions   
• Control Magazine   
• Guardian Jobs  
• EE Times  

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