Production Technical Support Manager

Company Description

About Syngenta
At Syngenta Crop Protection, we're pioneering solutions that safeguard global food security while championing sustainable agriculture. As a world market leader headquartered in Switzerland, we empower farmers with innovative crop protection technologies that defend against nature's toughest challenges. We unite advanced science with digital solutions to develop intelligent crop protection that maximizes yields while minimizing environmental impact. Join our mission of revolutionizing plant protection from seed to harvest.

Job Description

Role Overview
As a dynamic Production Technical Support Manager, you'll spearhead operational excellence by leading a specialized team that transforms production challenges into innovative solutions, driving continuous improvement across the entire production landscape. Your leadership will be instrumental in modernizing processes, optimizing performance, and fostering cross-functional collaboration that directly impacts product quality, yield improvement, and manufacturing competitiveness.
Key responsibilities

• Lead and drive adherence to ROP.
• Manage a team of technical specialists (Production Engineer, Production Chemist) to deliver technical solutions for production operations.
• Lead troubleshooting of complex technical issues affecting production performance, quality, or efficiency and blocker process.
• Drive process optimization projects to improve yields, reduce waste, and enhance product quality.
• Establish and maintain technical standards, procedures, and best practices across the production area.
• Ensure technical compliance with regulatory requirements, quality standards, and HSE policies.
• Provide technical leadership during production emergencies, deviations, and critical situations.
• Collaborate with maintenance and engineering teams on equipment upgrades, modifications, and reliability improvements.
• Develop technical competencies within the production organization through training and knowledge sharing.
• Serve as technical liaison between production and other departments (Engineering, Maintenance, ManEx, HSE, Quality).
• Analyze production data and trends to identify improvement opportunities and implement solutions (in partnership with the local ManEx team).
• Provide manufacturing inputs for Capex projects.
• Evaluate and implement new technologies to modernize production processes and improve competitiveness.
• Support the transformation of legacy processes into the Syngenta Production System (SPS).
• Accountable for safe and successful cleanout and commissioning stages of outage process.

Qualifications

Required skills and experience

• Ideally Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or Engineering or other relevant technical discipline
• Experience in a technical or operations role
• Operational excellence/Lean Manufacturing knowledge
• Proficient digital skills

Additional Information

Work Level: 4A

At the Huddersfield Manufacturing Centre we make important Crop Protection products that are used in over 120 countries worldwide. These products help our growers to meet the ever-increasing demand for food, feed and fuel, and our talented & dedicated teams make this possible. The Huddersfield team is proactive, driven, and friendly, with a strong emphasis on diversity, equality and inclusion.  We work cross functionally to get the job done!

What We Offer

• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members.
• Extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme, bonus scheme, private medical & life insurance.
• Up to 31.5 days annual holiday plus 8 UK bank holidays.
• 36-hour working week.

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.