Production Team Leader

You will be working rotating shifts as follows:

Week 1 Monday-Thursday 6am-2pm and Friday 6am-1pm

Week 2 Monday-Thursday 2pm-10pm and Friday 1pm-8pm.

Overview: As a Production Team Leader, you will oversee a team of Assembly Operators, ensuring daily and weekly production targets are met efficiently and to a high standard. This role combines operational planning with first-level people management and process improvement responsibilities. You'll contribute directly to the performance, quality, and safety of the production environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assign and oversee daily/weekly tasks for Assembly Operatives
• First-level people management: recruitment, inductions, absence and performance meetings, and disciplinary processes
• Maintain training matrices and conduct skills reviews
• Deliver KPIs and drive team performance
• Lead daily staff briefings and team meetings
• Ensure product quality and production efficiency
• Manage inventory and stock movement using SAP
• Collaborate with Engineering on equipment maintenance
• Improve processes using data analysis
• Provide team cover and training where needed
• Champion Health and Safety practices, ensuring compliance
• Record and act on near misses/incidents
• Support the Production Manager with budget-related tasks

Qualifications:

• Essential: GCSEs in English and Mathematics

Knowledge & Experience

• Essential: Experience in a production assembly environment
• Desirable: Experience in the fire industry

Technical Skills

• Essential: Proficient in Windows-based systems
• Desirable: Experience with SAP Business 1

Personal Qualities

• Strong verbal and written communication
• Proactive and detail-oriented
• Analytical with strong problem-solving abilities
• Excellent time management
• Able to take ownership and work independently
• Confident in cross-functional collaboration

Benefits

• Quarterly bonus
• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Uniform
• Pension and Life Assurance
• Cycle to work scheme

If this is the role for you, please apply today.