Production Team Leader | Buckinghamshire | circa £50,000 +

Production Team Leader

Location: Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire
Salary: Circa £50,000 + great benefits package
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Department: Manufacturing
Team Size: 20+ direct reports

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Cell Leader to manage a team responsible for producing complex mechanical and electro-mechanical sub-assemblies.

This is a hands-on leadership position covering production performance, people management, quality, health and safety, and continuous improvement. You will be a confident and approachable leader who can motivate a sizeable production team, address operational and people-related issues, and maintain high standards of safety, quality and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and manage a manufacturing team of more than 20 employees.
• Plan and allocate daily workloads in line with production priorities.
• Monitor KPIs, productivity, shortages, quality and delivery performance.
• Investigate performance issues and implement improvement actions.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs, work instructions and production standards.
• Manage absence, appraisals, training, performance and employee relations.
• Maintain training plans and team skills matrices.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements, including COSHH, PUWER and risk assessments.
• Lead and support 5S and other continuous-improvement activities.
• Ensure suitable personnel, tools, materials and equipment are available.

Essential Experience

• Previous experience leading or supervising a manufacturing team.
• Strong people-management and employee-relations experience.
• Background in manufacturing, production or engineering.
• Experience monitoring KPIs and managing competing priorities.
• Practical problem-solving skills.
• Good IT skills and experience using SAP or a similar ERP system.
• Ability to interpret production data, graphs and performance trends.
• Understanding of mechanical or electro-mechanical assembly processes.

Desirable

• Management or leadership qualification.
• Engineering apprenticeship, HNC or HND.
• Previous hands-on experience as a fitter, machinist, assembler or operator.
• Knowledge of 5S and continuous-improvement methods.
• Experience using measuring, inspection or testing equipment.