Assembly Team Lead: Drive Production & Quality

Alloyed; Kidlington; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Alloyed is seeking a Production Assembly Team Leader to lead a skilled team of assembly technicians at our UK-based facilities near Oxford. You will drive safe, on-time production while upholding quality standards and continuous improvement initiatives.

You will coach and mentor the team, manage workloads, and ensure compliance with SOPs, ISO 9001, and 5S practices. A hands-on leader with strong communication will thrive here.

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing or assembly environment is essential.
• Previous experience as team leader, supervisor, or senior operator.
• Ability to lead, motivate, and manage a small to medium size production team.
• Strong understanding of assembly processes, quality standards, and SOPs.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily assembly operations to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets
• Allocate tasks and balance workload across the team of technicians
• Ensure work is carried out in accordance with work instructions, SOPs, and build specifications
• Monitor production output, identify bottlenecks, and take corrective action
• Support line changeovers, product introductions, and engineering builds
• Escalate issues relating to equipment, materials, or planning in a timely manner
• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and support to assembly technicians
• Act as first point of contact for attendance, performance, and conduct issues
• Carry out toolbox talks, shift handovers, and daily production briefings
• Support training, skills development, and competency tracking
• Assist with performance reviews, objectives, and development plans
• Ensure products are built right first time to defined quality standards
• Promote quality ownership and defect prevention
• Support root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Ensure documentation, traceability, and inspection records are completed accurately
• Ensure compliance with H&S policies, risk assessments, and safe systems of work
• Lead by example on safe working practices and PPE usage
• Report and investigate near misses, incidents, and hazards
• Maintain housekeeping and 5S standards in the assembly area
• Identify process improvement and waste reduction opportunities
• Support Lean, Kaizen, and CI initiatives
• Work with Engineering, Quality, and Planning to improve build efficiency

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Team leadership

Problem solving

Lean Manufacturing

5S

Quality awareness

KPI awareness

ISO 9001 knowledge

Communication

ERP / MRP

Production reporting

Tools

ERP

MRP

Job description

Alloyed is seeking a Production Assembly Team Leader to lead a skilled team of assembly technicians at our UK-based facilities near Oxford. You will drive safe, on-time production while upholding quality standards and continuous improvement initiatives.

You will coach and mentor the team, manage workloads, and ensure compliance with SOPs, ISO 9001, and 5S practices. A hands-on leader with strong communication will thrive here.