Lead Production Engineer – High-Reliability Cabling

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated; Newbury; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Life assurance

25 days holiday

Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing programme

Cycle to Work

Employee discounts

Sick pay

Job summary

Teledyne Reynolds Team at our Newbury facility designs, builds, and tests High Reliability Interconnect Solutions used in aerospace, defense, and space markets. The Production Engineer will own production processes, provide line-side support, and collaborate with Engineering for NPI and legacy product ranges to drive efficiency and quality.

The role emphasizes hands-on process control, multi-team communication, and leading capital projects as the company expands.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of production processes, tooling and test equipment in a cable harness manufacturing environment.
• HNC/HND in Electronics or Mechanical Engineering is desired.
• Proactive and able to manage multiple tasks.
• Good working knowledge of Excel, Access, MRP systems; CAD drawing package experience.
• Able to analyze issues with attention to detail and solve problems.
• Good communication skills with internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end manufacture and testing of high reliability interconnect products; document processes and procedures.
• Ensure tooling, build aids and test equipment are available for orders on backlog.
• Maintain production capital equipment in line with industry standards.
• Raise and action change notes to keep records up to date.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and promote them to production staff.
• Resolve production stops promptly and prevent recurrence.
• Provide training on new processes and products to Operations team.
• Assist Sales, Engineering and Purchasing with build times and component selection details.
• Troubleshoot build and test issues with operators and test technicians.
• Support TPM schedules site-wide and integrate with QA to maintain high yields.
• Help Operations achieve OTD, PONC and revenue targets.

Skills

Production processes

Tooling & test

Excel

MRP systems

CAD

Communication

Education

HNC/HND in Electronics or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD package

MRP systems

Excel

Access

Job description

Teledyne Reynolds Team at our Newbury facility designs, builds, and tests High Reliability Interconnect Solutions used in aerospace, defense, and space markets. The Production Engineer will own production processes, provide line-side support, and collaborate with Engineering for NPI and legacy product ranges to drive efficiency and quality.

The role emphasizes hands-on process control, multi-team communication, and leading capital projects as the company expands.