Manufacturing Team Leader

MBDA; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension

Overtime

Flexi Leave

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Facilities

Healthcare Cash Plan

Job summary

MBDA is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Team Leader to lead a multi-disciplinary shop-floor team in a fast-paced, inclusive environment. You will oversee hardware builds from cables to complex systems, prototyping and machining, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery while maintaining high quality and safe working practices.

The role requires strong leadership, people management, and a background in engineering/manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Proven Operations and People Management skills
• Health and Safety awareness
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Stakeholder management and organisational skills

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and manage a team delivering hardware builds across cables, systems, prototyping and machining
• Coordinate day-to-day resource deployment to meet programme needs
• Maintain a safe working environment in line with 5S policies
• Promote effective working relationships with trade unions
• Track key Manufacturing metrics for deliverables
• Support meetings on health & safety, defect management, forward planning and cost/CI reviews

Skills

Operations management

People management

Health and safety awareness

Flexibility/adaptability

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering Apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification

ONC/Diploma Level 3

NVQ Level 3 in Engineering/Manufacturing

Job description

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Manufacturing Team Leader to join our Manufacturing Operations team in a varied, fast-paced, friendly and inclusive Manufacturing environment. Delivering products ranging from Cable builds, System builds, Machining and Prototyping

Salary: Circa £47,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working:5 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking.
• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.

The opportunity:

This opportunity is for an experienced Manufacturing Team Leader to join the Manufacturing team supporting the management of the shop floor. You will be providing Operations leadership to an integrated team to ensure programme targets are met to agreed time, cost and quality requirements.

• Leading, developing and managing a team to deliver a variety of hardware builds, ranging from small cables through to complex systems, Prototyping and Machining, during all phases of the product lifecycle
• Managing day-to-day deployment of resources and facilities to achieve programme needs
• Maintaining a safe working environment in-line with 5S policies
• Promoting and maintaining effective working relationships with the trade unions
• Maintaining key Manufacturing metrics to enable effective tracking of deliverables
• Supporting a variety of meetings including health & safety, defect management, forward planning, cost and continuous improvement reviews

You will be leading a team of multi-disciplined operators in a fast-paced but friendly and inclusive Manufacturing environment. The team has a great mix of people, ranging from apprentices through to experienced skilled technicians, all striving to deliver technical excellence from Cable builds, System builds, Machining and Prototyping in development.

What we're looking for from you:

Ideally qualified as below:

• Engineering / Manufacturing Apprenticeship (Advanced Level or L3 Standard)

• Engineering / Manufacturing Level 3 academic qualification (ONC, diploma, etc.)

• Engineering / Manufacturing Level 3 vocational qualification (NVQ)

• Proven Operations and People Management skills

• Health and Safety awareness

• Flexibility and adaptability

• Stakeholder management and organisational skills

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