Manufacturing Team Leader - Aerospace/Energy (Lean)

Orion Electrotech Ltd; Hawkesley; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion Electrotech Ltd is seeking a Manufacturing Team Leader in Redditch to lead the Manufacturing Engineering team, Tool Room personnel and apprentices. You will drive process improvement and ensure safe, compliant manufacturing of high‑quality products in a regulated environment.

You will collaborate with production, quality and leadership to allocate resources, develop capability, and introduce new tooling and processes while maintaining strong safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• HND, degree or equivalent in engineering or manufacturing.
• Leadership experience in a manufacturing engineering, production engineering or tool room.
• Strong understanding of tooling, machining, welding cells and processes.
• Experience leading technical teams including apprentices and junior engineers.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and docs.
• Knowledge of Lean methods: Six Sigma, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, 6S, Kanban.
• Experience with APQP, PFMEA, Control Plans and PPAPs.
• Experience in aerospace, automotive, defence, energy or regulated environments.
• AS9100 experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Manufacturing Engineers, Toolmakers and Apprentices.
• Manage workload planning across engineering and tool room activities.
• Drive continuous improvement and technical excellence.
• Oversee design, sourcing and commissioning of new production equipment and tooling.
• Support development of manufacturing processes, fixtures and tooling solutions.
• Provide technical support to production and lead root cause analysis.
• Manage engineering change activities and change control compliance.
• Support project costing with routes, tooling and process data.
• Analyze production performance and downtime to implement corrective actions.
• Conduct PFMEAs and manufacturing readiness reviews.
• Coach apprentices and participate in training and performance management.
• Ensure health, safety, quality and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Reading drawings

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Value Stream Mapping

Kaizen

Kanban

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree or HND

Tools

PFMEA

PPAP

APQP

Tooling specification

Quality systems

Job description

Orion Electrotech Ltd is seeking a Manufacturing Team Leader in Redditch to lead the Manufacturing Engineering team, Tool Room personnel and apprentices. You will drive process improvement and ensure safe, compliant manufacturing of high‑quality products in a regulated environment.

You will collaborate with production, quality and leadership to allocate resources, develop capability, and introduce new tooling and processes while maintaining strong safety and quality standards.