Production Team Lead (Recombinant)

BBI Solutions - Maine (Formerly Maine Biotechnology Services); Newport; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A biotechnology company is seeking a Production Team Lead in Newport, Wales, to oversee safety, quality, and budget delivery for production. The successful candidate will manage the production team, ensure adherence to production schedules, and continuously improve performance. Required competencies include experience in GMP and laboratory production. The position offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits including private healthcare and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary with yearly reviews

5% contributory pension scheme

Life assurance (4x annual salary)

Private health care scheme – including dental

Global employee wellbeing programme

Generous annual leave package

Cycle to work scheme

Free onsite parking

Electrical vehicle lease scheme

State of the art facilities

Responsibilities

• Deliver OTIF and on‑budget production schedule within safety and quality standards.
• Daily management and support for the team to efficiently achieve production targets.
• Measure and report departmental KPIs & elevate through tier meetings.
• Collaborate with relevant functions to ensure efficient resource allocation.
• Continuously improve production performance through corrective actions.
• Monitor, control, and improve costs within area of responsibility.
• Lead, motivate, and develop the production team.

Skills

Experience in GMP and/or ISO13485 industry

Previous laboratory production experience

Relevant line management experience

Job description

Production Team Lead (Recombinant)

Vacancy No: VN820 | Basis: Permanent | Work Location: Crumlin

About the Role

The Production Team Lead is responsible for the safety, quality, OTIF and budget delivery of assigned production targets by effectively leading a production team.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver OTIF and on‑budget production schedule within safety and quality standards within area of responsibility.
• Daily management and support for the team to efficiently achieve production targets.
• Measure and report departmental KPI’s & elevate through tier meetings and/or required means.
• Collaborate with production planning & scheduling, Technical Operations, Engineering, QC, QA and relevant functions to ensure efficient allocation of resources and adherence to production schedules.
• Continuously improve production performance by proposing, coordinating and executing corrective and continuous improvement actions (people, product, process and technology improvements).
• Monitor, control and improve costs within area of responsibility.
• Lead, motivate and develop the production team to achieve production goals.

Required Competencies

• Experience in GMP and/or ISO13485 industry.
• Previous laboratory production experience.
• Relevant line management experience.

Recruitment Process

If this role sounds like it’s for you, click ‘apply’ today. Once we’ve received your application, a member of our recruitment team will be in touch to arrange a call. On this call, we’ll be able to tell you a lot more about working here at BBI Solutions, how a day in the life of this position looks and discuss the next stages of the recruitment process.

If you are an internal employee applying for this vacancy you and your manager are required to complete an internal transfer form. This needs to be completed in full and attached to your application along with your CV and cover letter.

As part of career development and succession planning internal applicants will receive priority consideration initially, please ensure that you apply within the initial two‑week period to support this.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with yearly salary reviews.
• 5% contributory pension scheme.
• Life assurance (4x annual salary).
• Private health care scheme – including dental.
• Global employee wellbeing programme.
• Reward and recognition programme.
• Commitment to career development.
• Generous annual leave package.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Refer a friend scheme.
• Subsidised canteen.
• Free onsite parking.
• Electrical vehicle lease scheme.
• Electrical charging points.
• State of the art facilities – certified centres of excellence.

About BBI

For more than 70 years, we’ve been perfecting reagents, both native and recombinant, to help IVD and life‑science teams turn breakthrough ideas into reliable, life‑saving advances.

Great products are only the start. From troubleshooting tricky performance issues and customising reagents to meeting new regulatory standards, our scientists work to clear obstacles and accelerate progress. That’s why we continue to invest millions in new recombinant capabilities that help create diagnostics that improve health and save lives – in a more ethical and sustainable way than ever before.

Equal Opportunities

BBI is an equal opportunity employer and believes in fair treatment for all candidates. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, gender expression, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We ask that all applicants complete an equal opportunity monitoring form on a voluntary basis, with all submissions remaining anonymous. The information on the form will be used for monitoring purposes only and will not be used in any decision affecting you.

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