Production Team Leader

GE Vernova, Inc.; Stafford; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to oversee front-line manufacturing employees and ensure reliable production operations.

The role requires understanding of how the team’s work aligns with broader plant goals and entails acting within a defined framework with guidance from senior staff. The ideal candidate has basic experience in Manufacturing & Production Supervision and a degree-equivalent background.

Qualifications

• Basic experience in Manufacturing & Production Supervision.
• Knowledge level comparable to a Bachelor's degree or higher (or high school diploma with relevant experience).
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversight and management of front-line manufacturing employees, typically hourly workers.
• Broadening knowledge to execute policy/strategy within the technical discipline.
• Understand key business drivers and how team work integrates with other teams.
• Autonomy to make decisions within defined framework; seek senior input for non-standard issues.
• Develop customer relationships for customer-facing roles and act as interface between customer and GE.

Skills

Manufacturing supervision

Team leadership

Interpersonal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

High school diploma with relevant experience

Job description

Job Description Summary

Perform the daily operations of plants to ensure reliability and consistency on the production line. Includes Service Shops. Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team. Executes standard operational/technical tasks typically subject to instructions and work routines. There is latitude to rearrange the sequence to complete task/duties based on changing work situations.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Oversight and management of front-line manufacturing employees. Typically managing hourly employee populations.
• Broadening knowledge of own technical discipline to execute policy/strategy. May include support roles with specialized technical field of knowledge; still acquiring higher level knowledge and skills.
• Basic understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. Good understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• May have some autonomy to make decisions within a defined framework. Resolves issues in situations that require good technical knowledge and judgment within established procedures. Consults more senior team members for issues outside of defined instructions/parameters.
• A job at this level requires good interpersonal skills and may be required to lead a junior team. For customer facing roles, develops strong customer relationships and serves as the interface between customer and GE. Explains technical information to others.

Required Qualifications

• Basic experience in the Manufacturing & Production Supervision.
• Knowledge level is comparable to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college ( or a high school diploma with relevant experience).

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.

Additional Information

• Relocation Assistance Provided: No