Production Technician

Team Jobs - Engineering; Southampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Team Jobs - Engineering in Southampton is seeking a Production Technician to optimise production lines and drive efficiency improvements. The role requires hands-on mechanical fault finding and the ability to adjust and change over packaging/labeling machinery.

With a 37.5-hour week (Mon-Fri, 8:00–16:30) and a salary band of £40,000–£45,000, the position offers genuine opportunity to develop and lead production enhancements as the business expands internationally.

Qualifications

• Strong machine setting or production engineering experience.
• Hands-on mechanical fault-finding ability.
• Continual improvement mindset and ownership of problems.

Responsibilities

• Set, adjust and change over production machinery.
• Fault-find and resolve issues to minimise downtime.
• Identify causes of rejects and recurring production problems.
• Improve efficiency across filling, labelling and packaging machinery.
• Drive continuous improvement and introduce better ways of working.
• Develop SOPs and improve production processes.
• Support and develop less experienced Machine Setters and Operators.

Skills

Machine setting

Fault-finding

Continuous improvement

Ownership & problem solving

Organised & disciplined

Experience with filling/packaging/lab

Job description

Production Technician - Southampton

TeamJobs are recruiting for a Production Technician to join a growing manufacturing business in Southampton.

This isn't a role for someone who simply operates machinery. We're looking for someone who understands how production should run - and has the confidence and experience to make it better.

Production Technician:

£40,000-£45,000

Monday-Friday

8:00am-4:30pm

37.5 hours

Permanent

Production Technician - The role:

• Set, adjust and change over production machinery
• Fault-find and resolve issues to minimise downtime
• Identify causes of rejects and recurring production problems
• Improve efficiency across filling, labelling and packaging machinery
• Drive continuous improvement and introduce better ways of working
• Develop SOPs and improve production processes
• Support and develop less experienced Machine Setters and Operators

Production Technician - We're looking for:

• Strong machine setting or production engineering experience
• Hands-on mechanical and fault-finding ability
• Experience with filling, packaging or labelling machinery would be ideal
• A strong continuous improvement mindset
• Organised, disciplined and confident challenging existing processes
• Someone who takes ownership and solves problems rather than working around them

This is a genuine opportunity to make an impact within a growing manufacturing operation. The business has ambitious international expansion plans, with future opportunities for the right person to progress and lead production teams globally.

If you're someone who looks at a production line and immediately thinks "how can we make this run better?", we want to hear from you.