Pyro PED Team Leader

Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Ltd; Chalgrove; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Life Assurance

Healthcare plan

25 days annual leave

Lunchtime finish on a Friday

Job summary

Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Ltd, based in Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, seeks a PED Team Leader to lead a manufacturing unit producing pyrotechnic devices for ejection seats. You will line manage the PED team, ensuring safe, compliant operations and effective workload planning.

You will drive performance, training, and engagement while upholding high standards and company values in a globally impactful aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• University education with an engineering degree.
• Proven experience managing 10+ staff in a technical assembly environment.
• Knowledge of explosives / pyro products and related safety standards.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and work under pressure.
• Commitment to Martin-Baker values.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the PED team, align workloads with KPIs.
• Ensure health and safety responsibilities comply with guidelines.
• Manage training, performance, tooling, packaging and compliance.
• Oversee production engineering processes, quality and corrective actions.
• Plan workloads and utilise resources to meet deadlines.

Skills

Team management

Leadership

Communication

Manufacturing techniques

Explosives / pyro knowledge

Stakeholder liaison

Prioritisation under pressure

Safety compliance

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Location Chalgrove, Oxfordshire Salary Competitive with excellent employee benefits Application Deadline Friday, August 28, 2026 Job Summary

A super opportunity to join the dynamic production engineering team at Chalgrove!

The PED Team Leader will lead an engineering team that manufacturers an extensive range of pyrotechnic devices used at Martin-Baker. This will involve people management of the PED team, encompassing coaching, recruitment, engagement and performance management of the team. Pyro production engineering is an important and interesting component of the ejection seat products manufactured, based at the Chalgrove site in Oxfordshire.

Direct Impact, Global Scale. Life-Saving Mission.

At Martin-Baker, the work we do matters. We design, manufacture and support life-saving equipment used by aircrew around the world. Our products operate in demanding environments, where quality, reliability and attention to detail are critical.

We’re proud of our long history in aerospace and defence, also focused on the future. Joining Martin-Baker means becoming part of a business with a clear purpose, strong engineering capability and a long-term commitment to its people, products and customers.

Whether you work in engineering, operations, commercial, finance, supply chain or support functions, your contribution helps deliver equipment that protects lives. It is challenging work, but it is also meaningful, and with over 7800 lives saved, it gives our people the opportunity to be part of something with real impact.

The Opportunity

The PED Team Leader will line manage the PED team, providing day-to-day leadership, supervision and production support for this manufacturing unit. You’ll ensure that the team operationally works both safely and accurately, relating to company standards and statutory requirements.

Through managing the PED team, you’ll ensure that compliant, safe and professional working practices are operated, and that team members are engaged, trained and perform within their roles, assigning workload as needed across the team. As a people manager, you’ll lead the PED team relating to their performance, communication, resourcing and outputs, championing employee recognition and driving high standards.

This role will be based onsite working from Chalgrove.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, develop and motivate the PED team, ensuring that workloads, work patterns and skills are aligned to targets and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Ensure that health and safety responsibilities follow company and statutory guidelines.
• Manage the PED team relating to work allocation, training, performance management, tooling, packaging and compliance.
• Production Engineering process management, involving production data, standards and resources. Focus with quality, rework and procedural controls, projects and capital expenditure.
• Ensure that all quality rejects are fully investigated, with corrective actions implemented to prevent recurrence, production rework activities carefully planned and risk assessed.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven team management of over 10 staff within a technical assembly environment.
• Practical knowledge of health and safety legislation, compliance and standards.
• Good leaderships skills, with proven abilities of leading others and production workloads.
• Seasoned experience and knowledge of procedures relating to explosives / pyro products.
• Strong communication skills, able to liaise with others in a constructive way, with internal stakeholders at all levels and customer representatives.
• Seasoned experience of manufacturing techniques and methodologies.
• Able to work professionally under pressure and prioritise workloads to agreed deadlines.
• University education with relevant Engineering degree.
• Share and demonstrate the Martin-Baker values.

Our Values

At Martin-Baker, we value professionalism, understanding, teamwork, humility, accountability and integrity. We look for people who take pride in their work, collaborate openly and act with care because the work we do matters.

What We Offer

• Excellent pension package with strong employer support — Martin-Baker contributes 9% of your salary (non-contributory to the employee), with further employer contributions that grow as you increase your own
• Life Assurance
• Lunchtime finish on a Friday
• Personalised training and development plan
• Healthcare plan
• 25-days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Martin-Baker + (retail discounts platform)
• Occupational Health team
• Workplace Nursery Benefit scheme
• Cycle to work scheme

How to Apply / Your Interview Journey

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This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). For more information and guidance please visit https://martin-baker.com/security-vetting

The role also involves access to information governed by U.S. Export Control Laws (including ITAR); therefore, all applicants must satisfy ITAR eligibility requirements.