Team Leader Production Operations

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense technology company in the UK is seeking a Team Leader Production Operations to supervise operations staff and ensure compliance within manufacturing processes. This role involves task management, delivering objectives in time, cost, and quality while promoting high standards in health, safety, and quality. The position offers a competitive salary package and several employee benefits including generous annual leave and options for flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

270 hours of annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Professional career development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Defined contribution pension

Life Assurance

Employee discounts

Special Leave Policy

Qualifications

• Experience supervising high hazard operations.
• Strong communication and diplomacy skills.
• Ability to develop delivery-based objectives.

Responsibilities

• Supervise operations staff and ensure compliance with technical support.
• Manage tasks and approvals for operations staff.
• Deliver tasks efficiently with high standards.

Skills

Leadership

Task management

Communication skills

Technical support

Health and safety standards

Job description

AWE is currently recruiting for a Team Leader Production Operations!

Location - Basingstoke/Reading

Package - £34,910-£52,370 dependant on skills and experience plus allowances

Closing date for this role is 26th January 2024

As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
• Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)
• Life Assurance
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site

Job Description

To ensure adequate arrangements are in place for compliance and technical support to manufacturing process areas, throughout AWE. Responsible for tasking and supervising operations staff to safely deliver the programme, tasks, and products in line with customer requirements to time, cost and quality.

Key Accountabilities

• Perform role of Duly Authorised Person (DAP) to supervise high hazard operations within manufacturing process areas.
• Ensure technical support to manufacturing process areas, programme and/or project managers throughout AWE.
• Full task management including task setting, approval of leave and input into annual appraisals.
• Deliver assigned tasks in accordance with requirements, operational constraints, time, cost and quality.
• Ensuring best manufacturing practice in terms of productivity, reliability, innovation and quality to the workplace
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
• Deliver or assist in the delivery of new manufacturing processes/equipment by delivering the agreed objectives/milestones and associated technical specifications/documentation in accordance with company processes and standards.
• Participating and reporting on metrics relating to overall end-to-end performance

Key Responsibilities

• Apply and consolidate specialist skills and knowledge and ensure essential procedures are followed.
• Help to define the standards and specifications around which others will operate.
• Developed communication and diplomacy skills used to direct/persuade/influence others.
• Set delivery-based objectives and task day to day activity.

Shift Patterns

9 day fortnight

0600- 14:45 for two weeks then swap to 14:15-2300 for two weeks.

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