Team Leader Production Resource

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

AWE in Burghfield is seeking a Team Leader Production Resource to manage and develop the people capability needed to support our manufacturing operations and deliver critical production programmes safely and effectively.

You will provide line management, recruit and develop personnel, manage performance, ensure training and competence, and align resources to current and future demand while controlling workforce costs and maintaining safety, environment, and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective day to day line management, including objective setting, performance conversations, development planning, wellbeing support and employee engagement.
• Manage workforce requirements against the production programme, identifying capacity, capability and competence gaps and implementing appropriate recovery plans.
• Develop and maintain effective resource and capability plans, providing visibility of current workforce strength, future demand and potential shortfalls.
• Lead recruitment activity for the assigned area, ensuring vacancies and anticipated capability gaps are identified and progressed in sufficient time to support programme requirements.
• Support effective onboarding and deployment of new starters, ensuring individuals have clear development and training pathways.
• Coordinate and manage personnel training requirements, working with Production and Training stakeholders to prioritise demand against programme need.
• Monitor SQEP and competence levels, proactively addressing training expiry, capability gaps, single points of failure and future skills requirements.
• Build succession and development plans that strengthen workforce resilience and provide clear progression opportunities.
• Manage the performance management cycle, including regular check-ins, objective setting, mid-year/end-of-year reviews and appropriate management of underperformance.
• Coach and develop individuals, supporting career development and identifying opportunities to broaden capability and experience.
• Support talent and succession discussions, ensuring that individuals demonstrating potential are identified and provided with appropriate development opportunities.
• Monitor attendance, availability and workforce trends, taking appropriate action where issues could affect capability or delivery.
• Maintain appropriate oversight of functional cost bookings, ensuring personnel book accurately and costs are appropriately managed against agreed requirements.
• Provide management information on resource levels, recruitment, training, competence, performance and workforce risks to support effecti

Job description

Team Leader Production Resource

Location: Burghfield

Shift pattern: 2 weeks earlies (06:00-14:15), followed by 2 weeks lates (14:15-23:00).

Salary range - £38000 - £41500

Develop People. Build Capability. Enable Delivery .

AWE is looking for a Team Leader Production Resource to manage and develop the people capability required to support our manufacturing operations and deliver critical production programmes safely, securely and effectively.

This is a people and capability focused management role, with responsibility for the full employee lifecycle across an assigned workforce. You'll provide effective line management, recruit and develop personnel, manage individual performance and ensure training and competence requirements are aligned to current and future production demand.

Working closely with Production, Training and other key stakeholders, you'll ensure the business has the right people, with the right skills and competence, available at the right time to meet programme requirements. You'll also maintain effective oversight of workforce costs, including functional cost bookings, and provide clear visibility of resource risks, capability gaps and future recruitment and training requirements.

If you're an experienced people manager who enjoys developing others, building organisational capability and enabling operational delivery, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

As a Team Leader Production Resource, you'll manage the people, capability and workforce requirements needed to enable successful production delivery. You'll balance current operational needs with longer term recruitment, development, training and succession requirements to build a capable, resilient and high-performing workforce.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide effective line management for assigned personnel, ensuring individuals receive clear objectives, regular feedback, appropriate support and development.
• Ensure sufficient resource capability and capacity is available to support current and future production programme requirements.
• Own and coordinate recruitment, onboarding, development, retention and succession planning within the assigned functional area.
• Ensure personnel maintain the required levels of training, competence and SQEP to undertake their roles safely and effectively.
• Drive individual and team performance, addressing areas of underperformance while recognising and developing high potential.
• Maintain effective control and oversight of functional workforce costs and cost bookings, ensuring resources are appropriately allocated and recorded.
• Maintain and promote high standards of environment, safety, health, security and quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide effective day to day line management, including objective setting, performance conversations, development planning, wellbeing support and employee engagement.
• Manage workforce requirements against the production programme, identifying capacity, capability and competence gaps and implementing appropriate recovery plans.
• Develop and maintain effective resource and capability plans, providing visibility of current workforce strength, future demand and potential shortfalls.
• Lead recruitment activity for the assigned area, ensuring vacancies and anticipated capability gaps are identified and progressed in sufficient time to support programme requirements.
• Support effective onboarding and deployment of new starters, ensuring individuals have clear development and training pathways.
• Coordinate and manage personnel training requirements, working with Production and Training stakeholders to prioritise demand against programme need.
• Monitor SQEP and competence levels, proactively addressing training expiry, capability gaps, single points of failure and future skills requirements.
• Build succession and development plans that strengthen workforce resilience and provide clear progression opportunities.
• Manage the performance management cycle, including regular check-ins, objective setting, mid-year/end-of-year reviews and appropriate management of underperformance.
• Coach and develop individuals, supporting career development and identifying opportunities to broaden capability and experience.
• Support talent and succession discussions, ensuring that individuals demonstrating potential are identified and provided with appropriate development opportunities.
• Monitor attendance, availability and workforce trends, taking appropriate action where issues could affect capability or delivery.
• Maintain appropriate oversight of functional cost bookings, ensuring personnel book accurately and costs are appropriately managed against agreed requirements.
• Provide management information on resource levels, recruitment, training, competence, performance and workforce risks to support effecti