Team Lead High Complex Assembly

Prodrive Technologies; Eindhoven; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary growth

Vacation days

Time-off compensation

Growth plan

Career opportunities

Gym access

Company devices

Free lunch

Job summary

Prodrive Technologies is seeking a Team Leader for our High Complex Assembly department in the Netherlands. You will lead, coach, and develop a team of operators on the shop floor, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time output while driving continuous improvement.

In this hands-on role, you translate priorities into clear tasks, monitor performance, and collaborate with planning, service engineering, and quality to maintain a smooth shift. A 2-shift schedule applies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in production or manufacturing with leadership exposure.
• Ability to work in a 2-shift schedule (06:00–14:15 / 14:15–23:00)
• Experience leading teams on a shop floor and driving performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of operators on the shop floor.
• Monitor safety, quality, output, and efficiency during the shift and take corrective action.
• Translate department priorities into clear tasks and responsibilities for the team.
• Monitor individual and team performance and provide feedback.
• Manage resources to optimize use of people, machines, and materials.
• Identify and resolve operational issues on the shop floor.
• Drive continuous improvement through 5S and other initiatives.
• Ensure work is performed to quality standards and support issue resolution.
• Communicate clearly with shifts and support functions.
• Participate in onboarding, training, and performance reviews.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Analytical skills

Decision making

Communication skills

Hands-on leadership

Continuous improvement

English proficiency

2-shift experience

Education

MBO-4 / HBO / Bachelor's in Technical or Industrial Engineering

Job description

Are you a natural leader with a passion for technology and production?

As Team Leader in our High Complex Assembly department, you will play a key role in Prodrive's production organization. You lead and coach a team of operators on the shop floor and are responsible for achieving the daily targets for safety, quality, output, and continuous improvement. Together with the Group Lead and the supporting functions around you, you ensure that your shift runs smoothly and that the team has everything it needs to perform at its best.

About

About the role

As Team Leader in our High Complex Assembly department, you are responsible for the daily performance of your shift. You lead, coach, and develop a team of operators and ensure that production targets are achieved safely, efficiently, and with the required quality.

You are the link between the team on the shop floor and the Group Lead. You translate the department's priorities into clear actions for your team, monitor progress throughout the shift, and intervene when performance, safety, quality, or planning is at risk. You actively remove obstacles and work closely with support functions such as planning, work preparation engineers, service engineering, and quality inspectors.

This is a hands‑on leadership role. You are visible on the production floor, understand what is happening in your team, and lead by example. At the same time, you create an environment in which operators can take ownership, develop their skills, and continuously improve the way we work.

Key Responsibilities

• Team leadership: lead, coach, motivate, and develop your team of operators, creating a safe, positive, and productive working environment
• Shift performance: monitor safety, quality, output, and efficiency during your shift and take corrective action when required
• Eexecution: translate production priorities into clear tasks and responsibilities for your team and ensure the planning is achieved
• Performance management: monitor individual and team performance, provide feedback, and address performance issues when necessary
• Resource management: ensure the effective use of people, machines, and materials within your shift
• Problem solving: identify and resolve operational issues on the shop floor and
• Quality assurance: ensure that work is performed according to the required quality standards and actively contribute to solving quality issues
• Continuous improvement: lead and participate in 5S, improvement initiatives, and other activities aimed at improving safety, quality, efficiency, and output
• Communication: ensure clear communication between shifts and with the Group Lead and supporting departments
• People management: contribute to onboarding, training, development, performance reviews, and absence-related matters within your team

You will work in a 2-shift schedule.

What We Offer

• Performance-based salary growth that rewards your results
• 33 vacation days per year (including public holidays) plus additional 13 ADV days
• Time-for-time compensation when working extra hours
• Strong focus on personal development, supported by a tailored growth and learning plan
• Extensive career opportunities, with progression across a wide range of functions and projects
• A young, entrepreneurial, and innovative company culture where initiative is encouraged
• Free access to the company gym
• iPhone, laptop and other necessary tools to help you perform your work optimally.
• Free lunch, dinner and healthy snacks available every day on-site

What You Bring

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a production or manufacturing environment, with experience in a leadership or coordinating role
• MBO-4, HBO, or Bachelor's degree in a Technical, Industrial Engineering, or comparable field, or equivalent through experience
• You are able to work in a 2-shift schedule. Morning shift 06:00 - 14:15 / Afternoon shift 14:15 – 23:00, on Fridays 14:15 – 20:30.
• Leadership skills: demonstrated ability to lead, coach, motivate, and hold operators accountable in a production environment
• Hands-on attitude: you are visible on the shop floor, take initiative, and actively participate in solving operational challenges
• Analytical skills: able to interpret production data, identify deviations, and use this information to improve team performance
• Decision-making capability: able to make timely decisions and take ownership when priorities or circumstances change
• Communication skills: able to communicate clearly and effectively with operators, colleagues, and support functions
• Team-oriented: you understand the strengths and development needs of your team members and know how to get the best out of them
• Quality-consciousness: you have an eye for detail and understand the importance of working according to quality standards and processes
• Continuous improvement mindset: you are motivated to improve processes, ways of working, and team performance
• Excellent English communication skills

We are Prodrive Technologies

We are dedicated to creating meaningful technologies that make the world work. We want to contribute to innovations that tackle major challenges in society, such as improving the quality of medical imaging. Besides, our technologies contribute to reducing the global dependency on fossil fuels and minimizing human exposure to air pollution. In other words, we create meaningful technologies that make the world work.