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Manufacturing Team LeaderLocation: Hastings, East Sussex, TN38 9PUContract: Full-time,
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About the Role
~2 min read- Lead, motivate, and support a team of production employees to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity objectives.
- Provide day-to-day supervision of manufacturing activities, ensuring work is completed efficiently and in line with business priorities.
- Act as a point of escalation for production issues, coordinating resources and support to maintain workflow and resolve challenges.
- Develop team capability through coaching, mentoring, training, and performance management.
- Promote a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement across the production environment.
- Monitor production performance against targets and implement actions to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance.
- Ensure compliance with manufacturing procedures, quality standards, and customer requirements.
- Support problem-solving activities, root cause investigations, and implementation of corrective actions.
- Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and other departments to improve processes and operational effectiveness.
- Ensure accurate completion of production documentation and adherence to company systems and processes.
- Establish and maintain a safe working environment, identifying hazards and supporting risk reduction initiatives.
- Support daily production review meetings and visual management systems, ensuring priorities are clearly communicated and executed.
- Conduct employee performance reviews, provide regular feedback, and address performance concerns where appropriate.
- Identify training needs and coordinate development plans to enhance team skills, flexibility, and succession planning.
- Support Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives that drive operational excellence.
Required
- HNC/HND in Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations Management, Business Management, or equivalent experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Proven experience leading or supervising teams in a manufacturing or production environment.
- Strong understanding of production planning, workflow management, quality requirements, and health & safety practices.
- Demonstrated ability to coach, develop, and motivate employees to achieve business objectives.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Experience managing performance through KPIs and operational metrics.
- A proactive approach to continuous improvement and process optimization.
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or Continuous Improvement experience.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary manufacturing teams.
- Previous experience within a high-precision manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and production planning processes.
- Experience with root cause analysis tools such as 5 Whys, Fishbone, or A3 problem solving.
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Matched pension up to 5%
- Health Cash Plan offering £600 per annum towards your standard healthcare costs for both you and your family, plus access to a free 24-hour doctor service
- Income protection insurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
- Corporate, wellness and charity events throughout the year with the option to earn an extra day of annual leave
Location & Eligibility
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About this job
- Pay per year
- £600 a year
- Posted
- 3 days ago
Listing Details
- Posted
- November 12, 2026
- First seen
- November 12, 2026
- Last seen
- November 15, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 2
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 67%
- Scored at
- November 15, 2026
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