Production Engineering Team Leader

A global specialist in the design and manufacture of high-temperature metal seals for aerospace, automotive and power generation sectors are seeking a Production Engineering Team Leader to join their team to drive the next phase of development and growth.

As Production Engineering Team Leader, you will lead and mentor members of the Production Engineering team, ensuring on-time and on-cost NPI tooling launches, driving improvements in methodology and process, as well as day-to-day resource management and providing technical support/coverage for both your team and the wider business. As a key member of the team, responsible for liaising with stakeholders across the business, you will need to be hands-on, technical, detail oriented and a great team-worker.

What you’ll do as Production Engineering Team Leader:

• Management, development and mentoring of your team

• Planning and leading tooling design/tooling manufacture/product/process delivery

• Ensuring quality and HSE compliance, accurate data capture and analysis

• Ensuring KPI’s are consistently delivered within target times and costs

• Reviewing and improving processes within the department and across the wider business

• Supporting the introduction of new equipment/machinery into the business, both externally purchased, and manufactured in-house

• Providing holiday/sickness/etc. coverage of day-to-day activities within the department, such as tool design, CNC machining and product manufacture

To be successful in this role you will have proven skills and experience in the following:

• Proven experience in building, motivating and leading teams and supporting their development

• Proven ability to deliver and develop departmental goals and KPI’s, quality performance, process improvement and standardisation

• Knowledge of the latest manufacturing technology, tools and process best practice

• Knowledge and application of planning and organising, problem solving and decision making

• The ability to read, interpret, communicate and generate engineering and process documents

To be considered for the role you should:

• Be a team player with a collaborative approach

• Be able to build and maintain effective relationships

• Have strong literacy, numeracy, document and time management experience

• Have an engineering qualification or relevant experience

• Have experience of working in a Manufacturing or Engineering environment

The positions benefit from a private pension scheme, non-contractual Business Performance Related Bonus, 23 days’ annual leave (rising with service) plus Bank Holidays, a working week over 5 days with an early Friday finish, offering excellent work/life balance.

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Proven experience in building, motivating and leading teams and supporting their development

• Proven ability to deliver and develop departmental goals and KPI’s, quality performance, process improvement and standardisation

• Knowledge of the latest manufacturing technology, tools and process best practice

• Knowledge and application of planning and organising, problem solving and decision making

• The ability to read, interpret, communicate and generate engineering and process documents

To be considered for the role you should:

• Be a team player with a collaborative approach

• Be able to build and maintain effective relationships

• Have strong literacy, numeracy, document and time management experience

• Have an engineering qualification or relevant experience

• Have experience of working in a Manufacturing or Engineering environment

The positions benefit from a private pension scheme, non-contractual Business Performance Related Bonus, 23 days’ annual leave (rising with service) plus Bank Holidays, a working week over 5 days with an early Friday finish, offering excellent work/life balance.