Team Leader Production Operations in Reading

AWE is currently recruiting for a Team Leader Production Operations for the Operations Group. This role is ideally suited to a production trainer or experienced production professional with strong leadership capability and a passion for developing people and driving operational excellence.

Working within the Operations Group, the successful candidate will be required to undertake the day-to-day leadership of production activities, ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of operations whilst coaching and developing team members to meet performance and quality standards. In addition to supporting the continuous improvement of production processes, training programmes, and operational best practice across the team.

Who are we looking for?

• Proven experience within a production, manufacturing, or training environment
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to coach, mentor and develop others

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Delivering training or developing team capability within an operational environment
• Leading teams within a safety-critical or highly regulated environment
• Continuous improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma or similar)
• Planning, organising and prioritising production activities

You’ll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Key Accountabilities:

• Leadership of direct reports to successfully plan and deliver their authorised programmes, tasks and projects to time, cost, and quality.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards, and team performance, in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
• Additional accountabilities for this job profile may be defined and appointed through the Chief Engineer Management Arrangements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing adequate supervision of all operations within the area of responsibility.
• Responsible for the day to day deliverables of the programme within manufacturing areas.
• Engage and support relationships at a local level to promote high performing teams.
• Ensure staff are competent and trained to carry out assigned tasks safely to time, cost and quality in aid of the manufacturing programme.
• Support the delivery performance of the production scheduling to meet customer requirements.
• Manage Key Performance Indicator metrics on schedule, quality, safety, delivery and cost.
• Lead and deliver the local Accountability Board (Visual Management Boards).
• Actively engage and support the Production Associate PDG process.
• Give advice and guidance on career development including coaching, provision of feedback and providing appropriate support.
• Promote and sponsor operational excellence and drive all actions aimed at continuous process improvement.
• Work effectively with others and build required relationships and interfaces to support delivery of the Programme.
• Provide a diverse and inclusive working environment that allows individuals to flourish and realise their potential.
• Work with others to form high performing teams.
• Adopt a ‘See It, Own It, Solve It’ mind-set, by identifying obstacles to success and taking ownership to find solutions to those problems.
• Responsible for undertaking other duties as reasonably required from time to time by line and task management.

Some reasons we think you’ll love it here:

• 9-day working fortnight – meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme.
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• 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.

Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston.

Next steps:

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.

Important things you need to know:

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE.
• The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.