Cell Leader

Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.

As manufacturing cell leader, you are responsible for managing and developing a team of technicians and operators in a manufacturing cell and ensuring that production goals are met while adhering to safety and quality standards. Cell Leader will be based at our Barnstaple site. This role does require being onsite 5 days a week. The salary for this role is up to £40k, depending on experience.

What you’ll be doing:

• Safety: Enforcing safety rules and guidelines and leading by example
• Quality control: Ensuring that quality and manufacturing cost controls are met
• Staff management: Monitoring attendance and absences, handling employee disputes, and recruiting new team members
• Team development: Develop your team by having development discussions, creating training plans, conducting training, and maintaining a skills matrix for the team
• Production planning: Ensuring that production planning and output are met
• Documentation: Regularly auditing documents to ensure compliance
• Daily Management: Run Gemba meeting and update Gemba log
• Lean Manufacturing: Ensure a good standard of 5S is maintained in the Cell
• Documentation and Visual Management: Keep standard work, SQDIP boards, and production targets up to date, ensuring accurate and timely transactions
• Collaboration: Work with the Production Manager and engineering teams to align resources and improve processes
• Customer Focus: Proactively address issues to ensure customer requirements are met
• Work in Progress Management: Control and manage the works orders assigned to the cell

About our company:

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient. We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer:

• Work life balance
• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave
• Family & wellbeing
• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
• Canada Life GP and financial advice
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning
• Facilities & resources
• Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
• Private seated lunch areas
• Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
• Onsite showers and toiletries provision
• Free onsite parking

The skills you need:

• Previous experience as a Group/Team Leader
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes and product
• Familiar with ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001 and AS9100
• Ability to multi-task and adjust priorities as appropriate
• Ability to read and interpret designs

Join us and be part of something smaller - with 500 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

If you’d like to know more, please give Kelly Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on 03330 414300. Or reach out to us on talentacquisition@sea.co.uk.