Production Team Leader

Production Team Leader We are seeking a Production Team Leader to manage a hard-working team of Assembly Operators and will be responsible for assigning daily tasks, with people management responsibilities such as performance management, recruitment, absence, and/or investigative meetings, approving holiday or overtime requests, performance reviews, KPI monitoring and training. If you have experience in operating on a production line with supervisory experience, this could be a good fit. Shift Pattern: Week 1: 6am-2pm Mon-Thu, 6am-1pm Fri Week 2: 2pm-10pm Mon-Thu, 1pm-8pm Fri Experience Required: Experience in Manufacturing/Production Environment Supervisory or Team Leader experience (manufacturing preferred, but not essential environment) Understanding of KPIs and production targets Hands-on, proactive, and comfortable in a busy, physically active role Salary Package: Competitive Annual Starting Salary - £30,792 Salary increase plan 24 days holiday bank holidays What youll be doing: Responsible for the Production planning and assignment of daily & weekly tasks and activities to Assembly Operatives. Responsible for first level people management including but not limited to, recruitment, new staff inductions, absence meetings in line with The Bradford Factor, investigatory meetings in line with the Company disciplinary procedure, approving holiday and overtime requests and performance reviews. Responsibility of maintaining training/skills matrix, grading reviews and training requests. Deliver key KPIs and targets through the team. To attend and facilitate the running of daily production staff meetings and team leader meetings. Contribute to the efficiency of the production lines and quality of products. Management of stock and inventories via SAP, maintaining usage data to support Procurements forecasting activities. Working with Engineering Team to oversee maintenance of equipment and to develop strong business relationships.

Location: Gillingham, Kent, GB

Posted Date: 8/20/2025