Production Team Lead
2 days ago
Avonmouth
We are recruiting for a Production Team Leader – Value Streams to join a high-technology manufacturing environment based in Avonmouth, Bristol. This is a key leadership role where you will take ownership of shift operations across production and test processes, driving performance through strong people leadership and continuous improvement. As a Value Stream Production Team Leader, you will lead, coach, and develop a team of technicians while working closely with fellow shift leaders and reporting into the Value Stream Manager. You will play a critical role in delivering safety, quality, cost, delivery, and productivity targets within a complex, low-volume, high-technology manufacturing setting. Key Responsibilities • Lead and manage a shift-based value stream team across production and test activities, • Coach, mentor, and develop technicians to drive performance and technical capability, • Drive Lean and continuous improvement initiatives across the value stream, • Deliver safety, quality, cost, delivery, and productivity targets, • Collaborate closely with Supply Chain, Quality, and Engineering teams to meet customer requirements, • Represent the value stream during customer visits and external audits, • Support compliance audits and maintain external accreditations, • Contribute to manufacturing strategy, best practices, and operational improvements, • Support new business initiatives and assess manufacturing impacts, • Commit to ongoing training and professional development Education & Qualifications • Engineering degree, relevant apprenticeship, or equivalent practical experience, • Lean Green Belt (or equivalent) highly advantageous Skills & Experience • Proven experience leading and developing technicians in a manufacturing environment, • Strong understanding of high-complexity, low-volume manufacturing processes, • Ability to motivate, inspire, and hold teams accountable to high standards, • Confident decision-maker with strong planning and organisational skills, • Strong IT literacy and data-driven approach to performance management, • Effective communicator who collaborates well within a wider leadership team, • Open to innovation and new ways of working Personal Attributes • Customer-focused with strong integrity and leadership by example, • Clear and confident communicator with strong negotiation skills, • Proactive, flexible, and delivery-focused mindset, • Enthusiastic, innovative, and willing to challenge the status quo, • Self-aware leader who understands the wider business impact of decisions What’s on Offer • Competitive salary, • Structured career development and progression, • Excellent work-life balance with half-days on Fridays, • Private healthcare, • Share incentive plan, • 25 days annual leave, • Defined contribution pension scheme, • Flexible benefits package tailored to individual needs 📞 Interested? Get in touch: Freddie Southall 📧 📱 01923 470 714 01923 470 714