Manufacturing Team Leader

Job Description

Job Title: Manufacturing Team Leader

Location: Broad Oak – Onsite only

Salary: Up to £47,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Facilitate daily communication with the team to ensure alignment and clarity
• Empower team members to effectively perform their duties
• Ensure timely and accurate updates of timesheets in the Workforce Management (WFM) system
• Coordinate regular meetings with project and production control teams
• Oversee the implementation and adherence to health and safety procedures, ensuring they remain current
• Maintain up-to-date visual management systems to reflect project status
• Monitor and drive the progression of ongoing projects to ensure timely completion

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Strong ability to work effectively within a team, contributing to collective goals and fostering a cooperative and supportive work environment
• Proficient in conveying information clearly and effectively, fostering open dialogue within teams and with stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate teams, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and driving performance

Desirable:

• Suitable qualification in leadership and management dependent on experience

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Assembly & Test team:

The role involves managing a skilled workforce to produce high-quality products, some of which are subject to tight deadlines. You will collaborate closely with engineering and project teams to ensure on-time delivery of products that meet the highest standards. A key aspect of the role is understanding processes from production control, fostering strong relationships with the wider team, and ensuring effective communication across departments. You will also support other team leaders and their staff to collectively achieve delivery targets

The role encompasses working with a diverse range of products, including cabinets and cables, in support of the Royal Navy and Army. You will engage with internal customers and design authorities, developing both knowledge and relationships within the business, particularly on high-profile projects. This position offers opportunities for career progression and professional growth within a dynamic and rewarding environment

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 1st May 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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