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Production Team Leader

Desford, United KingdomFull-time£35k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead and motivate an assembly operations team to ensure safe, efficient delivery of quality construction products meeting customer deadlines.

Role type

Senior IC production team leader

Builds

Small construction machines and attachments (wheel loaders, excavators, telehandlers) for commercial, residential, and agriculture industries

Domain

Heavy equipment manufacturing / Construction machinery

Required skills

Assembly operations management, Manufacturing quality processes, Root cause analysis, Lean methodologies, Team coaching and mentoring, Safety culture leadership, Continuous improvement (CI) processes, Defect investigation, Cross-functional collaboration, Shift pattern flexibility

Preferred skills

People development and performance management, Six Sigma, Project management

Technologies

Lean methodologies, Continuous Improvement (CI) process

Responsibilities

Lead team to meet daily production goals on safety, quality, velocity, and cost; Coach and mentor team performance; Deploy training programs using lean methodologies; Lead inclusive safety culture; Resolve issues and generate ideas via CI process; Audit and drive defect investigations; Collaborate on assembly process improvements; Plan and cover team absences

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC