Manufacturing Operations Lead

4 weeks ago

Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom Paxton Full time

About the Role

We're a global brand with nearly 40 years of experience, our team of over 400 employees is spread around the world.

Our Culture

We pride ourselves on creating a vibrant environment, with a focus on excellent company culture. Our teams make Paxton a great place to work with brilliant benefits that come with any role at Paxton, with an emphasis on career progression, training and development, and recognition of achievement for every employee.

What We Offer

  • We run a great social calendar with wine tasting, cooking classes, onsite yoga, staff parties and more.
  • Modern offices, collaboration spaces, onsite gym, and a gourmet café with subsidised food.
  • Tech, bike, and travel or season ticket loans.
  • Private medical insurance (Opt in) and healthcare cash-back plan with Health Shield.
  • Discounted fitness memberships up to 75% off in your area with GymFlex.
  • 25-days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can buy & sell up to 5 days a year.

About the Job

As a Production Team Manager at Paxton, you'll lead shift operations, guiding your team to success by identifying development needs and ensuring efficient, high-quality production in a world-class facility.

  • Motivate and mentor staff, conducting appraisals, creating Personal Development Plans (PDPs), and 1:1s with production teams.
  • Work alongside Production Coaches to regularly assess and identify knowledge gaps and training needs for continuous team growth.
  • Maintain accurate records of all performance and development processes for team members.
  • Conduct return-to-work interviews, manage timesheets, and communicate overtime as directed by the Production Managers.
  • Collaborate with Production Managers and Planners to coordinate the manufacture of assemblies and finished goods, achieving output targets and KPIs.
  • Ensure smooth handovers between shifts, addressing housekeeping or Health and Safety issues to Production Team Leaders during changeovers.
  • Work with Manufacturing and Electronic Test Engineers to quickly resolve any delays in production.
  • Host meetings at the shift information share board, keeping everyone on track with priorities and goals.
  • Help maintain the Integrated Management System (IMS) to ensure ongoing certification with ISO9001 and ISO14001.

Requirements

  • Previous leadership experience, ideally within Production or Manufacturing environment.
  • Relevant Manufacturing or Production experience, utilising Lean tools and techniques.

Working Hours

The working hours for this role are 06:15 - 14:15 Monday - Friday.

What We're Looking For

This is a great opportunity for someone that would like to move into the world of manufacturing and is genuinely motivated to inspire and lead a team to reach their full potential.

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