Team Leader Production Operations

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: £36,310 - £40,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

AWE is currently recruiting for a Team Leader Production Operations in the Explosives Group.

This role is ideally suited to anyone who has a passion for delivery and has an interest in people and developing staff into a high performing team, while delivering product safely and to the correct quality.

Working within the Explosive Group the successful candidate will be required to undertake the day-to-day supervision of a small team. Responsibilities will include (but not limited to ):

• Supervision of an operations team
• Developing and coaching the team
• Planning of the day-to-day workload
• Ensuring documentations is in place ready for operations.
• Build relationships with the key stakeholders.
• Actively participate in the Level 1 ODT
• Promote great behaviours

In addition to supporting the supervision of a team who manufacture explosive articles you will also support the Production Delivery Manager in the interpretation of metrics and the data. You will work with a variety of teams to understand operational status, risks, and improvements.

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to have the following:

• Willingness to learn
• Passion for delivery

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Supervisory experience
• Operations experience
• Working understanding of health and safety legislation
• Demonstrate great behaviours.
• Great communication skills

You'll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Key Accountabilities:

• Leadership of direct reports to successfully plan and deliver their authorised programmes, tasks and projects to time, cost, and quality.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards, and team performance, in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
• Additional accountabilities for this job profile may be defined and appointed through the Chief Engineer Management Arrangements, with appointees listed within the Company Design Authorities and Technical Authorities, as held in the company management system.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing adequate supervision of all operations within the area of responsibility.
• Responsible for the day to day deliverables of the programme within manufacturing areas.
• Engage and support relationships at a local level to promote high performing teams.
• Ensure staff are competent and trained to carry out assigned tasks safely to time, cost and quality in aid of the manufacturing programme.
• Support the delivery performance of the production scheduling to meet customer requirements.
• Manage Key Performance Indicator metrics on schedule, quality, safety, delivery, and cost.
• Lead and deliver the local Accountability Board (Visual Management Boards).
• Actively engage and support the Production Associate PDG process.
• Give advice and guidance on career development including coaching, provision of feedback and providing appropriate support.
• Promote and sponsor operational excellence and drive all actions aimed at continuous process improvement.
• Works effectively with others and building required relationships and interfaces to support delivery of the Programme.
• Provide a diverse and inclusive working environment that allows individuals to flourish and realise their potential.
• Work with others to form high performing teams.
• Adopt a 'See It, Own It, Solve It' mind-set, by identifying obstacles to success and taking ownership to find solutions to those problems.
• Responsible for undertaking other duties as reasonably required from time to time by line and task management, including work at other places within the UK or overseas; this will be done in consultation with you, and in accordance with any requirements contained in your Contract of Employment.
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties as aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs; this may include additional roles as set out below (these are subject to your area of work, and where formally agreed by the individual):
• e.g. First Aider; Ballistic First Aider; RA First Aider; Assistant Zone Control Officer; Zone Control Officer

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Important things you need to know:

• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston.