Our client is seeking an experienced Production Team Leader to join a fast-paced manufacturing environment, supporting day-to-day operations while developing and motivating production teams. This role plays a key part in ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production aligned with operational targets.
The successful candidate will coordinate colleagues across multiple workstations, provide performance feedback, and help build team skills and confidence. You will also work closely with the Production and Operations Managers to support planning, compliance, and continuous improvement.
This is a hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone with strong people management skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and a solid understanding of health & safety within a production environment.
Roles & Responsibilities
* Lead and coordinate production operatives across rolling stock workstations, ensuring tasks are completed safely, to specification, and within agreed timescales
* Drive daily production performance in line with agreed schedules, capturing KPIs and addressing issues impacting output or quality
* Promote a strong safety culture by completing pre-start checks, reporting near misses, monitoring welfare, and enforcing H&S procedures
* Troubleshoot machinery, equipment, and material issues, liaising with maintenance to minimise downtime
* Support Production and Operations Managers with planning, communication, absence management, and continuous improvement initiatives
Skills & Experience
* Experience in a production or manufacturing leadership role within a heavy engineering or industrial environment
* Strong working knowledge of Health & Safety compliance, risk awareness, and safe systems of work
* Confident people leader with experience coaching teams, managing performance, and resolving issues on the shop floor
* Practical, hands-on approach with the ability to identify and resolve operational or equipment-related problems
* Strong communication skills with the ability to bridge shop-floor teams and senior management
About Express Recruitment
Express Recruitment has been offering exceptional recruitment solutions across the East Midlands since 1987, “exceeding expectations every time” of over 267,000 candidates.
We supply a diverse range of sectors including Engineering, Technology, Professional Services, Languages, Sales & Marketing, Call Centres, Commercial, Manufacturing, Local Authority, NHS, Education and Voluntary organisations. Find all of our current vacancies on https://bit.ly/3IaEnI7
Not quite found the right role for you yet? Let us do the scrolling for you! Your search for a new role has never been so easy, just fill in our contact form on https://bit.ly/3NHa9NR or give us a call on 0115 924 0010 and we will do the rest for you.
Vacancy Summary
Hours: Full Time
Salary: c£40,000 per annum, D.O.E
Location: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Job Type: Permanent
Unfortunately, we are unable to contact all candidates due to the large volume of applications we receive. If you have not heard from a consultant within the next three days, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. Please do not hesitate to apply for other suitable roles in the future.
This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Express Recruitment Ltd. The services advertised by Express Recruitment Ltd. are those of an Employment Agency.