Req ID: 469350
Team Leader
Location: Mansfield (Onsite)
Shift: Days, Hours
Appointment Basis: Permanent
Salary: c. £35K + Benefits
Closing Date: 7th July 2025
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Alstom is the UK & Ireland’s leading supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet; as well as the entire fleets in service with London Underground and Dublin Luas. We provide the widest range of smart solutions in the rail market, from innovative high-speed rolling stock, metros and trams to maintenance, modernisation, infrastructure and signalling.
Could you be our Team Leader in Mansfield providing ‘hands-on’ supervision and leadership on a daily basis to meet agreed deadlines we’re looking for at Alstom?
Your future role
Take on a new challenge in Mansfield and apply your Team Leading expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to the Operations Manager and work alongside a dedicated and passionate Services team in Alstom UK&I.
Day-to-day, working in a manufacturing environment, you’ll assist the Ops Manager in the day to day management of the shop floor at the Castlewood ALSTOM Electronics site by providing ‘hands-on’ supervision and leadership. You'll ensure high standards of Health & Safety, right first time, efficiency and service level are consistently achieved. Provide fast resolution to any shop floor related issues when identified and support good levels of communication throughout business. Raise overall standards in performance by developing staff competences and Continuous Improvement (CI) tools. The role would include assisting the Ops manager with accurate recording of all employee absence, holiday recording and overtime when required.
We’ll also look to you to the following:
1. Supports Ops Manager
2. Communicates Company goals, Safety practices and Deadlines to team.
3. Motivates team members and assesses performance.
4. Provides assistance to Ops manager and keeps updated on team performance.
5. Provides encouragement to team members, including communicating team goals and identifying areas for new training or skill checks.
6. Daily/weekly completion of required company documentation.
7. Answers team member questions, helps with team member problems, and oversees team member work for quality and guideline compliance.
8. Ensures company physical working spaces meet and exceed company presentation standards.
9. Collaboration and clear communication with other departments.
10. Attend required daily/weekly meetings.
Performance Standards
Excellent standards of supervisory skills, leadership, communication, focus on objectives, personal discipline, Health & Safety, time management, problem solving, take a pro-active part in ensuring Alstom OTD (On Time Delivery) >98%.
All about you
We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:
11. A good working knowledge of Excel and MS Word is required.
12. Experience of working in a manufacturing environment
13. Good technical knowledge of electronics and work procedures required.
14. The individual must be well organised, efficient, logical thinking and able to communicate at all levels.
15. The individual must be safety driven and adhere to ALSTOM policies.
16. They must be self-motivated and a good team player.
17. The individual should possess Strong verbal and Written Communication Skills
18. The successful candidate will possess Motivational Skills
Things you’ll enjoy
Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:
19. Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
20. Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
21. Contribute to innovative projects
22. Utilise our agile working environment
23. Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
24. Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
25. Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive benefits (pension, life ins., medical)
Equal opportunity statement:
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.
As a “disability confident leader accredited employer”, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification.
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