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Production Team Leader

Job in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, HR7, England, UK
Listing for: Luxottica
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-06
Job specializations:
  • Manufacturing / Production
    Production Manager, Manufacturing & Industrial Operations
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 32000 - 42000 GBP Yearly GBP 32000.00 42000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

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If you’ve worn a pair of glasses, we’ve already met.

We are a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. We offer our industry stakeholders in over 150 countries access to a global platform of high-quality vision care products (such as the Essilor brand, with Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest and Transitions), iconic brands that consumers love (such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Vogue Eyewear and Costa), as well as a network that offers consumers high-quality vision care and best-in-class shopping experiences (such as Sunglass Hut, Lens Crafters, Salmoiraghi & Viganò and the Grand Vision network), and leading e-commerce platforms.

The Visilab Group, part of the globally operating company Essilor Luxottica, is the No. 1 optician in Switzerland with the brands Visilab, Kochoptik, McOptic, and Linsenmax, and 170 stores
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Join our global community of over 190,000 dedicated employees around the world in driving the transformation of the eyewear and eyecare industry.

Your #Future In Sight  with Essilor Luxottica

Are you willing to pioneer new frontiers, foster inclusivity and collaboration, embrace agility, ignite passion, and make a positive impact on the world? Join us in redefining the boundaries of what’s possible!

JOB SCOPE AND

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

To lead production processes in the production departments in co-ordination with the Production Shift Manager to ensure that the Production departments meet their KPI’s. To ensure that departmental standard operating procedures and company HS&E policies are adhered to. There will be a need for the job holder to step into the Production Shift Manager role for approximately 5 weeks per annum.

This role is a Direct role meaning that around 80% of the job role will be spent on the line performing a production function.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND RELATED

ACTIVITIES:

Key Responsibilities
  • Work to ensure people and resources are applied in an efficient and effective manner to meet delivery requirements while achieving quality and safety standards
  • Ensure that team members follow defined assembly procedures and comply with quality requirements
  • Ensure full adherence to 5S practices at all times
  • Ensure equipment is within calibration date and all systems are functioning correctly
  • Ensure all records are completed appropriately
  • Ensure that non-conforming product is clearly identified and segregated and rejected / reworked as necessary to ensure a consistent analysis thereby leading to quick resolution of problems.
  • Ensure that the escalation procedure for quality concerns is followed
  • Ensure achievement of production throughput against stated capacity targets
  • Ensure the team are aware of day to day targets and responsibilities
  • Carry out incident, accident and non-conformity investigations and associated reporting and action closure
  • Monitor and maintain all safety equipment and tools and ensure that operators comply with PPE requirements
  • Undertake continuous training and development
  • Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
  • Identify business improvement opportunities within the organisation
  • Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department
  • Monitor the department’s objectives, including where appropriate physically supporting the production functions.
  • Support, comply and ensure complicity with Health & Safety regulations, the Company Handbook, Quality and Environmental standards, and all other Company policies and procedures
  • To step back into a production operator role when manning and workflow constraints make it necessary.
  • To maintain a sufficient understanding of the Production Shift Managers role, to enable you to fully deputise in their absence.
  • To carry out the tasks detailed above and in addition to undertake the tasks and responsibilities of the Production Shift Manager as per the job description for periods of absence and holiday

People Management

  • Assisting with daily management queries and providing support for the team to achieve operational success
  • Monitor time, attendance and punctuality to ensure compliance with Company…
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