Production Team Leader - Fitting local

Job Overview

We are a successful and growing organisation committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop. We are looking for a Production Team Leader – Fitting Out to join our production team at our head office in York. (Must live local to York.)

• Final date to receive applications: 19 June 2026
• Department: Single Module Fitting Out
• Location: Head Office – New Lane, Huntington, York, YO32 9PT
  (must live local to York)
• Compensation: £40,000 – £42,500 per year (salary up to £42,500 depending on skills and experience)
• Contract: Permanent
• Annual Leave: 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year

As a Production Team Leader, you will manage and motivate a team of operatives to deliver the daily operational plan, ensuring safe, efficient and high‑quality production that consistently meets customer requirements and business goals.

• Allocate work and plan resources effectively to meet operational outputs and achieve KPIs related to time, cost, quality and Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) standards.
• Proactively support and uphold HSE standards, including leading engagement initiatives, managing accident and incident reporting, and conducting investigations.
• Conduct regular meaningful conversations with team members to maintain high performance standards.
• Develop the team by ensuring necessary skills, qualifications and training are in place.
• Prepare, review and maintain Risk Assessments, Method Statements, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and other documentation essential to operational deliverables.
• Implement and continuously apply best‑in‑class lean practices and champion continuous improvement to drive performance.
• Ensure production schedule for the line/cell is delivered on time, to quality and cost, in line with OLE and OPI.
• Maintain a consistent focus on safety, product standards and productivity.
• Maintain high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Lead an engaged, multi‑skilled team.
• Ensure equipment, machinery and tooling are well maintained.
• Minimise actions or non‑conformities in audits and resolve non‑conformance actions promptly.
• Uphold high standards in all documentation.

Qualifications and experience:

• Experience in managing people in an operational environment.
• Experience operating in low or high volume manufacturing.
• Understanding of manufacturing practices and methods such as Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma.
• Preferably holds a health and safety qualification such as IOSH Managing Safely, or equivalent.
• Grade differentiators – level of experience and knowledge applied, scope and complexity of responsibilities, number and skills of team members supervised.

• Team Coordination
• Production Planning
• Quality Assurance
• Performance Monitoring
• Lean Manufacturing
• Problem‑Solving
• Training and Development
• Safety Compliance
• Process Optimisation
• Reporting and Documentation

• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit.
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Employee Benefits Program (discounts at many shops, gyms, restaurants and holidays).
• Opportunity to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled if we receive a high volume of applications.