Production Team Leader

Abingdon Rd, Culham, UK
Full-time
Salary: £38,620 (inclusive of MPP) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
Site Location: UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire
Confirmed Grade: Level 4
Department: Fusion Technology - Technical Department

Company Description

By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.

Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy our world badly needs.

UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for ground-breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative.

Job Description

As an employee of UKAEA, you will benefit from:

- Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
- Corporate bonus scheme of up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
- Flexible working options, including family-friendly policies.
- Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders.
- Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays.
- Wide range of career development opportunities.
- A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive.

Salary: £38,620.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

The Role

The Fusion Technology (FT) Division combines a suite of unique testing facilities and capabilities for advanced engineering and world-leading research for international and UK fusion programmes.

Special Techniques Group (STG) is a technical facility within FT that performs commercial production to strict timescales, quality and budget, new product development work and grant funded research focused on specialist joining and bonding techniques such as low temperature diffusion bonding and vacuum brazing, for internal and external customers.

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As Production Team Leader, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of innovative solutions through effective people management and technical leadership, ensuring the work required to realise the short-to-medium term aims of STG is well defined, communicated, designed, and delivered to meet the challenging specifications required for fusion and related applications, supporting production output and production quality as required.

Please note, full on-site presence is required for this role.

Additional Responsibilities

- Effective and timely management of staff, including, but not limited to: setting resource allocation and recruitment requirements, knowledge transfer, welfare, measurable objectives and performance management, absence management, professional development, and coaching.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to appropriately scope work, understand end-user requirements, and develop and deliver technical tasks to agreed expectations (time and budget) – whether independently and/or through the team.
- Build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders to understand and exploit commercial or other opportunities, defining and supporting short-to-medium term projects - across FT and UKAEA, academic collaborators and industrial users.
- Create and/or review designs, processes, reports, and documentation.
- Solve problems and present proposals/findings through appropriate meetings and forums.
- Contribute to improving working practices, methods, and quality standards within the team and across the organisation.
- Increase departmental efficiency and compliance with business and technical practices by providing technical advice, guidance, and relevant training.
- Work with external collaborators, e.g. universities, research establishments, and the industry, to complement UKAEA's internal capability, access additional expert knowledge, and facilitate new project proposals.
- Escalating issues and highlighting areas of risk to relevant stakeholders.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements

- Relevant qualification, e.g. HND / higher level apprenticeship or equivalent in STEM-related discipline.
- Leadership and hands-on experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
- Experience in line management and coaching of technical staff.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate effectively both to technical and non-technical audience.
- Ability to schedule, organise and prioritise workload
- Ability to work autonomously with minimum supervision.
- Ability to use initiative to resolve queries or issues and make improvements.
- Good IT literacy and competency in utilising SharePoint and MS Office software.

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits and to apply, select the apply button to be taken through to the UKAEA careers pages.

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.

For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the UK Government website for information on criminal records checks. If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.