Operations supervisor Work, Jobs in Glastonbury, Som (with Salaries)

Team Leader
GKN Aerospace —Bristol
- Weekend availability
- English
- Assembly
- Training & development
- Employee assistance programme
Engineering Workshop Foreman
CWS ENGINEERING —Glastonbury
- £28,500 - £42,500 a year
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
- Quality control
- Welding
- Free parking
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Manufacturing Team Leader
GKN Aerospace —Bristol
- Full-time
- Engineering
- English
- Continuous improvement
- Employee assistance programme
Senior Shift Manager
Indigo Food Group Limited —Bristol
- £50,000 a year
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Continuous improvement
- Quality control
- Free parking
- Sick pay
Quick apply
Operations Team Leader
Smiths News —Yeovil
- £32,825.52 a year
- Full-time
- Training & development
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Referral programme
Manufacturing Supervisor
TRICEL —Weston-super-Mare
- Full-time
- Supervising experience
- Continuous improvement
- Quality control
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
Operations Team Leader
National Grid Electricity Distribution —Weston-super-Mare
- £45,492 - £49,369 a year
- Team management
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
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Nights Guest Operations Supervisor
Hilton —Bristol
- £29,000 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Bar
- Free parking
- Employee stock purchase plan
5d
Public Sector Practice Leader
WTW —Bristol
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Sales
- Business development
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Team Leader

GKN Aerospace -
Bristol

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Job details

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Company pension
Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

Stakeholder collaboration
English
Performance management
Assembly
Professional development mentoring
Training & development
Team motivation leadership
Communication skills
Lean manufacturing

Full job description

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

It’s great to know you’re making a difference to the future of aviation! Whatever part you play you’ll be helping us deliver operational excellence to our customers.

An exciting and career defining opportunity has arisen for a Team Leader to join the team based at our Western Approach site (BS35 4GG), The modern manufacturing facility is an International Centre of Excellence in composite wing structure design and production, manufacturing composite wing spars and Fixed Trailing Edge assemblies for some of the world's most popular aircrafts.

As a Team Leader, you will have full accountability for all aspects of operational performance, whilst ensuring that we deliver our People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cash and Cost (PSQDCC) targets. Reporting into a Group Leader you will be an integral part of our Operations team, helping us deploy our Lean Operating Model and will be responsible for a team of around 10-12 operators.

The role is available on either a core days or a 24/7 shift pattern as outlined below:

Core Days:

07:00am - 15:00pm Mon-Fri

24/7 Shift pattern, 12 hour shifts (32% Shift Allowance):

Wk1: Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday (Days)

Wk2: Thursday, Friday (Nights)

Wk3: Saturday, Sunday (Nights), Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Days)

Wk4: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (Nights)

How You'll Contribute

In this role, you will be responsible for:

Creating and sustaining a culture that is aligned to the GKN Aerospace 'A Great Place To Work' value drivers and Culture Principles by role-modelling behaviours, motivating, encouraging and recognising the contribution of individuals and teams.
Holding Team Members and Team Leaders accountable to embody the GKNA culture principles
Being Open and Honest when appraising and managing individuals' performance whilst supporting and coaching individuals to close performance gaps
Providing opportunities for Team Members to play to their strengths; do what they do best and create on-going opportunities for learning and personal development
Exemplifying a safety-first mindset and ensuring that the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards are applied and that your assigned areas are a model of a world class healthy and safe working environment
Leading and developing your team to understand the context, mechanics and the delivery of PSQDCC targets to meet customer and stakeholder commitments
Driving the disciplined and rigorous deployment of the Lean Operating Model (LOM) across your assigned area
Being actively involved in problem solving and the management system using a 'Go to Gemba' approach to solve problems with the ambition that 95% of issues can be solved within the zone itself
Contributing to the Value Stream future state design, and ensuring its execution across your assigned area
Cooperating with other Team Leaders to ensure the best performance outcomes for the entire area
Holding the functional support staff accountable for adhering to the Global standards and enabling your zone team to meet its targets

How You'll Contribute

To help us make a difference, you'll bring your passion and expertise/talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualification and attributes:

Essential

Excellent performance as a Team member, demonstrating rigorous adherence to standardised work
A background in assembly/engineering
Demonstrable ability to work with various stakeholders
Potential to lead, engage, train and develop direct reports
An effective communicator and an influential team member
Good standard of English language; both oral and written

Desirable

Self-motivated by meeting and exceeding PSQDCC performance targets
Previous experience within a Managerial/Team Leader role
Inside knowledge of the aerospace industry

What You'll Bring

Once you're on board you'll get the following perks and benefits:

A Competitive salary dependent on experience
Up to 15% annual bonus
Access to a salary sacrifice EV scheme giving tax and national insurance savings
Industry Leading Pension Scheme = well match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis (GKN Contribution up to 12%)
Life Assurance 8 x salary
187.5 hours holiday + bank holidays
Income protection
Shopping discounts
Cycle To Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
A collaborative, dynamic working environment

As well as a competitive package well offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! Well support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That's the beauty of being part of a global business, once you're on board you never know where you career journey may take you!

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.

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