
Manufacturing Cell Leader – HLA
- Hailsham, East Sussex
- Permanent
- Full-time
Salary: Competitive, DOE
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Hours: Monday – Friday, 37 hours – An element of flexibility as to when hours are worked
Benefits: A competitive salary, private medical insurance, 25 days holiday, salary sacrifice company pension, life insurance, a state-of-the-art working environment!Take Your Career to the Next Level with VACGEN!For over 60 years, VACGEN has been driving innovation in ultra-high vacuum (UHV) technology, supporting cutting-edge research across the globe. From NASA and the European Space Agency to CERN, our high-precision products are trusted by world-leading institutions and researchers to deliver results.We are now recruiting for a ManufacturingCell Leader to ensure that the cell achieves the day-to-day customer requirements in terms of Quality, Delivery and Cost and to continuously improve the performance of the team.As our Cell Leader you will be specifically responsible for:
- Team Leadership: Support and motivate your team, address performance issues, and act as the first point of contact for queries.
- Operational Management: Oversee daily operations, maintain workflow, ensure cycle time adherence, and manage start-up/changeovers.
- Continuous Improvement: Drive initiatives like Kaizen, 5S, and cross-training while maintaining the Training Matrix.
- Documentation & Visual Management: Keep standard work, SQDIP boards, and production targets up to date, ensuring accurate and timely transactions.
- Collaboration: Work with the Production Manager and engineering teams to align resources and improve processes.
- 5S & Maintenance: Promote a clean, organised environment by overseeing cleaning and maintenance schedules.
- Customer Focus: Proactively address issues to ensure customer requirements are met.
- Experience of high-level mechanical assembly’s.
- Leadership and coaching experience.
- High level mathematics.
- Experience in low batch low tolerance workshop environment.
- HNC / HND Mechanical Engineering.