{"id":1019089,"url":"https://alion.io/job/knds-manufacturing-supervisor","title":"MANUFACTURING SUPERVISOR","company":{"id":1046200,"name":"KNDS","domain":"knds.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/knds-2","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Teamtailor","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":82,"open_postings":7,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.714,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":56,"computed_at":"2026-11-04T06:34:25Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Stockport, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":38000,"max_usd":79000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":875},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-01-05T10:18:39Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-01-05","last_verified_at":"2026-11-04T04:34:17Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":302,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":302},"description":"We are currently looking for a Manufacturing Supervisor\nA little about us:\nWith over a century of engineering expertise and innovation, KNDS UK is a renowned world leader in rapidly deployable military bridging systems and a key partner in the UK MoD’s Boxer armoured vehicle programme.\nWe are proud of our heritage and our reputation of providing the highest quality engineering solutions for over 100 years. As a trusted partner to military customers around the world, our employees are the very heart of our company. We have a skilled and experienced workforce dedicated to achieving excellence in all areas of the business from Engineering to Project Management, Business Support to Operations.\nAs our business evolves, we are looking to strengthen our workforce with talented and motivated individuals across a range of disciplines to work from our Northwest Engineering Centre of Excellence and currently have this opportunity available:\nAbout the role:\nThe main purpose of this role is to lead and supervise manufacturing operations team to safely ensure the on-time delivery of finished products at correct quality and cost and to champion continuous improvement in all activities and areas of responsibility.\nKey duties include, but are not limited to:\nTo ensure your team operate in accordance with the Company’s, Health Environmental and Safety policies, lead SHE activities in the relevant area.\n\nTo lead the team to deliver Product to Cost and Quality requirements, ensuring that schedule adherence is met, creating recovery plans / short interval control where required.\n\nResponsible for effective deployment of resource, achieving business returned hour targets are delivered. Redeploy resource (and self) to other business units where required.\n\nManage absence according to company procedure (holidays, sickness, disciplinary etc), RTW are carried within 24 hours of return. Fully responsible for welfare.\n\nEnsuring team competence can deliver targets, ensuring that maximum flexibility within the team and on the job / training courses are arranged and attended.\n\nPrepare daily reporting (upwards) of primary business measures.\n\nEnsure that the company Quality Management Systems and Manufacturing Procedures are followed without exception, any escapes.\n\nTo maintain the competency, capability and capacity of the manufacturing team to ensure delivery of programme requirements.\n\nPersonally carry out start and end of shift briefs, ensuring direct workforce receive daily communications and are kept appraised of key business topics.\n\nResponsible for the upkeep and communication of local KPIs (SQCDP) to team / and management.\n\nLeads daily auditing of workplace environment ensuring Target Conditions are met to “visitor ready” standards.\n\nMaybe asked to be re-deploy to other areas of the business if required.\n\nWhat we’re looking for: \nApplications from candidates who can demonstrate the following requirements will be considered, however, if you do not meet all the requirements, please explain why you are suitable for the position:\nDegree / HND in Manufacturing or Engineering discipline\n\nProven Manufacturing Supervisor experience\n\nCurrent driving licence\n\nIOSH / NEBOSH certificate\n\nManaging manufacturing environments safely and a firm understanding of managing risks.\n\nLeadership of Manufacturing teams in Aerospace, Automotive or similar mechanical engineering business.\n\nLeading and implementing Manufacturing schedules and recovery plans.\n\nResource planning and competence management.\n\nProject reporting including definition and collation of KPIs\n\nWorking knowledge of SAP.\n\nComputer skills (MS Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint).\n\nEquipment maintenance and PM planning.\n\nKnowledge and understanding of Material Requirements Planning (MRP).\n\nCompletion of employee performance reviews.\n\nCollaboration cross functionally where required.\n\nWhy you should join us:\nWhen you become part of the KNDS UK team, you will enjoy employee benefits such as:\nCompetitive salary\n\nAttractive pension (4% employee contribution, 7% employer contribution)\n\nHalf-day Friday\n\nLife assurance scheme\n\nCompany sick pay scheme which increases with service\n\nEmployee Assistance Programme\n\nAdditional Holidays & other Long Service rewards\n\nWellbeing initiatives, such as Free Fruit on Tuesday’s\n\nCycle to work Scheme\n\nFree on-site car parking\n\nOn-site electric vehicle charging points\n\nWe’re also very proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant since 2018, achieving their Silver Award in 2020 and Gold Award in 2024. We actively support and encourage service leavers, reservists and cadets to join our team, recognising military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process.\nIf you are passionate about Manufacturing and eager to contribute to a thriving workplace environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.\nWe look forward to receiving your application!\nRecruiters please note that we have a list of approved recruitment agency partners in place and we will contact agencies directly should we require support. 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