{"id":1592660,"url":"https://alion.io/job/matchtech-manufacturing-team-leader-supervisor","title":"Manufacturing Team Leader / Supervisor","company":{"id":2073484,"name":"Matchtech","domain":"matchtech.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/matchtech-com","size_band":"11-50","is_staffing_agency":true,"employer_type":"agency","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Schema","truth_index":null},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":28000,"max":28000,"currency":"GBP","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":37054},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Aider","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-29","last_verified_at":"2026-10-02T20:00:06Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":4,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":4},"description":"Manufacturing Team Leader\nChandler's Ford, Hampshire\nPermanent | Monday to Friday, 6:00am to 2:00pm\nSalary: Up to £35,500 per annum (DOE)\nWe are seeking an experienced and motivated Manufacturing Team Leader to support the delivery of production schedules, drive quality standards, and lead a high-performing manufacturing team.\nThis is a hands-on leadership role where you'll coordinate daily manufacturing activities, support continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure products are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. Reporting to the Manufacturing Manager, you will play a key role in achieving our manufacturing strategy of On Time In Full (OTIF), Best Quality, Lowest Total Cost, Shortest Lead Time, and High Morale.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead, motivate and support production teams to achieve daily production targets.\nCoordinate labour, resources and production schedules to ensure on-time delivery.\nPromote a strong culture of health, safety and quality across the manufacturing function.\nConduct work centre safety checks and support risk assessments and toolbox talks.\nMonitor production progress and maintain accurate work centre reporting and order status updates.\nProvide technical support and problem-solving assistance to production teams.\nReview production drawings and build plans to ensure materials and resources are available.\nSupport onboarding, training and ongoing development of manufacturing staff.\nDrive continuous improvement activities to improve efficiency, quality and workflow.\nEnsure products meet customer specifications and internal quality standards.\nEffectively communicate production priorities, risks and performance across departments.\nMaintain high housekeeping standards and a safe working environment.\nAbout You\nPrevious experience in a manufacturing or production leadership role.\nStrong leadership, communication and organisational skills.\nExcellent problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach.\nUnderstanding of health & safety and quality requirements within manufacturing.\nExperience working to production targets and delivery schedules.\nAbility to read and interpret technical drawings is desirable.\nKey Performance Measures\nOn Time In Full (OTIF) delivery.\nProduction order completion above 90%.\nReduction in defects, damages and customer complaints.\nCompliance with safety and quality standards.\nEffective work centre management and workflow control.\nBenefits\n22 days annual leave plus bank holidays.\nBirthday Celebration Day.\nCompany pension scheme.\nLife assurance.\nAnnual employee awards.\nFree tea and coffee.\nExcellent transport links, including Chandler's Ford railway station.\nTraining and development opportunities.\nOpportunities to become a Fire Warden, First Aider or Mental Health First Aider.\nIf you're a driven manufacturing professional with a passion for leadership, quality and continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2927,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-01T16:33:24Z"}],"liveness":{"score":52,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.516,"p_room":1,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:13","agency","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-02T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":37054,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/matchtech-manufacturing-team-leader-supervisor","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/matchtech-manufacturing-team-leader-supervisor.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-03T01:10:43Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1050,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3950,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-04T00:00:00Z"}}}