Job Title: Manufacturing Supervisor

Location: Rochester, Kent

Salary: £41,000 – £45,000, depending on experience

What You’ll Be Doing

• Overseeing employee conduct, including timekeeping, attendance, and overall performance in practical and behavioural tasks
• Ensuring adherence to safe working practices at all times
• Providing adequately trained resources to meet operational delivery requirements
• Taking full ownership of the recruitment process and managing contractor levels within the designated area
• Attend status meetings to review and assess resource levels
• Support and manage technician on and off job training
• Managing absence and conducting return-to-work interviews
• Leading employee relations activities, including handling disciplinary matters and grievance procedures
  
  

Your Skills And Experiences

• Proven experience in a supervisory or team leader role, with the ability to effectively manage and lead a diverse team, ideally within a manufacturing environment
• Understanding of shop floor processes and operational workflows
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications
  
  

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Manufacturing Resource Team

Are you an experienced Supervisor or Team Leader looking for a rewarding opportunity with a global organisation that offers excellent career progression? If so, we have an exciting opening to join our growing team in Rochester. In this people-focused role, you will be responsible for providing effective supervision across one or more of our primary manufacturing and repair areas, ensuring the right level of trained resources is available to meet operational requirements. While a background in manufacturing is ideal, it is not essential; we value strong leadership and people management skills above all. We are looking for someone who can lead with empathy and compassion, while being firm and fair, creating a positive and productive work environment. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow within a dynamic global business that invests in its people and offers long-term career development.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 26th November 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.