Production Team Leader

Location: Horsham, West Sussex
Salary: £32,000 - £39,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, with early Friday finishes

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Production Team Leader to join a well-established engineering and manufacturing business based in Horsham.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a hands-on leadership position and enjoys working within a skilled engineering environment focused on quality, precision, and teamwork.

About the Role As a Production Team Leader, you’ll take responsibility for leading a small team of electrical and mechanical technicians, ensuring that production targets, quality standards, and daily objectives are consistently achieved.

You’ll act as a go-to technical resource—sharing expertise, troubleshooting production issues, and driving efficiency improvements throughout the team.

You’ll play a key role in maintaining production schedules, ensuring build accuracy across projects, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Working closely with production supervisors and engineering teams, you’ll contribute to developing best practices while fostering a positive, collaborative work culture.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead and support the production team, setting clear goals and monitoring progress

- Ensure all equipment is built to specification and quality checked prior to dispatch

- Provide hands-on technical guidance and troubleshooting support to team members

- Work closely with production control and engineering teams to improve efficiency and resolve technical issues

- Manage workshop stock and communicate with supply chain teams as needed

- Assist with hiring, onboarding, and training new team members

- Maintain a safe, organised, and compliant workplace

- Contribute to continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives

Skills & Experience Essential:

- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a production or workshop environment

- Previous leadership or supervisory experience

- City & Guilds or equivalent qualification in an engineering discipline

Desirable:

- Understanding of lean manufacturing principles

- Experience working in a mechanical or electrical assembly environment