Team Leader- Production

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Team Leader - Production (Saint-Gobain PAM, Ilkeston)
Shifts work: Days (07:00-15:30), PM (13:30-22:00), Nights (22:30-07:00)
Are you an experienced Team Leader who thrives in a hands-on, fast-paced manufacturing environment? Saint-Gobain PAM in Ilkeston is looking for a driven, people-focused Team Leader to oversee production in our FPP (Flange Pipe Plant) - where we turn high-quality cast iron ductile pipes into critical components for water and infrastructure networks.
What you'll do
As a key part of the operations team, you'll lead a team of up to 20 Production Operatives, ensuring safety, quality, and performance standards are met across three active production lines.
Your day will start with ensuring deployment of staff in key areas are achieved, ensuring everyone has the correct PPE & RPE, knows their targets, and understands the plan for the shift. You'll be the go-to person for troubleshooting, coaching, and maintaining high standards of Safety and efficiency across the plant.
You'll also:
Manage day-to-day production activities to meet targets and customer expectations Lead and motivate a small, skilled team to deliver top-quality results on-time in-full Carry out coaching & performance reviews to support your team's development Maintain accurate production records ensuring compliance to Quality standards Support continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives
What we're looking for
Proven experience leading teams in a manufacturing or production environment Strong understanding of Health & Safety practices Excellent planning and organisational skills - this plant runs on skill and teamwork, not automation, knowledge of SAP system would be advantageous. Ability to stay calm under pressure and keep production running smoothly A background in CI (continuous improvement), or operational management would be an advantage Confidence working with manual systems and tracking production without automationWhy work for Saint-Gobain PAM
At Saint-Gobain PAM, we're proud to make essential products that keep communities running - from water networks to infrastructure. You'll be joining a supportive, collaborative environment with real opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.
We value safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement - and we'll invest in your development to help you lead with confidence.
About us
PAM UK is part of Saint-Gobain, a global organisation which specialises in the supply and manufacture of a vast range of sustainable products for the building sector across the world. PAM UK based in Ilkeston, offers a complete range of high performance, ductile iron pipeline systems. We are the leading supplier of ductile iron products for the UK's water, roads, and telecoms sectors. We're proud of the high performance and quality of our products which meet the future needs of our UK infrastructure.
Are Saint-Gobain Inclusive employer?
We're working hard to be, and we're keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else that makes you, you!
We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be, but also facilitates better decision making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.
And what about flexibility?
The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role. We can't guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting, but we promise to listen
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Location:
Ilkeston, Derbyshire
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Manufacturing/Surveying

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