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Assembly Manager
Assembly Manager – Backhoe Loader
Salary
- Competitive Salary
Contract Type & Working Pattern
- Full-Time, Permanent
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About the Role
As an Assembly Manager at JCB World Headquarters, supporting the Backhoe Loader Assembly operation, you’ll play a pivotal role within the Operations leadership team, leading the assembly function and driving continuous improvement across the area.
Safety is at the heart of everything we do, and all applicants must hold IOSH Managing Safely as a minimum requirement.
This is a critical position, responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of Backhoe Loaders to our customers while consistently improving quality, productivity, cost performance, and operational excellence.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
In this role, you’ll be responsible for leading the Backhoe Assembly area to achieve key business objectives across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People, and Environment.
Your core responsibilities include:
- Championing and driving a strong safety culture across the assembly department
- Leading and implementing lean manufacturing initiatives and continuous improvement activities
- Managing and developing your team, including:
- Performance management
- Absence management
- Succession planning
- Skills development
- Owning departmental budgets, including labour cost per unit and consumable spend
- Ensuring quality standards are achieved through structured problem-solving methodologies, including:
- Closure of 4Cs (Corrective Actions, Recall Plans, etc.)
- Implementation of correcting corrective actions
- Monitoring and delivering against KPIs and operational scorecards to achieve business targets
- Supporting the introduction of:
- New products
- Engineering changes
- Product improvement activities within the Backhoe Loader range
- Driving productivity, efficiency, and waste reduction initiatives across the assembly operation
- Conducting appraisals and managing:
- Disciplinary processes
- Capability processes
- Counselling where required
- Collaborating closely with:
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Supply Chain
- Quality
- Production Planning to ensure delivery of the production plan
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Ideal Candidate Requirements
This role would suit you if:
✔ You’re a confident and inspirational leader capable of motivating, engaging, and developing high-performing teams ✔ You have a proven track record of leading production teams in complex assembly or manufacturing environments ✔ You possess strong expertise in:
- Assembly operations
- Manufacturing processes
- Production planning
- Resource management ✔ You have experience within high-volume manufacturing environments, ideally in:
- Automotive
- Construction equipment
- Heavy engineering sectors ✔ You have hands-on experience implementing lean manufacturing techniques and driving continuous improvement initiatives ✔ You are highly results-driven, with a focus on safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people development ✔ You can confidently influence stakeholders at all levels and effectively manage priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
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The Next Steps
Our Resourcing Team ordinarily reviews and shortlists CVs. If shortlisted, you’ll speak to one of our Recruiters to discuss the role further.
Our interview process typically includes:
- An initial team interview
- An in-person interview
We’ll keep you updated throughout, but if you have any questions, please contact: recruitment@jcb.com
Why Join JCB?
This is your chance to join a company that values expertise—not just in rewards, but in real employee care.
At JCB, you’ll benefit from:
✔ Competitive salary ✔ 33 days’ holiday ✔ Access to our company pension ✔ On-site gym facility ✔ In-house doctor and dental services ✔ ULEV car scheme for eligible employees ✔ JCB Rewards Hub (discounts with high-street retailers) ✔ Cycle to Work Scheme (if you enjoy biking to work)
Diversity & Inclusion
We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. JCB is committed to a fair and inclusive recruitment process.
If accessibility challenges arise during your online application, or if you need alternative formats, we are here to help. Contact recruitment@jcb.com, and we’ll assist you in completing your application.
⚠ Recruitment Agencies: JCB does not accept speculative submissions for advertised vacancies.
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