Alloyed
Production Assembly Team Leader
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Company Overview
Alloyed is a young venture-funded company built with world-class metallurgists, mechanical engineers, technicians, and software developers. Operating from our HQ in the UK but also globally, we are building the future of advanced metal components. Our innovative approach integrates proprietary software that combines advanced machine learning and physical modelling with extensive experimental facilities, enabling us to 3D print metal components more efficiently and effectively than anyone else.
Our facilities in Yarnton and Abingdon, near Oxford, are dedicated to establishing the world’s fastest, smartest, and best-equipped environment for the rapid development of additively manufactured parts and the creation of novel metal alloys for enhanced performance.
We serve a variety of sectors including electronics, aerospace, and industrial by leveraging our cutting-edge technology to build businesses across diverse markets, each with unique requirements, timelines, customers, and cultures.
Role Overview
The Production Assembly Team Leader is responsible for leading, coordinating, and supporting a team of assembly technicians to ensure production targets are met safely, on time, and to the required quality standards. The role combines hands-on leadership with day-to-day production control, continuous improvement, and people management.
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Responsibilities
Production & Operations
- Lead daily assembly operations to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets
- Allocate tasks and balance workload across the team of technicians
- Ensure work is carried out in accordance with work instructions, SOPs, and build specifications
- Monitor production output, identify bottlenecks, and take corrective action
- Support line changeovers, product introductions, and engineering builds
- Escalate issues relating to equipment, materials, or planning in a timely manner
People Leadership
- Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and support to assembly technicians
- Act as first point of contact for attendance, performance, and conduct issues
- Carry out toolbox talks, shift handovers, and daily production briefings
- Support training, skills development, and competency tracking
- Assist with performance reviews, objectives, and development plans
Quality
- Ensure products are built right first time to defined quality standards
- Promote quality ownership and defect prevention
- Support root cause analysis and corrective actions
- Ensure documentation, traceability, and inspection records are completed accurately
Health & Safety
- Ensure compliance with H&S policies, risk assessments, and safe systems of work
- Lead by example on safe working practices and PPE usage
- Report and investigate near misses, incidents, and hazards
- Maintain housekeeping and 5S standards in the assembly area
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Continuous Improvement
- Identify process improvement and waste reduction opportunities
- Support Lean, Kaizen, and CI initiatives
- Work with Engineering, Quality, and Planning to improve build efficiency
Essential skills
- Proven experience in a manufacturing or assembly environment
- Previous experience as team leader, supervisor, or senior operator
- Ability to lead, motivate, and manage a small to medium size production team
- Strong understanding of assembly processes, quality standards, and SOPs
- Good problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing, 5S, or CI tools
- Understanding of production KPIs (output, efficiency, scrap, downtime)
- Experience working to ISO 9001 or similar quality systems
- Basic IT skills (ERP, MRP, production reporting)
- Calm and organised under pressure
- Hands-on and proactive leadership style
- Fair and professional people management approach
- Strong attention to detail
- Team-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset
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