Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
Production Supervisor (Nights)
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Sista ansökningsdag 2026-09-10
Plats: GBR - Rotherham
Are you an experienced manufacturing leader looking to take the next step in your career?
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is seeking a Night Shift Supervisor to lead our night shift operations across Wrapping, Machining and Strip production areas. This is an exciting opportunity to join a global engineering business and play a key role in driving safety, quality, productivity and continuous improvement within our manufacturing operation.
Who are we?
Here at Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, in Rotherham, we are proud to manufacture Orkot® bearings and wear rings. Orkot® is the world's leading brand in composite bearing material for wear resistant bearings under high load. With over 60 years’ experience in composite bearings, our Rotherham facility provides a full service, from engineering concept to delivery of a bearing solution for specialist markets such as marine, hydro & tidal power.
About The Job
Reporting to the Production Manager, you will be responsible for supervising and developing a team of approximately 10 employees, ensuring production targets are achieved while maintaining the highest standards of health and safety, quality and customer delivery performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading and motivating the night shift team across Wrapping, Machining and Strip operations to achieve operational targets.
- Ensure machining activities are carried out safely, efficiently and in line with quality standards.
- Planning and reviewing workloads to ensure efficient production output.
- Support problem solving, root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives within the machining area.
- Promoting a strong safety-first culture across all manufacturing activities.
- Monitoring product quality and implementing corrective actions where required.
- Supporting employee development, training and competency management.
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives focused on Quality, OEE and On-Time Delivery.
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Who we're looking for
We are looking for a proactive and engaging leader with:
- Previous supervisory or team leadership experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong knowledge of machining operations, manufacturing processes and associated production challenges.
- Experience of CNC machining and/or precision engineering environments would be highly advantageous.
- Good understanding of quality standards, continuous improvement and production performance measures such as OEE.
- Strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills.
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Excel and production-related systems.
- Knowledge of quality systems, continuous improvement and manufacturing processes.
- The ability to inspire, develop and motivate others to achieve business goals.
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of machining operations and a passion for leading teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, driving safety, quality and continuous improvement.
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Location
This role is based at our Rotherham site.
Working hours
The working hours for this position 38 per week, working the following night shift:
- Sunday: 6:00pm to 6:00am
- Monday to Thursday: 11:00pm to 6:00am
What we offer in return?
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer an excellent benefits package including:
- Competitive salary plus 33% shift allowance.
- Non-contractual performance-related bonus scheme.
- Company pension scheme with a minimum 5% employee contribution and 4% employer contribution.
- Life Assurance of 4x annual salary.
- 25 days annual leave plus statutory public holidays (33 days total).
- Flexible working through our flexi-time scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme with access to a remote GP service, physiotherapy and counselling for employees and their families.
- Mental Health First Aiders on site.
- Free fruit and complimentary hot and cold drinks.
- Free on-site parking, secure bicycle storage and catering facilities.
- Active social calendar including employee wellbeing initiatives, fundraising events and seasonal celebrations.
- Staff canteen with TV, dartboard and foosball table.
- Opportunity to join the TSS Football Team.
To apply
If you're ready to play a leading role in our manufacturing operations, we'd love to hear from you.
To apply, please submit your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for the role, to Clare Tucker - HR Business Partner at [email protected].
Closing date for applications is Friday 21st August 2026.
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