DART Aerospace
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Team Leader – Fuels
F.P.T. Industries Ltd – DART Aerospace
Location: Portsmouth, UK
Department: Fuels
Employment Type: Permanent
Reports to: Group Leader
About the Role
F.P.T. Industries, part of DART Aerospace, is looking for a Team Leader – Fuels to lead a team of approximately 15–20 employees within our aerospace manufacturing operation in Portsmouth. This is a hands-on production leadership role for someone who can combine people management, operational discipline, and a strong safety and quality mindset.
You will be responsible for creating a right-first-time culture, developing your team, and ensuring production commitments are achieved across Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Productivity.
What You’ll Do
- Lead, motivate, and develop a team of 15–20 production employees.
- Drive a right-first-time culture focused on safety, quality, and operational performance.
- Deliver against production commitments and key KPIs including delivery, quality, and productivity.
- Manage attendance, sickness, holidays, and day-to-day workforce requirements.
- Support employee training, development, and performance objectives.
- Identify production issues and take appropriate corrective action.
- Maintain a safe, structured, and engaging working environment.
- Update WIP trackers and support production documentation where required.
- Work closely with the Group Leader and wider manufacturing teams to maintain production flow.
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What We’re Looking For
- Previous experience in a supervisory or team leadership role.
- Strong people-management and communication skills.
- Highly focused, accountable, and target-driven approach.
- Ability to motivate and engage production employees.
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
- Confidence making decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Manufacturing experience preferred; aerospace experience is an asset.
- Comfortable working with Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Minimum A-levels, BTEC National Diploma, or equivalent.
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Working Hours
- Day or early shift patterns are available.
- The site operates a 9-day fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day.
Why Join F.P.T. Industries / DART Aerospace?
You’ll join an aerospace manufacturing environment producing safety-critical products for commercial and defence applications, while taking direct ownership of team performance, development, quality, and production delivery.
If you are an experienced manufacturing Team Leader who enjoys being close to the operation and developing people while delivering results, we would like to hear from you.
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