Assembly Manager

Salary: Competitive Salary

Contract Type: Full Time

Working Pattern: Permanent

The Opportunity- Assembly Manager

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About the role

As an Assembly Manager at JCB Compact Products, 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 delivery of products to our customers while consistently improving quality, productivity, and overall operational performance.

What does this role involve day to day?

In this role, you’ll be responsible for leading the assembly area to achieve key business objectives across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People, and Environment.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Championing and driving a strong safety culture across the department
• Leading and implementing lean manufacturing initiatives and continuous improvement activities
• Managing and developing your team, including performance management, absence management, and skills development
• Owning departmental budgets, including labour cost per unit and consumables spend
• Ensuring quality standards are met through structured problem-solving, including closure of 4Cs and corrective actions
• Monitoring and delivering against KPIs and scorecards to achieve business targets
• Managing new product introductions and supporting product improvement activities
• Conducting appraisals, as well as managing disciplinary and counselling processes where required

This will be suited to you if…

• You’re a confident leader with the ability to motivate and engage a high-performing team
• You have a proven track record of leading production teams within a complex assembly or manufacturing environment
• You possess strong knowledge of manufacturing and assembly processes, alongside resource planning experience
• You have hands-on experience implementing lean manufacturing techniques
• You’re results-driven, with a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence

What happens next?

Ordinarily, our Resourcing Team reviews and shortlists CVs. If shortlisted, you’ll speak to one of our Recruiters to discuss the role further. Our interview process usually consists of an initial team’s interview followed by an in-person interview. We’ll keep in touch throughout the process but if you have any questions, please get in touch at ***email_hidden***

What’s in it for you?

This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor and dentist. We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too. Then there’s the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers. Feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.

We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. If you face any accessibility challenges with your online application and require additional support, you have the option of speaking to a member of our Recruitment Team who can support you to complete an application in an alternative format. If you would benefit from this support, please email ***email_hidden***, and a member of the team will be in touch.

Recruitment Agencies: JCB does not accept any speculative approaches to present candidates for advertised vacancies.