What you’ll do…
Lead the end-to-end delivery of production across your shift in the backend zone of the operation, ensuring safety, quality and output targets are consistently achieved. You’ll oversee a full value stream, driving performance through real-time decision making, strong leadership and a relentless focus on continuous improvement.
You’ll manage daily operations on shift, balancing people, materials and equipment to maintain flow, uptime and yield. From leading shift handovers and performance reviews to responding to breakdowns, quality issues and safety incidents, you’ll be accountable for keeping production on track and performing at pace.
Alongside this, you’ll champion a high-performance culture coaching your Area Leads, embedding lean practices and driving structured problem solving to improve OEE, reduce scrap and enhance overall efficiency
The team you'll join...
What you’ll bring…
You’ll bring strong experience leading teams in high-volume, automated manufacturing environments, ideally within battery, automotive, semiconductor or similar advanced industries. You’ll be comfortable managing shift operations, making decisions under pressure and driving performance through data and KPIs.
You’ll have a solid understanding of lean manufacturing, problem-solving tools (e.g. 5-Why, 8D), and systems such as MES, ERP or SPC. Just as importantly, you’ll be a strong people leader—able to coach, develop and motivate teams within a demanding operational environment
What you’ll get…
As a new company, our reward scheme is constantly evolving. We continue to review the market to deliver a competitive benefits package, which currently includes private healthcare, company bonus, enhanced parental leave policy and a cash allowance to boost your benefits. We are a flexible business that is committed to promoting work-life balance, partnering with Yulife to provide our team members with total wellbeing support.
You’ll work in a rapidly scaling-up environment as a subsidiary of the multinational corporation, Tata Sons, to help build the UK’s biggest battery manufacturing facility and make your mark in a new organisation.
Agratas is a place to be authentically you.
At Agratas we strongly believe that people are at their best when they feel supported and happy in their workplace. To that end we continue to cultivate a diverse workforce which protects the individuality of each team member. We therefore warmly welcome applicants from any race, gender, sexuality, and ability. Should you have a preference in how your suitability is assessed for this role or require any reasonable adjustments please let the Talent Acquisition team know.
