Production Supervisor – Glasgow

About this role:

We are looking for a Production Supervisor to lead our Production team to plan, organise and deliver our subsystems and satellites. The role is based in Glasgow and the successful candidate will be site-based given the nature of the work. This opportunity is ideal for someone looking to be hands-on in leading the team to produce small satellite components and/or sub-systems to cost, quality, safety, and time parameters.

You will enjoy working in a production role in a dynamic working environment.  You will have relevant work experience with the desire to grow your knowledge and expertise while adding value to our current ways of working. You will not be afraid of challenges and happy to get involved. It is an exciting opportunity to be part of existing projects and missions where your work literally ends up in space!

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise and lead team of assembly and test technicians
• Provide technical guidance when required on assembly and test processes for electronics satellite sub-systems
• Drive the team to ensure a high level of performance, quality and delivery
• Provide support to Head of Production on Loading, Capacity, Blockers, Resourcing and Quality issues
• Focus on continuous improvement projects to improve efficiency and standard of design and associated processes
• Deliver work tasks and assignments in accordance to required standards, quality, budget and timescales
• Engage in design process to ensure Design for Manufacture and Design for Test focus
• Drive the teams to ensure a high level of performance, quality and delivery
• Develop and maintain relationships within the production department and key engineering points of contact

Support the wider team as required

Skills required:

• Relevant degree or equivalent work experience
• Previous experience working in a technical and/or electronics production environment
• Previous team leadership experience
• Knowledge of quality standards
• Evidences improving processes and procedures, demonstrating a lean mindset
• Ability to coach and develop others
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently as well as effectively collaborate within a multicultural team
• Demonstrates ownership of problems and works towards finding solutions
• Ability to make good decisions under highly demanding, dynamic environment
• Ability to organise self and prioritise workload with multiple projects in dynamic environment with tight deadlines
• Competent IT skills including Microsoft software
• Proficient in English, both verbally and written

Skills desired:

• Lean qualification
• Experience of environmental testing of electronics products
• Relevant space industry experience
• Previous experience in working with small/medium sized company

About AAC Clyde Space 

AAC Clyde Space, a leading New Space company, specialises in small satellite technologies and services that enable businesses, governments, and educational organisations to access high-quality, timely data from space. This data has a vast range of applications, from weather forecasting to precision farming to environmental monitoring, and is essential to improving our quality of life on Earth.

Our growing capabilities bring together three divisions:

• Space Data as a Service – delivering data from space directly to customers
• Space missions – turnkey solutions that empower customers to streamline their space missions
• Space products and components – a full range of off-the-shelf and tailor-made subsystems, components, and sensors

AAC Clyde Space aims to become a world leader in commercial small satellites and services from space, applying advances in its technology to tackle global challenges and improve our life on Earth.

Some of our clients include Horizon Technologies, Orbcomm, OHB Sweden, Intuitive Machines, Orbital Micro Systems, the United States Airforce Academy, UK Space Agency, European Space Agency and NASA.

AAC Clyde Space Group consists of the parent company AAC Clyde Space AB (publ) and subsidiaries in Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands, South Africa and the USA.  Our main operations are in these five countries, with partner networks in Japan and South Korea.

AAC Clyde Space’s share is traded on the Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market.

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Right to Work

AAC Clyde Space has a legal responsibility to ensure that all its employees have the legal right to live and work in the EU or the country in which they plan to work. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to AAC Clyde Space verifying that you are eligible to work in that country before you start work.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We aim to create a positive recruitment and selection experience across every part of our business. The company is committed to handling applications to a consistently high standard and all candidates with dignity and respect. Those involved in the recruitment and selection process will act with integrity, objectivity and professionalism.   We are committed to equal opportunities for all and to have diversity reflected within our global workforce. We believe its diversity and inclusion will allow for greater creativity and innovation to help AAC Clyde Space Group deliver the vision to help improve life on earth.

Openness to Flexible Working

We recognise work-life balance is important so we are open to discussions around flexible working, depending on the nature of the role and business needs.  If you would like to know more, please ask the Hiring Manager during any recruitment process that you may be involved in.