At TT Electronics, you will meet dedicated people who believe that advanced electronics is the key to a brighter, smarter future.  Whether it’s advanced flight controls, smart surgical tools, intelligent vehicle charging or seamless automation everywhere, advancements like this come from the minds of passionate, creative people – working to a common goal, watching out for each other, and caring about making a difference in the lives of people all over the world. 

Our passion?  Simplifying the development of complex electronics… it’s the reason we exist as an organisation.  Our way of life?  Fostering a culture that values individuals as well as community and teamwork. 

Join us – and work with a team that believes success is measured by more than the bottom line, where you’ll find opportunities to achieve your goals, contribute to the lives of others, and build a brighter, smarter future, together. 

TT Electronics’ Bedlington facility north of Newcastle upon Tyne is the home of two TT Electronics divisions; Sensors & Specialist Components and Power Electronics. Sensors & Specialist Components are leaders in high reliability, high performance and engineered electronic components. Power Electronics provide custom power solutions for safety-critical applications in harsh environments. The team in Bedlington specialises in microcircuit production for the aerospace and defence industries.

Employee engagement is centre stage; we’re focussed on our employees and making TT a great place to work. Here at Bedlington we continue to invest and improve the site’s facilities, regularly get involved in fundraising for local charities and activities in our community, have a busy social club and have a group wide focus on ‘Build Expertise’ in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects developing our current employees and encouraging more to join our industry at this exciting time.

We’re currently recruiting for a Production Manager (Micro), site based 5 days per week, in Bedlington to join our Operations team.

TT Electronics are a global provider of engineered electronics for performance critical applications, serving aerospace, defence, medical and industrial markets with an ambition to be a FTSE250 business.    

Our business is customer led and we pride ourselves on technical capabilities to deliver customer needs.  In this role you will demonstrate a passion for Operational Excellence which includes an attention to detail that will enable us to succeed through the design, implementation and embedding of processes, procedures and behaviour development that adds value to our Customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and motivate our manufacturing approach and people, machinery budgets and operational performance to ensure consistent delivery
• Act as an instrumental figure in the creation and delivery of KPIs and technological practices and processes that deliver competitive advantage through positive engagement strategies
• Manage and control financial costs in line with budgets.

Core Requirements

• Previous and relevant Manufacturing, Production, Operational or Leadership experience
• Evidence of delivering effective operational team management
• An understanding of operational target and budget setting and the development of plans
• A clear understanding of how a manufacturing process should be configured to ensure stable and effective outputs
• Demonstrated ability to implement lean improvements in a structured way to continually improve the manufacturing performance
• Ability to work effectively within a dynamic environment
• Ability to identify and implement new technologies to add value to the existing processes
• Experience of delivering significant budgets, KPIs and shifts
• Degree/ HND or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Previous experience of leading in electronics manufacturing
• Experience in Lean Sigma to Black Belt
• Understanding & experience of Automotive, Aerospace & Medical standards
• Experience in using SAP