Would you like to work for a growing medical device organisation? Are you an experienced production operative with cleanroom experience?
Senior Production Lead
Full-time, permanent | Up to £38,000 per annum | Tewkesbury
Would you like to work for a growing medical device organisation? Are you an experienced production professional with cleanroom expertise and the ambition to move into a pivotal management role?
Thomas Professional are delighted to be exclusively supporting a leading medical device organisation in the recruitment of a Senior Production Lead. This is a high-impact role designed for someone ready to take on first-tier management responsibilities and shape the future of a production team.
Benefits:
Enhanced employer pension contribution
4 x death in service
Private medical insurance
25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Continued professional development
The Role
As a Senior Production Lead, you will take ownership of the shop floor and drive excellence through:
Leading all day-to-day production activities to ensure targets are met. This includes the end-to-end manufacture of implants—from precision cutting and sewing to packaging, sterilisation, and shipping.
Team Development: Taking an active role in recruiting, mentoring, and developing an expert small team over the next 12–18 months.
Acting as the primary point of contact for the production team, handling first-tier management responsibilities, and ensuring a high-performance culture.
Continuous Improvement (CI): Leading production CI initiatives by liaising directly with the QA and Design departments to refine production workflows and enhance quality control processes.
Providing essential support to the Production Manager and deputising for them when required to ensure seamless departmental operations.
Ensuring all manufacturing documentation is completed accurately and managing sensitive patient data and digital imagery with total confidentiality.
The Ideal Candidate:
To be successful as a Senior Production Lead, you will:
Possess a focused, positive, and enthusiastic personality with the natural authority to lead and inspire others.
Have a proven track record in a cleanroom environment and a deep understanding of manufacturing processes.
Show strong attention to detail and a high level of conscientiousness regarding life-changing medical products.
Be confident in sewing and the use of industrial sewing machines (or demonstrate a high aptitude and willingness to master this technical skill).
Have excellent communication skills, capable of liaising across departments (QA, Design, Management) and with external distributors.
Demonstrate strong computer literacy for data input, filing, and digital image manipulation.
If you are interested and have the relevant skills and experiences, please apply with an up to date copy of your CV and we promise to get back to you!
As champions of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, Thomas Professional commit to reviewing every application we receive with complete fairness and equality.
At Thomas Professional, we are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know, and we'll be happy to accommodate your needs.
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