Team Leader

Team Leader

Date: Aug 27, 2025

Location:Tallassee, AL, US

Company: GKN Aerospace Careers

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

The Team Leader is responsible for leading and directing associates engaged in the laminating and assembly of composite products for delivery which may be multi-functional and/or multi-shift. Position will emphasize total employee involvement through; team building and accountability, skill development and technical training, quality focus, cost management, delivery schedule and customer satisfaction.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and coordination of activities associated with an assigned product line or department.
• Developing and delivering plans that meet internal and external customer requirements.
• Preparing and implementing plans that best optimize the use of available resources.
• Representing the team at meetings with customers, vendors or company management.
• Developing innovative problem resolution processes and encouraging new ideas and methods.
• Ensuring adequate resources are available for the team to produce products that meet established quality, schedule and delivery objectives.
• Planning with information from your team, production planning, purchasing, QA, engineering and finance the daily and/or weekly activities and priorities.
• Develop and maintain for the team a set of clearly defined performance objectives that involve the following areas of individual and team accountability: workplace safety, quality, cost, schedule, process, attendance, cleanliness, and HAZMAT handling & disposal, housekeeping, performance measurements and timely problem resolution.
• Develop competencies within the department or product line that focus on: technical skills and continuous manufacturing process improvement, developing an understanding of our overall business and financial (cost and asset) management objectives, team communication and problem solving techniques, team flexibility, cross training and personal motivation to achieve world class quality, financial, and schedule performance.
• Work to ensure that we are continually improving manufacturing processes and procedures, with technical assistance from tooling, engineering, finance, and materials.

Job Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor degree in business, industrial technology, engineering or related field.
• 5+ (five) years work experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 2+ (two) years experience as a working lead or supervisor.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing shop practices; quality processes and procedures; shop floor planning; process engineering; employee relations; cost systems.
• Training or work experience in planning and prioritizing multiple tasks and/or work assignments.
• Demonstrated proficiency or training in the following skills: written and verbal communication; analytical and planning skills; computer literacy; team leadership and group facilitation skills.
• Motivation and ability to lead, organize and develop a team in support of company objectives.
• Work experience in high stress and/or ambiguous work environments.
• Must be U.S. Person in compliance with U.S. ITAR regulations

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.​
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