Company Description: Reliant Rubber Engineers Ltd is a British manufacturer based in Batley, West Yorkshire. We produce precision-engineered rubber products and provide specialist refurbishment services for customers across a range of industries. Our growing moulding department uses compression and injection moulding to manufacture bespoke components, from one-offs and small batches to repeat and higher-volume orders. We continue to invest in our people, equipment and manufacturing capability.
Role Description: We are looking for a hands-on Moulding Production Lead to take day-to-day ownership of our rubber moulding department. This is a permanent, full-time, shop-floor leadership role based in Batley.
Working with the Production Manager and Head of Production & Works, you will organise workloads, allocate people and machinery across compression and injection moulding, and keep orders moving to the required quality and delivery standards.
You will lead and support the moulding team, communicate daily priorities, maintain safe working practices and respond to issues such as machine breakdowns, material shortages and quality concerns. You will also monitor waste, maintain an organised production area and help improve processes, tooling and ways of working.
This role offers the opportunity to take genuine ownership of an important and developing area of the business.
Experience:
We are looking for someone with previous experience leading or supervising a team in a manufacturing or production environment, alongside a practical understanding of machinery, production processes and shop-floor problem-solving.
You should be able to organise a busy workload, make decisions when priorities change and set clear standards for quality, productivity, safety and on-time delivery. Strong communication skills are essential, as you will work closely with the moulding team, production colleagues and management.
- Experience with rubber moulding, including compression or injection moulding, would be particularly relevant. We also value a hands-on approach, the ability to coach others and a willingness to improve how work is carried out.
Hours:
We operate a 4-day working week within our factory at Batley.
Monday - Thursday 07:00 - 17:30