TECHNICAL PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Belong. Believe. Be You. Belden.

Propel your career surrounded by a diverse team of innovative, goal-oriented individuals who are pursuing the next generation of connectivity solutions. At Belden, you’ll participate in work that will challenge you and position you to excel. You’ll collaborate with colleagues from around the world, gaining exposure to a broad base of expertise and perspectives.

Together, we’ll continue on a journey of innovation, creating a connected world and paving the way for automation. Join us and let’s build the future.

Summary: 
The Technical Production Supervisor is responsible for assembling, testing, and troubleshooting optical networking products in a production environment. This role will also include supervisory responsibilities for the production operations team.  This hands-on role ensures all components and finished goods meet quality and performance standards through the use of optical test equipment and standardised procedures. In their supervisory capacity this role will be responsible for oversight of the transceiver programming, testing and shipping operations.  The Technical Production Supervisor will set priorities and align resources for order fulfillment and ensure that test equipment and procedures are available for the production team.  Ideal candidates will have experience working with fiber optics, precision testing tools, and a strong attention to detail.  

In return we offer a salary ranging from £45K - £63k depending on levels of experience, a discretionary bonus scheme as well as 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays). You will receive a generous pension scheme, life assurance as well as the chance to take up other generous benefits including Health Insurance, cycle to work scheme, an employee assistance program, paid time off for volunteer work, plus many others. The role reports to the SVP of Operations & PLM, and is located in Swindon, UK. 

You will make an impact in the following way: 
•    Defines technical specifications and test procedures for Precision OT’s production team.
•    Assists in setting up switch and router configurations based on defined use cases for production testing.
•    Creates and updates transceiver and optical network device templates and configurations as well as testing and validating compatibility of optical transceiver devices with various types of networking equipment.
•    Assist with optical network equipment troubleshooting, integration, and root cause analysis efforts.
•    Support Solution Engineering team with test scenarios and reports.

What you will bring: 
•    Basic understanding of optical network technologies (fiber optics, Mux/Demux, lasers, photodetectors) and familiarity with configuring or testing networking hardware (Cisco, Juniper, etc.) is a plus
•    Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead, engage and motivate staff with a minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience
•    Technical certifications or vocational training in electronics or fiber optics are beneficial
•    Prior experience or a degree in the relevant field is desirable
•    Minimum 5 years of experience working in a high-volume production environment

Let’s Write the Next 100 Years Together.
Join a global community striving to improve connectivity and security. We offer you hybrid and remote work practices where feasible, flexible working hours, a generous pension scheme, cycle to work, health and dental insurance, an employee stock purchase plan, parental leave benefits, paid leave for volunteer work in your community, multiple and frequent training opportunities, professional talent management and succession planning, corporate health and well-being initiatives and a work culture which includes commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability.
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These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.