Captec UK Careers

We are hiring for a Paint shop Cell Leader, to join our team at Captec Subsystems Engineering (CSE) in Farnborough.

As the Paint Shop Cell Leader, you will work in partnership with the primary cell leaders to ensure workflow through the department and will develop plans to efficiently use materials, labour and equipment. You will also be responsible for the day-to-day operational deliverables through your team, as well as team development through appraisals, performance management and assessment of training requirements.

To be successful in this role, you will be likely to have 5+ years’ experience of paint shop and have extensive knowledge of wet and powder painting and best practices, be a team player and a setter of high standards. You will also have a similar level of experience in an effective supervisory role.

Required Experience & Skillset:

• Ensuring the lean principles are embedded in the department and providing continuous improvement solutions.
• Ensuring production efficiencies are communicated throughout the team and that they are met in line with staffing levels available.
• Ensuring staffing levels are reviewed periodically and action is taken to meet the forward production plan.
• Communicating clearly and effectively with your team to ensure they are aware of production priorities and the schedule is being adhered to, in conjunction with the factory plan.
• Ensuring quality standards are communicated throughout the team and are always adhered to.
• Ensuring all health & safety requirements are communicated and adhered to.
• Keeping track of shelf life for paints.
• Team management including performance management, daily task allocation, and appraisals.
• Experience of how to improve both Wet / powder painting and the environment or additional equipment that might be required.
• Promoting and maintain good housekeeping and ensuring the environment is always safe and clean in line with 7s.
• General departmental administration.
• Maintaining an inventory of raw materials.
• Purchasing needed inventory and maintaining BOM status.
• Plan and manage the departmental budget.

 

Personal Attributes:

• Professional approach in communicating with colleagues at all levels.
• Organised and with excellent time management.
• Able to handle pressure to meet deadlines and deliver project outcomes.
• Passionate, energetic and with a positive outlook.
• Process driven with logical, planned and structured methodology.
• Flexibility and willingness to adapt to the needs of the business and to take on challenges required to get the job done.

 

This position offers a competitive salary plus excellent scope for training and development and career progression.  At Captec, we have a relaxed, friendly working environment plus a benefits package that includes:

• 38 hours per week, Monday – Friday (lunchtime finish).
• 20 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Health Cash Plan
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicle and cycle to work schemes
• Free onsite parking and electric car charging points
• Free tea and coffee and plenty of kitchen facilities

 
If you would like to apply for this excellent opportunity, working for an employer where your efforts are appreciated, recognised and well rewarded, then please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter to our HR team at [email protected]

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Team Leader, in the Production Department, at our facility based in Fareham.

What Does the Role Involve?

As a Production Team Leader, using your excellent people skills, you will be required to lead, motivate and supervise an effective team in the achievement of on-time and right first-time deliveries whilst preventing overruns and rework.  You will accomplish this by fostering a collaborative working environment, by ensuring technicians are sufficiently trained, meeting timekeeping requirements, are correctly logged into jobs and by monitoring build times against expected on our ERP.

You will be the first port of call for any Production issues and will be expected to proactively liaise with other departments in support of the resolution, escalating any issues to the Production Planner/ Operations Manager where required.

 

Required Experience & Skillset:

• Previous experience of working in a supervisory role, with a responsibility for a team, in a manufacturing organisation.
• Experience of building computers.
• Can provide demonstrable examples of leading and motivating a team to achieve results.
• Able to effectively lead a team by displaying excellent verbal communication skills and fostering strong relationship building skills to aid the promotion of positive employee relations.
• Can drive high standards through team members.
• Can demonstrate successful delivery of own, KPI’s.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, promoting collaboration with other departments to resolve issues.
• A positive mindset and a hard-working team player with a can-do attitude who is driven to deliver results accurately the first time.
• Actively promote working to Build Instructions, where they exist, and best practice where they don’t.
• The ability to organise and deliver quality products.
• The willingness, and ability, to train others to a high standard, monitoring the skills matrix accordingly.
• The ability to uphold rules and policies relating to Health & Safety and Quality.
• Demonstrates flexibility, good organisational and time management skills.

 

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So, if you can demonstrate alignment with the requirements above, want to work in an organisation focused on designing, manufacturing and integrating specialised computing platforms and complex systems for industries requiring high levels of reliability and performance for critical, certified, and/or challenging applications, we would like to hear from you!  Please send your cv to the HR team – [email protected].

Closing date – 16^th July 2025.

We are an international group focused on designing, manufacturing and integrating specialised computing platforms and complex systems for industries requiring high levels of reliability and performance for critical, certified, and/or challenging applications.

Our values are at the heart of all we do, and our collaborative, team environment means you will work with some of the best in the industry. We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive culture where you can develop and hone your skills, experience and expertise to reach your full potential.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Quality Engineer to join our Quality, Health, Safety Environmental (QHSE) and Compliance team in Fareham.

Reporting to the QHSE Manager, the ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience working as a Quality Engineer in a manufacturing organisation, is experienced in the inspection of electrical, electronic and mechanical parts, assemblies and products against engineering drawings and specifications and can demonstrate excellent communication with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders on quality related issues.

So, if you are someone who has passion for continuous improvement and is motivated by seeing the output of their quality assurance responsibilities and exceptional customer service make a tangible difference, then we would like to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Production Quality Assurance including the monitoring and improvement of workmanship, analysing rework, identifying root cause and implementing corrective actions.
• Customer Quality Assurance including customer complaint and non-conformance investigation and corrective action implementation, hosting customer inspection and audit visits, product recall and field upgrade management and customer satisfaction measurement and reporting.
• Engineering and Product Quality Assurance including involvement with the product design process, including active participation in design reviews, ensuring robust validation and verification activities at appropriate stages in the design process and working with the New Product Introduction team to ensure new products are suitably designed for efficient manufacture.
• Supplier Quality Assurance including working with the Purchasing team to select, assess and approve suitable suppliers, liaise with suppliers to identify root cause of non-confirming materials and implement corrective actions and monitor, measure and report supplier performance.
• Business Management System including documenting process maps and associated documents to the Quality department, monitor the effectiveness of the organisation’s BMS, via non-conformance management and internal auditing and liaising with certification bodies when they carry out 3rd party audits of the organisations BMS to ISO9001 and ISO14001.

 

Required Experience & Skillset:

• 3+ years’ experience as a Quality Engineer in a manufacturing organisation.
• Must be able to attain BPSS Clearance
• Inspection of electrical, electronic and mechanical parts, assemblies and products against engineering drawings and specifications.
• Liaising with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders on quality related issues, including complaints, rejects, FATs, FAIRs and change control.
• Root cause analysis and effective implementation of corrective actions.
• Skilled use of all standard quality tools, e.g. 8D, 5 whys, fishbone, etc.
• Process improvement, including value stream mapping.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings.
• Use of inspection and measuring equipment, e.g. micrometer and vernier gauge.
• Data analysis and presentation.

 

Personal Attributes:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to engage and build rapport with all levels of people, including dealing with suppliers and customers.
• Friendly but assertive approach, and the ability to influence and persuade others is important.

 

This position offers a competitive salary plus excellent scope for training and development and career progression.  At Captec, we have a relaxed, friendly working environment plus a benefits package that includes:

• 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday. 08:00-16:00.
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays (increase with service)
• Pension scheme – employer contributions increase with service
• Life Assurance
• Health Cash Plan
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay
• Bonus scheme
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicle and cycle to work schemes
• Free onsite parking and electric car charging points
• Free tea and coffee and plenty of kitchen facilities
• Social area with dartboard and pool table

If you would like to apply for this excellent opportunity, working for an employer where your efforts are appreciated, recognised and well rewarded, then please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter to our HR team at [email protected]

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.