Manufacturing Team Leader

Job Role: Manufacturing Team Leader

Job Type: Contract                    

Location: North Somerset

Salary Expectations: £16 – 20 per hour PAYE

Our industry leading client are looking to recruit multiple Manufacturing Team Leaders to manage all activities relating to the effective operation of a defined cell of employees to ensure all activities are on time and to standard. To lead and develop a high performing multi skilled team in order to achieve individual, departmental and organisational objectives. 

Main Duties:

• To ensure that the health, safety and wellbeing of the team are maintained in line with the site objectives.
• Control day to day manufacturing activities at shop floor level and ensure that the quality standards are maintained by following the cell standard operating procedures.
• To manage the cell and ensure that the team understand its responsibilities and achieves the output requirements to agreed schedules.
• Create and develop dedicated teams to adequately solve problems in conjunction with other key stakeholders.
• Maximise efficiency within the cell by ensuring effective use of people, time and resource.
• To lead the team and ensure that the appropriate standards of behaviour and performance are maintained.
• To ensure the cell is controlled to minimize energy and material usage and all waste is correctly dealt with to site standards.
• Demonstrate visible leadership at all time by actively observing operator performance.
• Maintain the 6S process within the cell to ensure that it's in accordance with the current standard.
• Plan, monitor, deliver and control the training of employees to meet the business needs for capability and capacity.
• To act as a point of reference for members of the team in terms of quality and technical matters.
• Ensure all individual training and development requirements are identified and a training programme is maintained ensuring there are no skills gaps within the team.

Skills/Experience

• Significant experience of leading, motivating and developing a team is desired.
• HNC or equivalent in a manufacturing or engineering discipline would be advantageous 
• Have a responsible approach to H&S of themselves and others
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment
• Must be able to work with detailed information in a logical and organised way
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral
• Confident with working on own initiative
• Excellent IT literacy, being a competent user of MS office
• Excellent time management skills
• Good interpersonal and team working skills
• Self-motivated and resourceful 

For further details, please contact Kyle Edmond by email on kyle.edmond@omegaresource.co.uk  – or by phone on 01453 852 563.