Team Leader

To provide leadership to the weekend shift team, delegating and managing workload to achieve the required levels of quality and output. This includes management, performance monitoring of the team, team development and deputising in the absence of the Plant 1 Manager.

The role will require both team leadership alongside running machines.

Key responsibilities include:

• Liaising with production controllers and Team Leaders at the beginning and end of each shift regarding work priorities.
• Liaising with the Manufacturing Engineers on any work-related problems at the start and end of each shift to give a smooth change over from one shift to the next.
• Ensuring that team members report any quality/manufacturing issues to the manufacturing engineering department and supporting the resolution of these where appropriate.
• Holding start-up meetings with departmental Team Leaders to inform of priority jobs that need to run through their relative departments and maintaining the use of the SQCDP Board to communicate any issues and ensure actions are closed / escalated as required.
• Resolving any production / technical problems or queries that may occur during the shift, minimising delay to production and ensuring quality is maintained.
• Requesting RFC's and recording re-works.
• Following the company quality procedures which include ensuring team members adhere to written processes, procedures, and standards and all measuring devices in their teams' area are within calibration date, any items out of date shall be made available for calibration.
• Being responsible for ensuring that routine preventative maintenance activities are undertaken on a daily / weekly / monthly basis and controlling / replenishing area consumable stock.
• Monitoring attendance, managing absences, and ensuring all daily/weekly/monthly checks are completed.
• Ensuring safe working practices including PPE compliance by all employees, compliance in accordance with the relevant safety documentation (Risk Assessment / COSHH etc.) with support from their H&S Workforce Representative department manager to escalate any issues / incidents is in place.
• Ensuring new team members are trained in accordance with the company and work area induction pack.
• Team Leaders shall be aware of hours their individual team members are available to work with respect to the agreed overtime (by maintaining the Overtime List), planning team member holiday and associated workload level.
• Participating in the PDR process with their team members.
• Carrying out any reasonable additional duties as requested by management.