Senior Production Team Leader, Larkhall, 35,700
We are recruiting for a Senior Production Team Leader to work at our clients' site in Larkhall.
What you'll be doing:
As a Senior Production Team Leader, you'll play a vital role in ensuring efficient production processes. Your responsibilities will include:
- Actively manage and drive Health & Safety performance within the team
- Leading the team to deliver the daily production plan and the department KPI's whilst driving team engagement - ensuring a recovery plan in place to protect customer delivery
- Ensuring quality of product maintained to both internal and customer standards
- Identifying training needs and implement ongoing development to ensure operators maintain and exceed required standards
- Identify opportunities for improvement within production areas utilising activities such as Gemba Walks, 5S Audits, Process Audits, Waste Walks, Evaluation of Scrap and implementing corrective actions etc.
- Ensuring prompt action taken on any quality issues highlighted within department
- Organise the supply of materials and ensure completion of any related documentation
- Effectively manage team performance; including Team Leaders and Operators, to ensure they are maximising their capability within their role.
- Ensuring all direct reports comply with company policies and procedures including:
- Procedure sheets and work instructions
- Use of gauges and assembly equipment
- Product quality
- 5S
What you can expect:
- Working a Continental shift pattern - 12-hour day / night shifts
- Excellent work life balance - working only 7 shifts over a 14-day period
- Permanent job with regular overtime paid at great rates
- Free on-site parking
- Competitive pension scheme
- Competitive holiday allowance
- Investment in training & development
What we're looking for:
- Ability to develop and engage a high performing team
- Previous experience of managing leading a team in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Self-motivated with a genuine drive for achieving production targets and operational excellence
- Experience of championing continuous improvement methodologies within a manufacturing setting
- Proficient with Microsoft packages and an ability to use available data to inform decision making and action planning
- A solid work history
- An enthusiastic can-do attitude
If you're interested in working for a well-respected business, then we'd love to hear from you. Apply now!
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