Manufacturing Team Leader - Chandlers Ford HQ

Summary

Purpose of role

To support strategic goals and ensure the team are delivering to their objectives in line with KPI targets set out by the management team. Displaying and enforcing appropriate behaviours to ensure all team members are focused and driven adopting a safety culture and right first-time policy in line with the operation manufacturing plan, effectively dealing with or escalating any issues at the earliest opportunity.

Salary

£22,056 - £27,430

Description

Roles and responsibilities

Key responsibility:                                  

·       Promote a culture of safety first. 

·       Promote a Quality culture. 

·       Support leadership by ensuring resources are optimized and in place to meet manufacturing demand and on time delivery of operational plans, reacting quickly to changes in demand or resources. 

Safety

Ensure full compliance with health and safety regulations and policies, operating best practice methods and driving a “Safety starts with me culture” through all including but not exhaustive of: 

·       Ensuring Risk assessment are conducted & regularly maintained. 

·       Planned safety talks are delivered to teams. 

·       All goods are stored safely and always handled appropriately. 

·       Ongoing training is applied to yourself and others to enhance safety standards. 

·       Operating within a manufacturing environment, assisting all operators with product safety & construction guidelines whilst ensuring they conform to our standard operating procedures and policies. 

·       Approach any visitors to the Shopfloor to offer assistance, where required. 

·       Ensure all tools and working areas are respected and maintained, kept clean and tidy and free from hazards through audits. 

 

Quality

·       Ensure manufacturing compliance with engineering standards, tolerances, policy & processes. 

·       Drive best practice methods and continuous improvement to enhance manufacturing quality. 

·       Ensure incoming goods meet appropriate standards through inspection. (Qty, quality and specification) & report defects through DOR quality App & communication & escalation process 

·       Ensure all products and materials are stored appropriately to prevent deterioration. 

·       To assist and offer technical support to manufacturing operatives, able to offer advice on problem solving to effectively lessen impact to on time delivery at best quality. 

·       Ensure accurate communication with all relevant departments on any factors which will impact on operational plans, delivery targets and quality to our clients. 

 

Productivity

·       Support the delivery of the operational plan within the 5-day window. 

·       Support resource planning and effective deployment of staff within the 5-day window. 

·       Adopt and implement lean manufacturing principles to enhance product throughput and eliminate waste.

·       Manage manufacturing performance to enhance performance levels inclusive of: 

·       Delivery performance focus on time in Full 

·       Support continuous improvement to establish effective and efficient manufacturing methods. 

·       Communicate and effectively manage staff movements, absence & leave. 

 

Cost Control

·       Assist in removing nonvalue add activities.

·       Eradicate rework through best practice and continuous improvement. 

·       Ensure preservation of goods through appropriate storage. 

·       Assist in reduction of manufacturing rework and scrap. 

·       Support in driving cost reductions through manufacturing operations.

Any other duties deemed appropriate by the manufacturing manager.