Mission of the position
The Team Leader is responsible for overseeing day-to-day working within the team(s). This means: ensuring production is running smoothly; ensuring the health and safety of your team(s); ensuring the quality of your product and the process; ensuring targets are achieved on time; motivating and developing your team(s).
* Leads the team(s) that performs a wide variety of assembly tasks involving the use of a variety of machinery and hand tools on the production line.
* Completes work in accordance with relevant documentation and other specifications, ensuring safety, quality and productions targets are achieved by self and the team(s).
* Support quality, productivity, and process improvement initiatives.
* Ensure area of work is clean, well-organised and safe; and adheres to Company housekeeping processes.
* Carry out lean production activities.
* Ensure all staff have a clear understanding and comply with the rules, regulations, standards and policies in place.
* Organise and communicate job expectations to team(s).
* Monitors team(s) to ensure objectives/targets are achieved on time.
* Ensure all records are completed correctly and on time. Organise and communicate job expectations to team(s).
* Monitors team(s) to ensure objectives/targets are achieved on time.
* Ensure all records are completed correctly and on time.
* Liaise with manager to ensure resource levels are in place to achieve planned activities.
* Review work in progress across team(s) and make certain that the order of tasks and allocation of resources creates maximum efficiency.
* Ensure the correct use and operation of machinery and equipment and ensure that all routine daily maintenance and safety checks are carried out on time.
* Carry out team briefings and tool box talks.
Functions and responsibilities
* Liaise with Line Manager to ensure team members are competent to carry out full range of tasks and have received appropriate levels of training in area of work.
* Carries out assessment of competence for team and others as required.
* 19.0 Carry out training / act as coach and mentor to enable better performance and development of skills within team(s) and others.
* Participate in the induction and on-going training of employees.
* Carries out role of First Aider and/or Fire Marshal.
* Pro-actively seek out process improvements and efficiency savings, recommending to line manager where improvements can be made, or costs reduced. Ensure equipment is maintained and fully operational by liaising with other experts regarding repairs/maintenance checks where necessary, ensuring adequate materials are available or ordered in sufficient time to eliminate shortages.
* Ensure equipment/plant is maintained and fully operational, reporting damage/breakdowns in a timely manner.
* Report on progress/constraints influencing work plans as appropriate.
* Supports other teams/departments and assists management for various production related duties as required.
Training required
Required professional experience
NVQ Level 3 / Modern Apprenticeship in a related field.
IOSH qualification or equivalent health and safety qualification.
Qualified Assessor / Train the Trainer or prepared to study towards.
Technical and/or practical knowledge valued
Mission of the position
The Team Leader is responsible for overseeing day-to-day working within the team(s). This means: ensuring production is running smoothly; ensuring the health and safety of your team(s); ensuring the quality of your product and the process; ensuring targets are achieved on time; motivating and developing your team(s).
Leads the team(s) that performs a wide variety of assembly tasks involving the use of a variety of machinery and hand tools on the production line.
* Completes work in accordance with relevant documentation and other specifications, ensuring safety, quality and productions targets are achieved by self and the team(s).
* Support quality, productivity, and process improvement initiatives.
* Ensure area of work is clean, well-organised and safe; and adheres to Company housekeeping processes.
* Carry out lean production activities.
* Ensure all staff have a clear understanding and comply with the rules, regulations, standards and policies in place.
* Organise and communicate job expectations to team(s).
* Monitors team(s) to ensure objectives/targets are achieved on time.
* Ensure all records are completed correctly and on time. Organise and communicate job expectations to team(s).
* Monitors team(s) to ensure objectives/targets are achieved on time.
* Ensure all records are completed correctly and on time.
* Liaise with manager to ensure resource levels are in place to achieve planned activities.
* Review work in progress across team(s) and make certain that the order of tasks and allocation of resources creates maximum efficiency.
* Ensure the correct use and operation of machinery and equipment and ensure that all routine daily maintenance and safety checks are carried out on time.
* Carry out team briefings and tool box talks.
Functions and responsibilities
* Liaise with Line Manager to ensure team members are competent to carry out full range of tasks and have received appropriate levels of training in area of work.
* Carries out assessment of competence for team and others as required.
* 19.0 Carry out training / act as coach and mentor to enable better performance and development of skills within team(s) and others.
* Participate in the induction and on-going training of employees.
* Carries out role of First Aider and/or Fire Marshal.
* Pro-actively seek out process improvements and efficiency savings, recommending to line manager where improvements can be made, or costs reduced. Ensure equipment is maintained and fully operational by liaising with other experts regarding repairs/maintenance checks where necessary, ensuring adequate materials are available or ordered in sufficient time to eliminate shortages.
* Ensure equipment/plant is maintained and fully operational, reporting damage/breakdowns in a timely manner.
* Report on progress/constraints influencing work plans as appropriate.
* Supports other teams/departments and assists management for various production related duties as required.
Training required
Required professional experience
NVQ Level 3 / Modern Apprenticeship in a related field.
IOSH qualification or equivalent health and safety qualification.
Qualified Assessor / Train the Trainer or prepared to study towards.
Technical and/or practical knowledge valued