Production Team Leader
Near Templecombe
The Role
Reporting to the Production Manager, the Production Team Leader will control sections of the manufacturing team, their activities & conduct. This will include direct hands-on intervention with factory activities where and when needed. The role will support the Production Manager in delivering low-cost production, conformance to plan, maximum capacity, optimum yield, minimal downtime, ie best efficiency. To act as a key member of the company operations management team, to further the goals & objectives of the business. The position is full-time factory based; remote working is impractical.
Job Description
Duties will include, but are not limited to -
Supporting, assisting & deputising for the Production Manager and other members of the leadership team as needed -- both reactively & proactively
Ensure that standards & requirements of Health & Safety are robustly maintained
Ensuring that standards of product & material quality, waste, & housekeeping are fully & consistently met
Organising & monitoring all production activities & team members
Ensuring that the production plans are completed & achieved in the most efficient way.
Striving to improve performance against targets. Driving results, monitoring and feeding-back outcomes.
Problem solving to keep production active. Recovering from errors with the least effect of the business & customer.
Filling-in for staff absence and/or effectively re-organising to cover. Also providing or arranging break cover during the seasonal periods.
Ensuring that Shop Floor Data Collection is maintained accurately
Finding better ways for working for the benefit of team members and the business
Always seeking to improve all aspects of operating and of the employee experience
Provide training, enforce rules & maintain standards of behaviour from all members of the team.
The role may vary according to business needs.
The Person- Production Team Leader
High level of understanding of people management skills & principles.
Strong but approachable with gravitas, confidence, & empathy
Ability to organise around a variety of tasks & liaise directly with others both internal & external
The ability to communicate in detail with people at all levels. Supportive of colleagues.
Understanding of the production processes, production plant, & workplace environment
Clear awareness of H&S principles & specific issues. Mindful of workforce & visitor safety & comfort
Highly flexible, adaptable, and committed.
£15.20 x 40 hours, overtime at X 1.5
24 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
40 hours - Monday to Friday 07.30 to 16.30
Additional info
The number of people is around 16., distributed around a wide floor area. There are around 6 or 7 departments containing those people, so mobility, juggling, keeping things connected is more the task.
There is little paperwork. There are working documents to distribute & collect, a few simple forms to fill. There is no real computer work other that reading emails.
In practice this wants to be very much shop floor oriented - minimal office time apart from occasional meetings/discussions