JB377: Line Leader
Salary: Competitive
Location: Melksham
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Line Leader on behalf of one of our clients. Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel; however, all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Monitor output to production requirements in their cell on a day-to-day basis and raise any concerns.
2. Track productivity, quality, and inventory trends over time and implement improvements.
3. Performance manage staff within their line that are not performing to required standards.
4. Manage all staff within their cell, including logging holidays and sickness and completing return to work interviews.
5. Assign labour to workstations, ensuring operators are trained on their given station.
6. Complete stage 1 disciplinary investigations and warnings.
7. Support value streams to improve and fix systemic process issues.
8. Ensure all operators are trained on their assigned processes and are following the standard operating procedure (SOP).
9. Compliance with health and safety policies.
10. Complete 1:1's with employees on a twice-yearly basis, identify high potential people and support with their development plans.
11. Manage training records and skills matrices, identifying gaps and planning/implementing a training and development plan.
12. Responsible for SOP documentation ensuring amendments are made in line with change control procedures and audit as necessary.
13. Assist in the planning and support of trials and sampling.
14. Make all operators aware of company procedures and escalate as necessary to ensure it is dealt with promptly by the relevant Engineering/Technical department.
15. Maintain the highest level of housekeeping, leading 5S teams to deliver actions and goals as identified from housekeeping audits and the Site Leadership Team.
16. Request overtime within area when required, organize with staff.
17. Create a culture of continuous improvement and a team that adopts change.
18. Cover Team absence - step up for Tier 2 on occasion in Production Leader absence.
Skills and Qualifications:
1. Good verbal and written communication.
2. Able to use Microsoft Office Suite at a basic level.
3. Experience working with MRP systems.
4. Understanding of lean manufacturing philosophy.
5. A positive attitude towards change.
6. Understanding of manufacturing operations within area.
7. Ability to solve problems.
8. Able to make difficult decisions in a fast-moving environment.
9. Good team player who can motivate and deal with conflict in an appropriate and professional manner.
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