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).
Functions and responsibilities
* 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.
* Liaise with manager to ensure resource levels are in place to achieve planned activities.
Function and Responsibility
* 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.
* 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.
* 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, 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.
Required professional experience
NVQ Level 3 / Modern Apprenticeship in a related field.
ILM Level 3 Leadership & Management or equivalent e.g. NVQ L3.
IOSH qualification or equivalent health and safety qualification.
Qualified Assessor / Train the Trainer or prepared to study towards.
Technical and/or practical knowledge valued
Please note that if you are NOT a passport holder of the country for the vacancy you might need a work permit.
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