Team Leader

Purpose

To provide guidance, instruction, direction and leadership within your department for the purpose of achieving company aligned objectives whilst carrying out the same job roles as other members of the team, offering support and solutions to complex queries and implementing improvement projects.

Description

· Lead by example, motivate and develop team to ensure planned output requirements/quality and safety standards are met

· Take a proactive approach to resolving departmental issues whilst striving to achieve on time production to customer within the team

· Communicate any issues that may affect the quality or safety of the product

· Review team performance regularly to identify areas for improvement and encourage progress of individual team members through performance appraisal review and develop and deliver agreed personal development plans.

· Ensure departmental objectives are met and work is produced in line with order requirements

· Plan overtime requirements and forecasting requirements within budget

· Ensure all site-specific housekeeping standards are kept up to 5S standards

· Ensure compliance with all required documentation relating to specific industry and quality standards

· Ensure daily communications occur with the team ensuring all relevant information is available to carry out their duties to maximum effect

· Contribute to the planning, organisation, operation and installation of all new processes and equipment within the factory as required

· Assist with safety inspections and audits and submit to H&S committee for action.

· Awareness of company policies

· Self-development and attendance at training programmes to develop relevant knowledge, techniques and skills.

· Understand and participate in enforcing Sigma Components Core Values, why they exist and how work procedures and practices support best practice

· Support training plans for apprentice program

· Support other Team Leaders as appropriate in general day to day tasks

· Support training programs for your team as identified

· Responsible for health & safety within your department and reporting timely

· Responsible for upholding the professional reputation of Sigma throughout your scope of responsibility

· Work in line with customer's drawings and processes to make parts.

Working aspect of the role

· Cut and prepare parts for welding

· Assemble Details

· Prepare parts for swaging

· Dress and set parts after heat treatment or welding

· Use special processes where required to achieve required outcomes

· Polish / dress parts to required standards

· Debur parts where required

· Responsible for ensuring batch cards are stamped and the BDE is updated accordingly.

· Responsible for booking on and off jobs in a timely manner

· Fully responsible for the quality of personal work produced.

· To ensure that all customer quality standards are achieved.

· Any other reasonable management request

Profile

· Ability to manage a team of individuals

· Demonstrate a professional attitude

· Knowledge and practical implementation of Lean Manufacturing

· Familiar with logical Bills of Material structures

· Production of manufacturing documentation in support of detail manufacture

· Maintenance procedures for manufacturing equipment

· Ability to assume responsibility for projects and project judgement with a demonstrable creative and innovative approach

· Proven capability in creating a "can-do" environment

· Continuous improvement will be deployed across all activities

· Where appropriate you will be responsible for liaising with the customer on any issue

· Involved in cost reduction exercises

· Good understanding of manufacturing methods

· Good understanding of tooling requirements, workability and Aerospace Materials

· Validating processes in manufacture

· You will be expected to always demonstrate a proactive attitude to your team

· It will be your responsibility to ensure that the highest quality standards are maintained

· A hands-on practical background within your scope of responsibility

· Understand customer requirements, and determine the appropriate resolution or area of responsibility

· Good communication skills with all audiences

· Computer literate

· Previous experience working with exotic sheet metal to fine tolerances

· Competent in reading engineering drawings

Desirable but not essential:

· Indentured apprenticeship within the aerospace industry or similar

· Experience with AS9100 quality requirements

· Experience of working with the demands of key customers like British Aerospace, Airbus and Bombardier.

· Experience in the following disciplines would be an advantage; Sheet Metal, Coppersmith, Welding and Machining

· Evaluation of the appropriate processes to be employed in manufacture and provisioning tooling, gauging and production equipment in support.

· Experience within a manufacturing organisation (preferably Aerospace)

· Contributing to continuous improvement through quality improvements and process time reduction

· Investigation and possible justification of new equipment and processes into the business

Location Detail

This role is based at Farnborough.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to £40,680.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person