Welding Team Leader

**Description**

**Role: Welding Team Leader**

**Location: Newton Aycliffe**

**Salary: On target earnings £58,000**

**Contract duration: 12 month FTC**

**Your new role**

Here at Hitachi Rail, we are looking for an experience Team Leader to join our Production team, who has prior experience of Weld and/or Plating & Fabrication. As a Welding Team Leader you will use your experience of leading and motivating small teams ensuring that targets such as quality, cost and safety are consistently met.

Having existing knowledge of Weld and/or Fabrication will enable to you support and encourage the team on technical aspects, being a sounding board for new ideas or improvements.
- Early shift: 6am - 6pm _
- Late Shift: 6pm - 6am _

**About Hitachi Rail**

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Everything we do here is full of life. And we’re committed to developing infrastructure that benefits even more people. From the iconic bullet train in Japan, to sustainable metro systems in Europe and inspiring the next generation in North America. We’re connecting, evolving, protecting and investing in even more. And there’s so much for you to get involved in, learn from, and flourish doing.

**Role Responsibilities **

Specifically, you will be responsible for the following deliverables:

- Day to day operational management of a team, being the initial point of contact, resolving issues, driving the required behaviours and escalating to section leader only by exception.
- Dedicated and focused supervision on the trains whilst the build is progressing and challenging any Non-Value Added behaviours.
- Coordinating the team to complete SOP’s within the agreed time whilst maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality and efficiency (adherence to Hitachi Rail Europe’s Health and Safety policy).
- Delivery of key operational targets including product delivery, achieving 100% SOPs completion and striving for zero quality defects.
- Deputise for and support section leaders with daily activities (team briefing, attend meetings etc.).
- Informal management in regards to performance and behaviours of the team members including raising and discussing employee record entries.
- Work with and support the relevant stakeholders in cross functional team tasks.
- Lead and co-ordinate departmental investigations when required.
- Support and co-ordinate continual improvement and development of existing/new processes and procedures - verify new documents and feedback potential areas for improvement.
- Deliver and receive training and assessments as required to maintain competence for their role.
- Ability to carry out time trials to either achieve or improve SOP’s.

**About you**

**Essential Requirements**

Applicants should be able to demonstrate all of the Essential Requirements listed below:

- Ability to lead and motivate a team on a daily basis with mínimal supervision.
- Able to oversee a variety of welding / fabrication tasks including coded welding to relevant standards in TIG or MIG
- An understanding of health and safety requirements of a working welding environment
- Ability to work unsupervised - able to make decisive, informed decisions within the welding environment.
- Experience of deputising in management/supervisory position.
- Strong Health and Safety ethos.
- Strong interpersonal / communication skills at all levels
- Ability to learn new skills to a high standard and train others. To deliver high standard training to colleagues
- Work closely with and support the Section Leader (including deputising). Have previous experience of deputising for a superior

**Desirable**
- Management qualification or previous experience in a production/manufacturing environment (desirable)
- Experience within an Operational Railway Environment would be advantageous.

**Why Hitachi Rail?**

At Hitachi Rail you will find a passionate and collaborative environment. We operate according to our values of Harmony, Sincerity and Pioneering Spirit. As such, we work closely as a team and empower our colleagues to take ownership and become creative in our pursuit of excellence. We take pride in the contribution we make to society, and we always act with integrity and fairness towards our customers, suppliers and colleagues.

We offer a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement as well as a generous benefits package. This includes a pension scheme with contributions up to 9%, health insurance, and many more perks for you to choose from within a flexible plan that will meet your specific needs and lifestyle.

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