CNC Team Leader

**The Role**

**We’re looking for a CNC Team Leader to join our Team**, this is an exciting role with a lot of opportunity to learn, grow and develop your career

As a CNC Shop Team Leader, you will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the CNC shop floor, ensuring that production targets are met efficiently and safely. You will lead a team of CNC operators’ setters and programmers, providing guidance, support, and training as necessary. The role requires strong technical knowledge of CNC machining processes, as well as excellent leadership and communication skills. The role also involves setting and operating machines when not fulfilling other Team Leader duties.

**The Company**

International Safety Components (ISC) is a leading global provider of height safety equipment. We design and manufacture equipment for a variety of industries including Arborist, Rope Access, Rope Rescue, and Adventure Parks.

As an industry pioneer with origins dating back to 1966, ISC has a reputation for developing innovative safety solutions for workers at height. At our company headquarters in North Wales, our highly-skilled design and manufacturing team takes our innovative product ideas and transforms them from raw materials to finished products. We maintain rigorous product testing and quality assurance programs, and employ state of the art machinery operated by experienced technicians and operators to ensure our products are of the highest quality.

Key elements to our success are our company values and culture. As a team-oriented, independent company, we care about people - from our employees, to our partners, to our customers. We treat working at height as a community
- we don’t just want to supply products, we want to engage with our end-users and meet their needs.

Here’s a quick overview of some of the responsibilities you can expect as a **CNC Team Leader **with ISC:

- Supervise and coordinate the activities of the CNC shop floor team, including CNC, operators, setters and programmers and support staff.
- Collaborate with the planning team to plan and prioritise production schedules to meet customer demands and deadlines
- Monitor machine performance and efficiency, troubleshooting any issues that arise and ensuring optimal productivity.
- Train new team members on CNC machining techniques, safety procedures, and quality standards.
- Conduct regular feedback sessions and provide feedback to team members to encourage growth and development.
- Maintain inventory levels of raw materials, tooling, and supplies, and coordinate with purchasing department for replenishment.
- Collaborate with engineering and design teams to optimise CNC programs and improve machining processes.
- Collaborate with the Production Manager and Quality Team on Implementing continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and increase overall productivity.
- Act as a liaison between management and shop floor employees, addressing any concerns or issues raised by the team.
- Operation and setting of machinery, CNC manual machines and milling/lathe, to facilitate the manufacture of components as required.
- Carry out machine or process changeovers where requested.
- Assist with stocking and selection of tooling/cutters.
- Complete relevant ‘start-up’ & ‘close-down’ processes, as identified within the department.
- Ensure consistent quality of parts produced.
- Be proactive in ensuring work has all necessary tooling to avoid downtime.
- Ensure all work and raw materials in your area are correctly identified with the relevant paperwork.
- Assist with production machining when not involved with setting or supervisory duties.
- Communicate efficiently with other team members across the organisation and work as a team.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and company policies on the shop floor.
- Maintain and enforce good housekeeping, a healthy and safe work environment and the safe use of equipment and machinery.

**Criteria**

Personal Qualities
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and coach team members effectively.
- Ability to work well under pressure and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to communicate at all levels.
- Positive ‘can do’ attitude and enthusiastic approach.
- Highly motivated and proactive.
- Team player.

Experience
- Previous experience in a leadership or supervisory role within a manufacturing environment.
- Proven experience in CNC machining operations, with a strong understanding of CNC programming, setup, and operation

Knowledge & skills
- Extremely organised, ability to prioritise workload
- Superior problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to set CNC machining and turning centres to produce components from engineering drawings.
- An excellent understanding of CNC machining materials, mechanics and production process.

**The Package**:
As the CNC