Lead Supervisor

**Role purpose**

The Lead Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the cleanliness of our manufacturing facilities. This role ensures that all areas, including production floors, machinery, and common spaces, are maintained to the highest standards. The Manufacturing Maintenance Manager will develop and implement cleaning procedures, manage a team of cleaning staff, and work closely with other departments to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

**Key accountabilities**
- Develop, implement, and manage cleaning procedures and schedules to maintain a clean manufacturing environment.
- Supervise and train a team of cleaning staff, ensuring that all team members are knowledgeable about cleaning protocols and safety standards.
- Conduct regular inspections of the facility to ensure adherence to cleanliness standards and identify areas for improvement.
- Collaborate with the production team to minimise disruptions and ensure cleaning activities are efficiently integrated into the manufacturing process.
- Maintain inventory of cleaning supplies and equipment
- Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations.
- Prepare and maintain detailed records of cleaning activities, inspections, and any incidents.
- Address and resolve any issues or concerns related to cleaning and promptly and effectively.
- Stay updated with industry best practices and advancements in cleaning technology and methodologies.
- Coordinate with external cleaning services and contractors as needed.

**Experience Desired**
- Proven experience in a cleaning/maintenance management role, preferably in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
- Strong knowledge of cleaning products, techniques, and equipment.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
- Strong leadership and team management abilities.
- Attention to detail and commitment to maintaining high standards of cleanliness and safety.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, as needed.

**Preferred Requirements**
- Certification in industrial cleaning or related fields.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and practices.
- Experience with continuous improvement processes.

**Key Competencies Required**

**Role Model**
- Being an exemplary role model and taking the lead in promoting and living our values
- Establishes norms of behaviour (from the shadow he/she casts) for the team and takes appropriate actions if they are broken.

**Develop Yourself**
- Invests in Personal Development.
- Is self-aware and authentic.
- Is open to feedback.

**Innovation**
- Creating new and improved ways of getting the job done.

**Develop your People**
- Develops, empowers and motivates teams and individuals.
- Drives employee engagement.

**Provides Direction**
- Translates strategy, creating a positive vision.
- Inspires while managing change.

**Drives for results**
- Delivers against targets in a way which is fast, agile and in line with our company values.

**Communication**
- Clear, concise, consistent, and relevant for individual situations and understands, manages, and clarifies expectations.

**Commercial awareness**
- Understanding what makes our business successful and being conscious of internal and external developments.

**Attention to detail**
- Your work is complete and accurate.

**Decisiveness**
- Making difficult decisions on time.

**Problem solving**
- Recognises where problems may arise and suggests preventative measures.

**Teamwork**
- Actively develop and maintain beneficial relationships and contribute towards a common goal.

**Being organised**
- Achieve results by prioritising workload, effective time management and showing efficiency with resources available and monitoring progress.

**Key relationships**
- Operations teams, including senior management
- Technical team
- Quality team
- Engineering + Facilities Team
- Operational Excellence Team
- H&S Team

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Night shift

Work Location: In person