Team Leader

Purpose of the job

To manage and co-ordinate a team of people, by creating, communicating and ensuring execution of work to meet required completion dates to plans committed to customers.

Audit processes to ensure compliance (QHSE & Oracle/MES).

To ensure adequate training is provided to enable flexibility of skill levels and operator job rotation.

Identify, validate and implement continuous improvement activities.

Reports to
- Factory Manager

For whom responsible
- All personnel entering or working in their department.

Key accountabilities
- Planning work for the cell.
- Managing hours worked.
- Reporting cell performance.
- Ensuring training needs are identified.
- Ensuring training needs are carried out and effectiveness recorded.
- Liaising with other team leaders (internal customers/suppliers).
- Communicate Company information to team members.
- Identify and work with others to resolve inadequate or unclear manufacturing/engineering information.
- Ensure quality standards and factory housekeeping is of the highest standard.
- Ensure defective work is not passed from the cell.
- Accountable for the Health & Safety of all personnel within their area.
- Identify & resolve Health & Safety incidents and accidents.
- Ensure all required documentation is completed correctly and on time.
- Ensure that the companies Quality, Health Safety & Environmental policies and procedures are constantly adhered with.
- Ensure all products are produced and delivered to the customers requirements.
- At all times being helpful, courteous and professional towards internal and external customers and suppliers.
- Ensure sufficient components/equipment is available or on order to meet delivery requirements
- Shows understanding of the requirements of HR processes and procedures, manages them in the required timescale and positively promotes them across the business.

Communications

Effective and regular communication between manufacturing departmental members is crucial. In addition the post holder when required must engage in regular communication with:

- CNC Programming.
- Switchgear Application Engineering.
- Quality, Health & Safety and Environment.
- Applications Engineering
- Sales Applications/Internal Sales.
- Project Managers
- All manufacturing areas, Stores and Procurement.

Competence Profile
- The ability to effectively communicate using both verbal and written communication that delivers high levels of confidence in those dealt with.
- The ability to meet the expectation of both internal and external customer, clients and suppliers through a sound understanding of their requirements, being responsive to their needs and exceeding their requirements.
- The ability to think through and adopt a clear, sensible approach to planning, prioritising and organising tasks and activities to meet deadlines and targets. Makes most efficient use of time and other resources.
- The ability to pragmatically solve problems using varied approaches and considering all relevant factors and options before making a decision/taking action.
- The ability to encourage team working within own function and the broader business.
- The ability to demonstrate energy, drive, commitment and dedication to achieving both own and company success.
- Proactive in approach, resilient under pressure, ability to maintain clarity and vision, and possesses a strong results orientation.
- The ability to produce clear factual evidence to assist in prioritising and resolving problems.
- Is able to demonstrate the ability to lead, coach and develop team members
- Has the ability and confidence to identify and address performance issues.

Academic Qualification
- IOSH managing safely course
- Use of PC / Microsoft office
- Lean “Yellow belt” training
- Certified management qualification (e.g. ILM, NEBSM)

Team leaders currently in position should be working towards some of the above qualifications

Personal Qualities
- Honesty & Integrity.
- Sincere and genuine.
- Driven.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Team worker.
- Dedicated and conscientious.
- Flexible.
- Customer Focused.
- Planning and Organising.
- Problem solving and Decision making.
- Communication.
- Leadership.
- Change Orientation/ Continuous Improvement.

Our core hours of work are Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm.

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

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: TLPOW