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Baltic Recruitment are delighted to be supporting a market leading, expanding manufacturing business with their search for a Production Team Leader to work in their Clean Room.
Overall Purpose:
- The smooth and efficient day to day running of the Production Team to the agreed standards of productivity, quality and personnel values.
- Manage and Review despatch team performance regularly, identifying areas for improvement, motivate and develop.
- KPI Reporting, inclusive of data metrics and actions to measure progress.
- Support recruitment as required Store and handle goods in a safe and orderly manner Ensure production areas comply with current Health and Safety regulations and maintain high standards of Health, safety and good housekeeping at all times.
- Maintain a flexible workforce relating to the needs of the business needs relating to Production Maintain a flexible workforce to deliver the requirements of the department at all times.
Key Duties:
- Ensure the agreed production schedule is met to the agreed delivery due dates.
- Allocate staff to the required jobs.
- Monitor the team production performance and ensure the labour standards are met.
- Ensure that the production plan is carried out to maintain and improve customer delivery satisfaction.
- Input data into the logistics department on machine and labour availability to enable the production schedule to be set
- Manage, motivate and develop production personnel.
- Ensure all batch paperwork is fully filled in as required by QC prior to the batch being sent for sterilisation. Ensure that team quality standards are met.
- Train and develop team members in production techniques.
- Lead the team in continuous improvement of their performance.
- Carry out performance appraisals of the team and its members at appropriate intervals via the appraisal system and ensure work is consistent with company objectives.
- Interview and selection of new production staff supported by HR Manager.
- Ensure all personnel records are kept up to date, including attendance, disciplinary and training records, ensuring all fields are populated, documented, dated and signed as appropriate.
- Ensure personal discipline in accordance with the company disciplinary procedure and policy/handbook guidelines. This will be on a first line basis, with any further action being dealt with in conjunction with the Production Manager.
- Ensure all employees are appraised in accordance with the appraisal system at least annually.
- Ensure that all employee training needs are regularly evaluated and provided if in line with company objectives.
- To provide point of contact cover for shift leader in times of absence, liaising with Production manager.
- To provide support and coaching to team leaders to safeguard continual improvement, training and mentoring as required to enable personnel upskilling.
Key Requirements:
- Experience of Team Management in a production environment.
- Experience in Kaizen or 5s continual improvement and lean manufacturing principals.
- Manage and take responsibility of workload commitments, planning and prioritising.
- Good understanding of Health & Safety in the workplace.
- Has a good general standard of education including Numeracy and Literacy.
- IT Literate.
The Package:
- £30,130 per annum starting salary which will rise after probation, also having the opportunity to progress to advanced team leader which will come with a salary increase.
- 2 shift pattern (NO NIGHTS!): 06:00-14:15 Monday to Thursday, 06:00-12:30 Friday & 14:00-22:30 Monday to Thursday, 12:15-17:45 Friday on rotation.
- Pension scheme.
- Healthcare.
- Perkbox.
- Additional benefits.
