Key Responsibilities

• Lead, encourage and motivate team members in accordance with specifications, procedures and quality standards.
• Provide leadership and supervision; support staff development through training, mentoring and regular one-to-one meetings and appraisals.
• Ensure high quality standards are reinforced and maintained; manufacture product to meet customer delivery dates.
• Work to the Braid plan to achieve 95% on-time commitment.
• Passionately lead health, wellbeing and safety as #1 priority.
• Collaborate with Department Leader to resolve quality issues, process problems, labour shortages and machine breakdowns.
• Support and promote 6S activities within the workshop.
• Conduct shift start-up and shift end meetings.
• Implement countermeasures on non-conformance.
• Provide training and mentoring for operators and apprentices.
• Manage unplanned absence, lateness, track attendance, conduct return to work meetings.
• Address discipline issues in accordance with company policies.
• Proactively address performance concerns and conduct issues.
• Conduct performance reviews in-line with annual process.
• Conduct regular 1-2-1 meetings with team members.
• Maintain positive relationships within the department and with suppliers and customers.

Who You’ll Be Working With

• Team of 9 production operatives
• Attend twice weekly production meetings with internal stakeholders
• Report to the braid department head or operations manager

Skills & Experience

• Exposure to Lean manufacturing experience, ideally white belt or above
• Working within NEBOSH, COSHH or IOSH environments
• Experience of 5S or 6S processes
• Ability to investigate non-conformance and assist in root cause analysis
• Experience of leading and managing people
• Resilient and ability to work in high-pressure environment
• Effective communication across diverse groups
• Highly motivated with focus on solutions
• IT skills – Excel and Word

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• Generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Additional support through Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan

About the Company

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Solutions, part of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], is a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies. We are driven by innovation and dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace. Our inclusive culture and Values unite us. We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and an equal opportunity employer.

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