Manufacturing Team Leader

Manufacturing Team Leader – £34.5k (Hourly paid, on average the TL annual salary is £43k with overtime included) + 4 Day Week (Mon-Thurs) + Life Assurance + 5% Pension Match + Career Progression in Growing Company! The Company: Our client is one of the market leading names in their industry. They manufacture a bespoke product and work with some of the biggest brands and are experiencing phenomenal growth. You will be joining a team of experienced industry professionals to work within the manufacturing industry. The company can provide a realistic career growth path for the right individual. Due to continued expansion, they have a fantastic opportunity for a Manufacturing Team Leader Engineer to join their team in Bolton. The working pattern for this role is 7am-4.45pm (Monday to Thursday). The Role: The Manufacturing Team Leader provides direction, instruction, and guidance to the team of operators in a defined area to ensure targets are achieved. The Manufacturing Team Leader participates as a member of the operational leadership team to deliver monthly / annual production plan. The Manufacturing Team Leader role is a “hands on” role with a strong requirement for direct man management within an aged unionised environment.The role operates in a heavy industrial environment across a number of skill sets weld/fitting/painting and polishing and has the potential for growth within the next 12-18 months. Main Responsibilities include: * Support the flow of operations on a day to day basis * Track the team performance and support the daily cell production activity and work flow * Work a % of the time directly in product manufacture when required * Ensure resources are available (manpower, machines and material) * ID training requirements through the area * Communicate clear instructions through start of shift meetings on a day to day basis and report feedback to area production managers * Ensure compliance with established quality standards * Lead on health and safety for the Team (including risk assessment, wellbeing of staff, accident investigation and reporting) * Suggests continuous improvement projects * Leads 5s status * Maintain KPI's, ensure targets (for example: Quality, costs and delivery) are met * Lead the team to continuously improve the area * Capacity plan to meet order requirement * Ensure TPM regime is adhered to maximise machine availability * Supports/ performs manufacturing roles when performance decreases due to sickess/ holiday * Support company in developing further lean activities * Maintains standards, practices and procedures for cell What We Are Looking For: The Manufacturing Team Leader will have experience within a similar role, be a strong communicator & organiser and be looking to advance their career with a growing business. The successful candidate will have/be: * Good communication at all levels. * Lead by example. * Strong on sharing information with colleagues to support their functions. * Problem solver * Continuous improvements thinker. * Must be able to manage the section during holiday cover. What Is on Offer: Our client is offering the Manufacturing Team Leader a competitive basic salary of £34.5k. In addition, you will receive: * 4 Day Working Week (Mon-Thurs). * 4 day week, 20 days holiday plus BH * Average team leader salary is £43k including overtime * Annual bonus (dependent on company performance). * Life Assurance. * 5.5% Pension match. * Career progression opportunities in a growing business