Workshop Lead

The Company

Our client is a specialist engineering company. Due growth they are now looking to recruit a Workshop Lead.

The Role

* Will be working permanent day shift role leading a team assembling and building their specialist products.

* To conduct allocated work to established quality standards and to required timetables.

* To lead/ direct other staff in conducting this work, ensuring the health and safety of all affected. This includes training.

* To establish and maintain a safe and effective working environment, including shop cleanliness and housekeeping.

* To ensure that equipment is available and maintained, including calibration of gauges.

* To monitor and advise of stock levels of consumables and parts so that these are available to ensure service levels.

* To provide required production records (paper and electronic).

* To establish and maintain a communications system which enables staff and management to easily see important performance measures e.g. delivery on time, parts availability and quality problems/ equipment issues.

* To lead improvement initiative.

* Organising/ motivating/ training staff to complete production tasks.

* Spotting and dealing with health, safety and environmental issues; recording and solving these.

* Completing production records.

* Requesting parts.

* Requesting equipment repairs, replacement and calibration.

* Completing cell 5S cleaning events; reorganising cell layout to improve effectiveness/

* Arranging inspections.

The Person

* Time Served Mechanical Fitter or have relevant experience.

* Experience of building special purpose machines.

* Must have supervisory experience.

* Experience in assembly.

* Ability to read assembly/technical documentation such as drawings and work instructions.

* Adhere to manufacturing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's).

Benefits

* Excellent pay rate.

* Dayshift role.

* Overtime available
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed