Workshop Lead

The Company

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

The Role

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• Will be working permanent day shift role leading a team assembling and building their specialist products.
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• To conduct allocated work to established quality standards and to required timetables.
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• To lead/ direct other staff in conducting this work, ensuring the health and safety of all affected. This includes training.
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• To establish and maintain a safe and effective working environment, including shop cleanliness and housekeeping.
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• To ensure that equipment is available and maintained, including calibration of gauges.
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• To monitor and advise of stock levels of consumables and parts so that these are available to ensure service levels.
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• To provide required production records (paper and electronic).
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• 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.
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• To lead improvement initiative.
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• Organising/ motivating/ training staff to complete production tasks.
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• Spotting and dealing with health, safety and environmental issues; recording and solving these.
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• Completing production records.
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• Requesting parts.
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• Requesting equipment repairs, replacement and calibration.
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• Completing cell 5S cleaning events; reorganising cell layout to improve effectiveness/
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• Arranging inspections.
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The Person

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• Time Served Mechanical Fitter or have relevant experience.
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• Experience of building special purpose machines.
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• Must have supervisory experience.
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• Experience in assembly.
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• Ability to read assembly/technical documentation such as drawings and work instructions.
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• Adhere to manufacturing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's).
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Benefits

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• Excellent pay rate.
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• Dayshift role.
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• Overtime available.
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