Job Title: Team Leader
Location: Pudsey
Salary: £15.49 per hour, with an uplift of 26% for shift rate on the late shift.
Job type: Full Time, 37 hours per week.
Schunk Carbon Technology is a division of the Schunk Group and a global leader in the development, manufacture and application of carbon and ceramic solutions. We combine innovativeness and outstanding service to create a unique range of offerings on the market like no other company out there.
The Role:
- The Team Leader is both a line manager for their production team, as well as a trained professional working on the shop floor.
- They lead their team through professional expertise (“black belt”) and exemplary conduct.
- They work closely in a small management team with Production, Logistics, Quality and Product Management to master the many demands of the production section; day- to- day output and personnel management, training and qualifications issues, machines management, process set-up and improvement.
- By their diligent work our products get the high technical standard and fulfil our customers’ need for quality and reliability. As part of the production team they work adeptly and efficiently, including set- up of CNC programs, feeding machines, checking products’ dimensions manually (in- process) and/ or using CMM machines.
Our Company:
- Local Subsidiary of a global group based in Germany (€1.2 billion turnover, 70 sites around the globe, 8000 employees)
- Produces and sells Carbon components and products for the British Isles Markets
- Main customers are Aerospace, Chemical and Process Industries, Industrial and Electrical Application Industries
Main Tasks:
- General supervision duties
- Organisation of shifts, holidays, etc.
- Monitoring of overtime/ absenteeism
- Disciplinary actions if necessary (working closely with the Personnel department)
- Interviewing applicants/ laying off workshop staff
- Liaising with Personnel department on all social security/ government documentation
- Evaluation of personnel performance for Skills Matrix
- Training and/ or supervision of training/ qualifications on works floor
- Supervision of maintenance and repair schedules (working closely with Quality Management)
- Liaising with maintenance and repair companies
- Liaison with machine tools suppliers/ ordering supplies
- Receipt of works orders and raw materials (by cell) from Logistics Management
- Allocation of work loads for machines and shop floor personnel (in co-operation with Logistics Management)
- Monitoring work in progress
- Pursuing and pushing fast and/ or late orders
- Co- operation with Despatch and Logistics on finished/ out- going products
- Initiates and manages or delegates (to Black Belts) improvement projects
Hours:
Week 1: 6am – 2pm Monday to Thursday 6am – 12.30pm Friday
Week 2: 2pm – 11.45pm Monday to Thursday.
Benefits:
- Private health insurance after a qualifying period
- 26 days holiday + 8 days bank holidays
- Cycle to work scheme after a qualifying period
- Company Sick scheme after qualifying period
- Hourly rate above minimum wage
Please Note:
The majority of work is conducted in a dirty environment due to working with carbon.
We provide full PPE and workwear for our employees, and work to high health and safety standards.
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Manufacturing, Management Manufacturing Technician, Production Coordinator, Manufacturing Technician, Assembly Coordinator, Assembly Production Planner, Assembly Organiser, Production Engineer, Assembly Shop Technician, Manufacturing Engineer, Assembly Engineer may also be considered for this role.
