Team Leader (Braid Rotating Shifts)

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading industrial engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Team Leader for Braid Rotating Shifts. The role involves motivating a team to achieve production targets while ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Candidates should have experience in Lean manufacturing practices, effective team management skills, and the ability to thrive in high-pressure environments. This position offers opportunities for growth and a commitment to maintaining a positive workplace culture.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working arrangements

Generous holiday allowance

Three days’ paid volunteering leave

Inclusion Plan benefits

Qualifications

• Experience leading and managing teams, supporting their development.
• Ability to investigate non-conformance and assist in root cause analysis.
• Exposure to Lean manufacturing methods and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the team to meet quality and delivery targets.
• Implement safety and quality standards across operations.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and address any issues promptly.

Skills

Lean manufacturing experience

NEBOSH, COSHH or IOSH environments

5s or 6s processes

Root cause analysis

Leading and managing people

Resilient under pressure

Effective communication

Highly motivated

IT skills – Excel and Word

Job description

Job Title: Team Leader (Braid Rotating Shifts)

Location: Aflex - Bradley Business Park

Location Type: On-Site

Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/

Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of SpiraxGroup, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Groupwith expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermalsolutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouragingteam, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoinggrowth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit ourwebsite to learn more.

Job Summary

We are seeking a talented and motivated Team Leader (Braid Rotating Shifts) to join our dynamicteam.

Key Responsibilities

TheBraid team leader will lead, encourageand motivate team members in accordance with the relevant specifications,procedures and quality standards related to their roles.

Toprovide leadership and supervision for the team members; supporting staffdevelopment through training, mentoring and regular one to one meetings andappraisals to achieve and maintain high performance and compliance to relevantstandards.

Toensure high quality standards are reinforced and maintained. To manufactureproduct to meet customer delivery dates in a timely manner.

What you’ll be doing

• You will be tasked with working to the Braid plan to ensure everything is done to achieve our target of 95% on time to commitment.
• As a member of the Aflex management team, passionately lead our #1 priority: health, wellbeing and safety of our colleagues, contributing to the creation of a strong safety culture.
• In collaboration with the Department Leader, ensure that quality issues, process problems, labour shortages and machine breakdowns are reacted to quickly and the appropriate actions are taken promptly to resolve.
• 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 as required.
• Manage unplanned absence, lateness, track attendance, conduct return to work meetings and elevate issues to the Department Leader.
• Address discipline issues in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Proactively address performance concerns and conduct issues; escalating to the Department Leader and HR in a timely way where it is evident that usual management procedures have not resolved issues.
• Conduct performance reviews in-line with the company annual performance review process.
• Conduct regular 1-2-1 meetings with team members.
• Ensure that positive and productive relationships are maintained within the department and with suppliers and customers.
• Show trust in others and find opportunities to empower.
• Have the courage to respectfully challenge if you disagree and listen if someone questions your view.

Who you’ll be working with

• You will working with a team of 9 production operatives
• You will attend twice weekly production meeting with your internal stakeholders
• You will 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 nonconfomance and assist in root cause analysis
• Experience of leading and managing people
• Resilient and the ability to work in a high-pressure work environment
• Ability to communicate effectively across a diverse group of people.
• Highly motivated with a focus on solutions.
• IT skills – excel and word programmes

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in takingcare of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package,including:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included GroupInclusion Plan

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive andequitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve theirfull potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationshipswhere everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and culturalbackgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities,neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything elsethat makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we willalways consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so wehave introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group InclusionCommitments. These include

• Gender-neutral parental leave
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
• Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse
• Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more

Learn more at spiraxgroup.com/inclusion.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. Ifyou would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in ourapplication form.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusiveand diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds toapply.

If you require accommodations during the application process, please let usknow.

Company Overview

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we aredriven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplacewhere everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader inmanufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies forthe life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products,including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-useapplications.

Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholdersas we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Ourtechnologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes andindustrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage,Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors andHealthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions thatsit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beansto mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions andinspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to maketheir difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers,our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environmentwhere everyone feels included.