Bay Lead

CDE Group; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

CDE Group is seeking a Bay Lead in Northern Ireland to coordinate the assembly of bespoke equipment. You will supervise a close-knit team, liaise with designers, and ensure builds meet safety, quality, and delivery standards.

You will lead by example with safety, maintain 5S standards, and drive continuous improvement while coordinating daily tasks to hit production targets.

Qualifications

• Time management and organisational skills required to lead a team.
• Strong decision-making abilities and problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to keep stakeholders informed and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Be a role model for safe behaviours, PPE compliance and housekeeping; raise near-miss reports when needed.
• Adhere to HR and Health & Safety policies and participate in required training.
• Maintain 5S standards; address 5S audit findings and keep work area orderly.
• Ensure all components are checked for completeness and report NCRs for defects.
• Lead and develop less experienced team members to ensure on-time completion of builds.
• Close out shop orders in ERP (IFS Workbench) after each build stage.
• Monitor assembly hours and identify ways to reduce overall duration.

Skills

Time Management

Decision Making

Keeping People Informed

Education

GCSE English & Maths

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Bay Lead

About CDE

CDE exists to create our best world through bold engineering in the waste recycling and natural material processing industries. We move forward together, continuously creating to the highest global standards. We are always customer-focused, relentlessly innovating with a single purpose in mind:

To create our best world, a ton at a time.

CDE is the leading provider of wet processing solutions for the materials processing industry. Our equipment has applications across a wide range of materials and is delivering significant efficiencies in construction, demolition and excavation waste recycling (CD&E), sand and aggregates, mining, industrial sands and environmental sectors. Working across five regions globally, CDE has been co-creating with customers for 30 years to deliver collaborative, imaginative and unique processing systems for over 2,000 successful projects.

We empower our customers to transform waste into valuable resources through innovative co-creation, laying the foundations for the circular economy. And we help our customers maximise their natural resources in the most sustainable way possible – with greater efficiency and less waste than ever before.

Our people are genuinely empowered to lead and deliver highly strategic and innovative projects. Elevating our employees is vitally important to us and we do this on both a professional and personal level through providing opportunity and challenge to all and cultivating a culture that values employee wellbeing and fun. Our Platinum status in the world-recognised Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards, achieved for thirteen consecutive years is testament to this approach.

Our global headquarters and manufacturing centre of excellence are located in Northern Ireland, perfectly positioned to serve the UK and Ireland markets. The company also has teams based in Austria, France and Russia to serve the Europe and Russia markets; Dubai, UAE, to serve the MEA market; Ormeau, Australia to serve the Australasian market; as well as Texas, USA and Belo Horizonte, Brazil to effectively serve the vast Americas market.

Learn more about CDE www.cdegroup.com

About the role

Job Purpose

The Bay Lead will co-ordinate the assembly of our bespoke equipment. The individual will carry out supervisory duties, working alongside a close-knit team and liaising continuously with our designers to create outstanding equipment.

Please note, this job description is not exhaustive as other duties may be required to fulfil the requirements of the role.

Key Responsibilities

General

• Be a role model for safe behaviours, including PPE compliance, maintaining good housekeeping, and a safe work environment, and identifying and challenging any unsafe behaviours or working practices. Raise near miss reports where necessary.
• Comply with company and other safe working practices at all times, including adherence to any permit to work procedures.
• To adhere and uphold company HR and Health and Safety policies, and attend and actively participate in Health & Safety and any other training which your line manager deems necessary.
• Maintaining 5S standards, completing associated tasks and addressing any findings from 5S audits in your work area, including maintaining a high standard of housekeeping.
• Ensure all components are checked for completeness and quality upon receipt into the assembly area, and any shortages or defects reported via NCR process as soon as practicable.
• Able to understand and follow the standard build process of each plant item and have the capacity to accept variations to machines and make changes accordingly, ensuring plant is built as per drawings, procedures and specifications.
• Ensure assembly techniques are capable of meeting requirements for Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and Lead time.
• To ensure in process quality checks are carried out and met, with the aim of achieving a Zero Defect Quality inspection prior to breakdown for dispatch.
• Identify and record Non-conformances as well as complete rework and close out NCRs where the need for remedial work is identified.
• To finish assigned tasks within required time frames
• To meet agreed production targets according to customer demands.
• Check and monitor tools and equipment condition, completing daily checklists where required. Request maintenance when required, quarantining unsafe tools and equipment where necessary.
• Ensure all equipment is properly set-up and used in a safe manner and that all safety devices are in use.
• To lead and develop the less experienced members of their team, assigning tasks each day to others in the team to ensure on time completion of machine builds.
• Identify and share best practice. Capture and utilise lessons learned.
• To be able to effectively work alone and as part of a wider team.
• To be able to overcome issues during assembly using own initiative
• Close out shop order in ERP System (IFS workbench) upon completion of each element of the build.
• Monitor assembly hours and develop ideas to reduce overall assembly duration

Other

• Adhere to all relevant CDE policies and procedures.
• Will be expected to display good organisational and time management skills.
• To be able to overcome issues during assembly using own initiative
• To carry out any other duties within reason and capability associated with this role.
• Availability to work overtime as and when required.

About the company

Creating Our Best World a Ton at a Time - Global Leaders in Waste Repurposing & Natural Materials Processing Solutions

Required Criteria

• GCSE English and Maths at grade C or above.
• Have completed an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
• Experience working within a similar factory environment.
• Be a team leader and train, support and mentor assembly engineers, assembly technicians & apprentices
• Proactive, hardworking & enthusiastic
• Proficient in ERP system
• Punctual and ability manage own time and deliver to deadlines.
• Ability to work Self-sufficiently, solve problems and implement solutions effectively.
• Passion for Continuous Improvement with the ability to identify any underlying changes which need made.
• Motivate and support others in the team, ensuring good work relations.

Desired Criteria

• Licensed crane operator
• Licensed forklift operator
• Licensed MEWP operator
• Have completed IOSH/NEBOSH health and safety training certificate
• Have had previous experience managing a team and projects.
• Other relevant trade qualifications, welding, machining, painting etc.

Skills you'll need

• Time Management/Organisational skills
• Decision Making
• Keeping People Informed