Decor Team Lead – Manufacturing Excellence

Ball Aerospace; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Ball Corporation in Milton Keynes is seeking a Shift Team Leader to oversee the Deco area, drive performance, meet production targets, and report issues to the Shift Manager.

You will ensure safe practices, maintain housekeeping, drive continuous improvement, coordinate maintenance with engineering, and standardise equipment settings to meet quality specifications, all while working onsite.

Qualifications

• Mechanical knowledge; time served engineer desirable.
• Team Leader role experience.
• Machine breakdown experience.
• Driven to achieve and progress to the next level.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe working practices are adhered to at all times and good housekeeping and safety awareness is continuously improved in the designated work area and throughout the team.
• Meet Production, Quality, Spoilage and environmental improvement targets as set by the Shift Manager, the Continuous Improvement teams and the Plant budget.
• Investigate/Report equipment/process defects promptly and use the team and outside assistance to identify and undertake corrective action to prevent re-occurrence.
• Drive continuous improvements in the team to minimise the costs in the Plant.
• Liaise with the engineering department to ensure all maintenance work is completed to their satisfaction and continually look for methods to reduce breakdowns. World class manufacturing status is the ultimate goal.
• Ensure standardisation of equipment setting and operation to achieve the required specification and product quality.
• Promote and maintain good industrial relations, identify training needs for the team. Provide and organise training to ensure the team is competent in all aspects of their jobs.
• Set up effective communication links with the team leaders on the other shifts. Co-ordinate actions to effectively utilise downtime.
• Monitor/Control/Communicate the performance of the team within and outside the team.
• Ensure effective use of materials, identify programmes to improve usage and minimise waste.
• Responsible for deco safety, ensuring that standards are met, all checks are completed and compliant- deco spoilage and ODM usages.
• Manufacture cans to the production plan within H&S, Quality, efficiency and budget requirements.
• Ensure corrective action is taken, as required, for all equipment and operational problems/potential problems to continuously improve the operation.
• Actively seek and follow up on Shift Teams ideas/suggestion and assist in driving change through continuous improvement in the Plant.
• Operate effectively with other Team Leaders to control the overall performance of the plant.

Skills

Team Leader experience

Mechanical knowledge

Machine breakdown experience

Job description

Ball Corporation in Milton Keynes is seeking a Shift Team Leader to oversee the Deco area, drive performance, meet production targets, and report issues to the Shift Manager.

You will ensure safe practices, maintain housekeeping, drive continuous improvement, coordinate maintenance with engineering, and standardise equipment settings to meet quality specifications, all while working onsite.