Manufacturing Cell Lead — Lean, Quality & Team Growth

Terry Parris Associates; Lower Dicker; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Terry Parris Associates in United Kingdom seeks a hands-on Manufacturing Cell Leader to drive daily operations for a precision machined components cell. You will organise workloads, coach staff, ensure quality and on-time delivery, and collaborate with planning and purchasing to prepare materials and tooling.

Desirable experience includes low-batch, high-tolerance manufacturing; lean methods; an engineering apprenticeship or HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering; ILM Level 3 or higher in leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a manufacturing department and coaching teams.
• Strong knowledge of fabrication, assembly and test processes.
• Ability to organise workloads, resolve issues and communicate clearly with operators and management.
• Good planning, numeracy and computer skills, with accuracy under deadline pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead the daily operation of the cell, delegate work and keep production moving to agreed priorities.
• Coach and train team members, manage performance and attendance, and maintain the skills and training matrix.
• Work with Planning and Purchasing to prepare materials, programmes, tooling and set-up information before manufacture.
• Review workload, batching and work-centre suitability to improve production flow and delivery.
• Maintain material traceability, accurate job clocking, current documentation and effective visual management.
• Support quality investigations, root-cause analysis and the coordination of rework or remanufacture.
• Promote 5S, planned maintenance and continuous improvement; report progress against quality, delivery and cost measures.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Production processes

Work planning

Numeracy & computer skills

Education

Engineering apprenticeship or HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering

ILM Level 3 or above in leadership

Job description

Terry Parris Associates in United Kingdom seeks a hands-on Manufacturing Cell Leader to drive daily operations for a precision machined components cell. You will organise workloads, coach staff, ensure quality and on-time delivery, and collaborate with planning and purchasing to prepare materials and tooling.

Desirable experience includes low-batch, high-tolerance manufacturing; lean methods; an engineering apprenticeship or HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering; ILM Level 3 or higher in leadership.