Production Shift Leader

MTrec Ltd; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Tees Valley is seeking a Production Shift Leader to lead a high-performing team. The ideal candidate should have experience in a fast-paced production environment and be capable of motivating others. Responsibilities include maintaining safety and quality standards, managing team performance, and fostering continuous improvement. This position offers competitive salary benefits, alongside great opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive basic salary

Company pension scheme

In-house training

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced production environment.
• Ability to lead and motivate a team.
• Willingness to adapt to changes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe and efficient workplace.
• Achieve company quality standards.
• Conduct shift meetings focusing on improvements.
• Oversee team performance management.
• Maintain accurate reports and administration tasks.
• Utilize lean techniques to exceed productivity targets.
• Foster a high-performance culture.

Skills

Team motivation

Lean manufacturing techniques

Health and Safety practices

Performance management

Education

Supervisory level qualification

Job description

Rewards and Benefits on Offer

• Highly competitive basic salary and shift allowance.
• Company pension scheme and benefits package
• Great opportunity to join a successful and rapidly growing business.
• Overtime opportunities for additional earnings
• In house training provided if required

MTrec’s New Opportunity

MTrec Technical are proudly partnering with our prestigious manufacturing client, based in Darlington, with their plans for growth and expansion by recruiting a Production Shift Leader to join their team. Our client is well established within their sector and are currently experiencing strong growth fuelled by high demand for their products. You will be joining a very secure business, with fantastic opportunities to develop your skills alongside experienced industry professionals.

If have a background within a fast-paced engineering/manufacturing environment in a relevant role, apply now for an immediate response

The Job You’ll Do

• Lead by example, ensuring a safe and efficient workplace is maintained at all times.
• Achieve the required company quality standards ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Communicate with the teams, delivering shift meetings with focus on Quality, Cost Delivery, and gathering ideas for improvement.
• Undertaking performance management responsibility for team members, conducting appraisals and giving direction.
• Application of all Company policies and procedures.
• Ensure Health and Safety practices are employed and sustained.
• Leading, reporting and acting upon breakdowns and leading decision making around necessary reactionary measures
• Ensuring all reports and administration tasks are up to date and accurate.
• Identify and supporting the team training needs and ensuring these requirements are completed in line with company procedures.
• Through the utilisation of lean manufacturing techniques, strive to exceed targets in productivity, efficiency and quality on a continuous basis
• Lead and motivate the team to create a high-performance culture where improvement suggestions are embraced.
• Develop /Implement a 5S Culture ensuring standards are sustained and improved upon.
• Ensure safe working practices are maintained and ‘Standard Operations’ adhered to.

About You

• Experience working within a fast-paced production environment in a relevant role
• Must be educated or willing to work towards a supervisory level qualification
• Possess the ability to lead and motivate a team of people to succeed
• Able to drive and embrace change by demonstrating a positive attitude towards change, with a willingness to be flexible and adapt to new circumstances
• Able to achieve results by setting high standards and committing to clear objectives to achieve quality, cost effective results within required time frames
• Be able to convey information in a way that allows easy understanding by the audience and correctly interprets communication from others.