Team Leader: Optical Manufacturing & Quality Champion

G&H (Gooch & Housego); Hele; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Gooch & Housego in Torquay, UK, seeks a Team Leader to provide first line support, lead the department and deliver safety, quality, delivery, cost and people targets. You will identify deficiencies, implement improvements and drive productivity across the line.

Responsibilities include ensuring conformity to quality procedures, promoting a proactive safety culture, and reporting performance while maintaining ISO/AS standards and effective HR processes on the shop floor.

Qualifications

• Recognised management qualification and technical qualification desirable.
• Proven experience in a technical production environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and management of manufacturing teams.
• Exposure to a lean manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of manufacturing metrics and Lean practices.
• Awareness of documentation structure.

Responsibilities

• Provide first line support for team members and escalate as needed.
• Lead the department and deliver Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People targets.
• Identify deficiencies and implement changes in training, practices and processes.
• Drive productivity on the line and remove barriers to production.
• Drive schedule adherence and on-time delivery with customer focus.
• Report operational performance to Tier 1 board and outline recovery plans.
• Ensure products are manufactured to controlled procedures and ISO/AS standards.
• Report risks to product quality and support resource allocation decisions.
• Follow HR processes and maintain 6S and clean working areas.

Skills

Leadership experience

Lean manufacturing

People management

Education

Management qualification

Technical qualification

Tools

Syspro

WIP Tracking

Job description

Gooch & Housego in Torquay, UK, seeks a Team Leader to provide first line support, lead the department and deliver safety, quality, delivery, cost and people targets. You will identify deficiencies, implement improvements and drive productivity across the line.

Responsibilities include ensuring conformity to quality procedures, promoting a proactive safety culture, and reporting performance while maintaining ISO/AS standards and effective HR processes on the shop floor.