Welding Team Lead – Lean, CI & Quality

LJ Recruitment; Faulkbourne; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

LJ Recruitment is seeking a Welding Team Leader for our busy manufacturing site in Mid-Essex. You will lead a skilled welding team performing MIG, TIG, and laser processes while driving continuous improvement and coaching engineers and welders.

Responsibilities include workload planning, on-the-floor coaching, ensuring safety compliance, and delivering high-quality welds. Experience in lean methods and strong communication are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience directing weld teams and allocating workload.
• Strong ability to interpret engineering drawings and welding symbols.
• Knowledge of lean and continuous-improvement methods (5S, Kaizen).

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and support a team of welders to hit production and quality targets.
• Allocate daily workloads and monitor progress against schedules.
• Provide hands-on coaching and technical support to team members.
• Act as first point of contact for welding-related issues and non-conformances.
• Carry out in-process inspections and final quality checks.
• Ensure welding activities comply with safety, quality and regulatory requirements.
• Promote PPE standards and safe working practices.
• Drive Lean, 5S, Kaizen and other CI initiatives.
• Lead problem-solving and root-cause analysis activities.
• Contribute to SOP improvements.

Skills

Team leadership

Welding expertise (MIG/TIG/Laser)

Reading drawings & welding symbols

CI principles

Communication & problem-solving

Education

Welding/fabrication qualifications

Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)

Tools

Weld inspection equipment

Robotic welding systems

Job description

LJ Recruitment is seeking a Welding Team Leader for our busy manufacturing site in Mid-Essex. You will lead a skilled welding team performing MIG, TIG, and laser processes while driving continuous improvement and coaching engineers and welders.

Responsibilities include workload planning, on-the-floor coaching, ensuring safety compliance, and delivering high-quality welds. Experience in lean methods and strong communication are essential for success in this role.