Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for an Production Team Leader for a 6 months secondment to join our Production team in York.
Role Details:
* Role based: New Lane, Huntington, York (Head Office)
* Contract type: Permanent - 6 months secondment
* Annual leave of 24 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
In this role you will be required to:
* Allocate work and plan resources effectively to meet operational outputs and achieve KPIs related to time, cost, quality, and Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) standards .
* Proactively support and uphold HSE standards, including leading engagement initiatives, managing accident and incident reporting, and conducting investigations.
* Conduct regular meaningful conversations with team members to maintain high performance standards.
* Develop the team by ensuring necessary skills, qualifications and training are in place.
* Prepare, review and maintain Risk Assessments, Method Statements, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and other documentation essential to operational deliverables.
* Implement and continuously apply best-in-class lean practices and champion the principle of continuous improvement to drive performance.
* Production schedule for the line/cell delivered on time, to quality and cost, in line with OLE and OPI.
* Consistent focus on safety, product standards and productivity.
* High levels of customer satisfaction.
* An engaged, multi skilled team.
* Well maintained equipment, machinery and tooling.
* Minimal actions or non-conformities in audits. Non-conformance actions resolved promptly.
* High standards upheld in all documentation.
Benefits & Opportunities
* Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
* A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
* Learning & development opportunities and resources
* Opportunity for career progression
* A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
Our Ideal Candidate
- Experience in managing people in an operational environment.
- Experience in operating in low/high volume manufacturing.
- Understanding of the principles behind practices and methods in manufacturing e.g. Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma.
- Preferably holds a health and safety qualification, such as IOSH Managing Safely, or equivalent.
- Grade differentiators - level of experience & knowledge applied, scope & complexity of responsibilities, number & skills of team members supervised.
- SKILLS: Team Coordination, Production Planning, Quality Assurance, Performance Monitoring, Lean Manufacturing, Problem-Solving, Training and Development, Safety Compliance, Process Optimisation, Reporting and Documentation.
Even if you do not match all of our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.
We are conducting interviews during, or before, the week commencing TBC.
NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.
Why Portakabin?
At Portakabin, we design and deliver high-quality modular buildings for organisations of all sizes, in various sectors including manufacturing, education, health, transport, utilities and construction. Delivering our products sustainably, and safely to our customers is of utmost importance.
Portakabin now employs more than 2,200 people across the UK and Europe. Our people are at the heart of business and the reason for our success. We offer career progression, support and development opportunities giving our employees space to grow.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Portakabin is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives and hire great people to build talented and diverse teams.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes for candidates that require additional support and/or adjustments to be made. If you are having any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on resourcing@portakabin.com
