Job Title: Line Leader
Level: 3
Reports To: Production Manager
Hours: 39 hours
Salary: 24,356 per annum
Purpose of the job:
Achieve daily production output figures while maintaining quality standards. Ensure tidiness of assigned production line(s). Line supervision of production team
Main duties & responsibilities:
Safety
- Ensure and promote a safe work environment and safe working practices
Quality
- Support Quality investigations and the implementation of recommendations
- Ensure first and last of Quality inspections are being carried out and flag any quality deviations
- Ensure management of non-conformances in line with company policy
Daily management of assigned team
- Deliver on daily output targets according to production schedule
- Escalate gaps in daily targets to their Production Management
- Find and implement solutions to achieve daily targets
Continuous improvement and tidiness:
- Responsibility for tidiness of area of responsibility and develop respective area to 6S standard
- Raise and implement improvement ideas for own area of responsibility
Team leader
- Lead and motivate the team as role model
- Deliver training to team members
- Day to day performance management of team – Escalate performance and conduct concerns to Production Managers and HR
- Deputise for Production Managers in his / her absence to ensure continuity of operation coordination of team.
- Support other Line leaders and Production Managers in their absence to ensure continuity of operation coordination of team.
Qualifications / Skills
- Problem solving and analysis skills
- Experience in managing production teams
- Experience of volume manufacturing (preferred)
- Computer Literate
- Ability to act independently
- Communication skills
- Flexibility and ability to adapt to change
- Attention to detail
- Experience with MRP / ERP Systems (SAP Preferred)
Supervisory responsibilities:
- Supervision of Operatives in Cell
PLUS:
Any other relevant, reasonable ad hoc duties that may be requested