Workshop Lead

The Company Our client is a specialist engineering company. Due growth they are now looking to recruit a Workshop Lead. The Role • Will be working permanent day shift role leading a team assembling and building their specialist products. • To conduct allocated work to established quality standards and to required timetables. • To lead/ direct other staff in conducting this work, ensuring the health and safety of all affected. This includes training. • To establish and maintain a safe and effective working environment, including shop cleanliness and housekeeping. • To ensure that equipment is available and maintained, including calibration of gauges. • To monitor and advise of stock levels of consumables and parts so that these are available to ensure service levels. • To provide required production records (paper and electronic). • To establish and maintain a communications system which enables staff and management to easily see important performance measures e.g. delivery on time, parts availability and quality problems/ equipment issues. • To lead improvement initiative. • Organising/ motivating/ training staff to complete production tasks. • Spotting and dealing with health, safety and environmental issues; recording and solving these. • Completing production records. • Requesting parts. • Requesting equipment repairs, replacement and calibration. • Completing cell 5S cleaning events; reorganising cell layout to improve effectiveness/ • Arranging inspections. The Person • Time Served Mechanical Fitter or have relevant experience. • Experience of building special purpose machines. • Must have supervisory experience. • Experience in assembly. • Ability to read assembly/technical documentation such as drawings and work instructions. • Adhere to manufacturing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's). Benefits • Excellent pay rate. • Dayshift role. • Overtime available.