Production Team Leader
hace 2 días
Winchester
Cranleigh STEM is recruiting a Production Team Leader for an established manufacturing business supplying specialist ingredients to the food and beverage industries. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for the day-to-day performance of a production team. You will manage between four and nine Production Technicians, ensuring manufacturing targets are achieved safely, efficiently and in line with quality and food-safety standards. The position would suit an experienced Production Team Leader or Manufacturing Supervisor from a food, pharmaceutical or similarly regulated manufacturing environment. Experience overseeing manual or batch-based production processes would be particularly relevant. Location: Barton Stacey, Hampshire Salary: £. Competitive + Benefits Hours: Monday to Friday, 07:30–16:00 Contract: Permanent, fully site-based • Lead, support and develop a team of Production Technicians., • Allocate labour and prioritise production activities to meet customer demand., • Manage holidays, absence, overtime, performance and disciplinary matters., • Ensure manufacturing activities comply with health, safety, quality and hygiene requirements., • Maintain risk assessments, COSHH records and safe systems of work., • Monitor production KPIs and lead actions to improve team performance., • Support compliance with BRCGS, HACCP and Critical Control Point requirements., • Lead complaint and non-conformance investigations using root-cause analysis., • Maintain and improve SOPs and production documentation., • Identify training needs and improve cross-skilling across the team., • Lead continuous improvement activities, including 6S audits and departmental meetings., • Work closely with Production, Quality, Engineering and other internal departments., • Extensive experience within a manufacturing or production environment., • Proven experience leading and developing a production team., • Experience managing absence, conduct and employee performance., • Good understanding of health and safety within manufacturing., • IOSH Managing Safely qualification or equivalent., • Understanding of food safety or experience within another highly regulated industry., • Demonstrable continuous improvement experience., • Experience using KPIs to improve production performance., • Technical understanding of production equipment and manufacturing processes., • Experience using ERP systems., • Strong planning, communication and problem-solving skills., • Experience with BRCGS, HACCP, World Class Manufacturing, Six Sigma or project management would be advantageous., • 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays., • Option to purchase five additional days’ holiday., • Employer pension contribution of up to 10%., • Company bonus scheme., • Life assurance at four times basic salary., • Additional birthday leave. The site is not accessible by public transport, so applicants will need their own reliable means of travel. #J-18808-Ljbffr