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Team Leader (CNC Engineering) - Double Days - Manufacturing & Engineering - Trafford Park - Up to £41,000 
 
About the Company 
 
The client manufactures specialist materials for Industry and Science and have built a strong global business based on delivering technical excellence and high standards of customer service. 
 
Working pattern: Double Days
 
Week 1 = Monday , Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 06.00 – 14.00

Week 2 = Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 13.45 – 22.15 but on the Friday same week it’s 13.00 – 18.30
 
Team Leader (CNC Engineering) – The Rewards

Salary up to £41,000
Overtime available (not guaranteed)
25 days holiday, plus 8 days bank holidays
Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
Flexible holidays (purchase or sell) x 2
5.5% employer pension contribution and 3.5% employee contribution
Company sick pay scheme increasing with time at the company
Cycle to work scheme
Non Contractual bonus scheme (based on company performance)
Pre-employment Medical
EAP (24/7 Helpline)
Annual salary review
Free beverage vending machine
Perks at Work platform
Social events Team Leader (CNC Engineering) – Requirements

Team Leader experience in a similar environment (CNC background)
Completed an engineering apprenticeship
Good understanding of engineering practices and methods
Knowledge of powder metallurgy processes
Knowledge and understanding of machining methods, particularly vertical CNC milling machines and lathes
Able to communicate effectively through various written methods
Assertive when required
Able to delegate effectively
Able to motivate and recognise opportunities for team members to develop
Proactively identifies and deals with conflict
Acts with initiative
Understand what motivates his team and gets the best from them
Knowledge of Excel, able to understand and interpret spreadsheets
Good understanding of Word, Outlook & PowerPoint
Able to work with MRP / ERP systems and understand the limitations/processes of these systems
Able to think logically through solving a problem
Able to manage frequently and rapidly changing priorities and react in a clear and rational manner
Dedication to the job and a willingness to achieve.  Team Leader (CNC Engineering) – Responsibilities

Supervise team members on a daily basis during the normal operation of the machine shop in line with production planning
Ensure that team members are developed, guided & supported during the normal operations of a busy machine shop, ensuring that business KPIs are achieved.
Must be able to lead and inspire the Manufacturing Team to achieve expectations whilst ensuring 100% quality and accuracy.
To champion a continuous improvement culture within your team, supporting with continuous improvement activities and supporting overall team development.
Conduct area audits and follow through with corrective actions
Ensure that team members have an adequate workload on a daily basis
Determine the best use of manpower in the team.
Ensure that tooling, fixtures and relevant information is available for members when required.
Identify any engineering requirements/issues that arise and communicate to the relevant person – (Production Planner, H&S, Commercial, Maintenance & Engineering Departments)
Ensuring routine maintenance is carried out as necessary
Be available to hand over from or to another team leader at the start or end of the shift.
Manage staff attendance and development
Complete yearly PDRs for each team member
Monitor and manage work attendance
Identify any training requirements for team members/capability issues
Conduct Start of Shift / End of Shift meetings to update the ‘SQCDP’ charts
Operate VMC machines and other workshop equipment
Set and prove out job, obtaining a first of job has been proved out.
Run milling machines after setting, ensuring that quality is maintained throughout the entire production run.
Ensuring routine machine maintenance is carried out as necessary
Operate CNC and Manual CMM machines, following instructions to run programs to check drawing compliance of manufactured parts.
Be a ‘First Of’ stamp holder
Ensure that health and safety guidelines and practices are maintained and developed.
Ensure that team members work in a safe manner both to themselves and to their colleagues
Ensuring compliance with all relevant H&S policies and procedures and act as a role model in demonstrating compliance within the workplace
Ensure all operators are adequately trained and informed of all relevant H&S matters
Attend weekly production meetings
Ensure that work is progressed through the machine shop in a timely manner according to priorities set by the Production Planner
Assist with problem-solving any issues that appear.
Communicate any issues through appropriate methods to the engineering, commercial and technical departments
Assist the operators, when required, with the day-to-day operations
Recommend courses of action for moving capacity around, ensuring customer deliveries and KPIs are met
Identify and develop manufacturing improvements/procedures
Understand all of the material specifications that produces to and what that means for production
Understand what are the individual quality requirements imposed by customers and ensure that these are met with production
Ensure that any methods improvements are communicated through the appropriate means Knowledge/experience/skills About Us

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