Cell Leader (HLA)
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We are now recruiting for a Cell Leader to join us on a permanent basis.
The main purpose of this role will be:
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To ensure that the cell achieves the day-to-day customer requirements in terms of Quality, Delivery and Cost and to continuously improve the performance of the team.
The main requirements and employee accountabilities are:
- Support and lead the team from within and specifically to motivate when required to maintain work flow.
- To ensure that the standard work, one-piece flow and other cellular principles are upheld.
- To ensure customer requirements are satisfied by pro-actively taking the necessary steps as and when required, including identifying and dealing with the abnormalities which may disrupt the flow and regularly check for cycle time adherence.
- To monitor and manage the team in terms of attendance, work rate and general attitude to work, as required, on an individual and team basis.
- To be a Cell Technician as and when required.
- Support and lead the team from within and specifically to motivate when required to maintain work flow.
- To contribute to the daily team meetings using the SQDIP performance board to communicate to the team all relevant performance indicators, targets and required countermeasures.
- To be responsible for the upkeep of all Visual Management, including standard work documentation, the QDIP board, the production target board and the cell team board.
- To ensure all documentation is kept up to date and update the production target board.
- To contribute to and help drive the team’s improvement agenda with respect to CI, problem solving, Kaizen, 5S and engineering changes. Communicate to the team accordingly.
- To be in charge of the manufacturing systems used in the area and ensure that all documentation, labelling, visual management, training, spc, etc. is kept up-to-date with current practices.
- To be first point of contact for the team members for any issues.
- To coordinate cross training of the team members in the various work sequence skills and updating the Training Matrix accordingly.
- To ensure all necessary AX transactions (back-flushing, scrap, rework, job-completion) are performed accurately and on time.
- To assist the Production Manager in ensuring that the team is working to the correct TAKT Time and has the relevant staffing and standard work splits, in accordance with each day’s customer demand.
- To ensure a smooth daily start-up/change over, including machine set up, staff allocations, appropriate standard WIP and material replenishment.
- To work with the Production Manager to administer company policies and procedures.
- To encourage a 5S’s environment and ensure all Cleaning and TPM schedule activities within the cell are completed on a daily, weekly and monthly basis as appropriate.
- To ensure all works orders are completed correctly.
- To monitor and manage the team in terms of attendance, work rate and general attitude to work, as required, on an individual and team basis.
- To ensure all works orders are present and in HLA on time.
- To work with the production engineering team when required.
The essential skills/experience required for this role are:
- Experience of high level mechanical assembly’s.
- Leadership and coaching experience.
- High level mathematics.
The desirable skills/experience required for this role are:
- Experience in low batch low tolerance workshop environment
Desirable Qualifications:
- HNC/HND Mechanical Engineering
We require the following personal qualities/attributes:
- Hands-on approach to leading the team with strong communication skills at all levels – operators to management
- To have the capacity to listen, reflect and motivate the team to improved performance
- Ability to work accurately to tight deadlines under pressure
- High level of organisational and planning skills
- To possess a degree of problem-solving ability
- To be self-motivated and pro-active
- To be numerate and computer literate
- Committed to the ongoing success of the business
This could be the opportunity for you!
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in the following role click on “APPLY” today, forwarding an up-to-date copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance.