Introduction:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Team Leader to join our growing friendly team, at Niftylift. The role is based at our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Hoyland, Barnsley.

We offer competitive pay rates, excellent working conditions, overtime premiums, business performance bonus, 25 days holiday which increases with service (plus bank holidays), healthcare & benefits scheme, 5% contributory pension, death in service / life insurance, profit related bonus scheme, and subsidised refreshments (lunch and drinks).

Niftylift Limited is one of the world's leading privately owned designers and manufacturers of mobile elevated work platforms. Our customer base is global, with products sold and locally supported in over 40 different countries. This success is comprehensively supported by a team of over 400 full-time members of staff across our three UK centres of excellence sites in the UK.

The Team Leader is responsible for the control of a production area, within the overall production function team.

They will use their knowledge / previous experience in managing CNC’s, Robots and team members to successfully lead their teams and provide leadership to drive targets to meet output KPI’s. 

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Efficient organisation and control of staff. Regular and structured communication with teams, through daily team shift start-up meetings and Stakeholder Meeting held and chaired to set agenda.
• Guidance and support to achieve full flexibility, balancing and achievement to standards.
• Compliance with health and safety standards. Risk assessments, COSHH Assessments, Manual Handling Assessments, Safety Barometers. 
• Ensuring ISO 9001 procedures are complied with, including in process inspection sheets, auditing and controlling line quality, control of internal / external quality notes, and the implementation of preventative actions.
• Maintaining accurate information on the companies manufacturing systems (i.e. engineering masters / works orders etc).    
• Control attainment to build plan delivery requirements, through liaison with Production Administrator and Section Managers. Hands on maintenance to balance the flow line, and minimise line stoppages, including absence cover. Flexibility to ensure targets are met.
• Continuous improvement, through Kaizen. Actual times to be achieved and beaten through the implementation of lean manufacturing, including removal of all non-value-added operations (7 Wastes). Maintain a high standard of housekeeping and organisation (5s).  
• Measuring and managing performance in accidents/incidents, internal quality defects, cell productivity/utilisation, takt analysis, overall stock accuracy and WIP (flow line adherence).
• Ensuring all related company procedures are audited and complied with.
• Owning the area in its entirety and escalating where and when required.

Experience:

• Computer literate in Microsoft office and manufacturing software systems;
• Proven ability to manage a multi skilled team;
• Experienced and knowledgeable in capacity planning and scheduling work load requirements;
• Basic technical / inspection knowledge on the above disciplines;
• Experience of operating within a lean manufacturing/continuous improvement team environment;
• Able to develop continuous improvement in all aspects of the people, facility, processes and products;
• Ability to work to high commercial quality standards.

Working Hours & Salary:

Monday - Thursday 07:30-16:30 30 minutes unpaid lunch, Friday 07:30-13:30 - 40 hours per week.

Applicants must have the flexibility to work both shifts if required.

Guaranteed basic starting salary £17.69 x 40 hours per week plus guaranteed minimum £50 per week bonus - £39,395.20 per annum plus structured overtime paid at premium rates outlined below:

Level A - Overtime paid at premium rate of £26.54 per hour (i.e. x 1.5).

Level B - Overtime paid at premium rate of £35.38 per hour (i.e. x 2.0).

Plus additional monthly bonus aligned to business performance that equates to total bonus payments of £280 - £350 per month on average (for reference only).

Pay & Benefits:

• Annual bonus (for indication only) based on recent average £500 per annum.
• 25 days holiday (increases with service, up to 30 days), plus bank holidays.
• Staff discounts
• Free on-site parking
• Subsidised refreshments
• Free quarterly company lunches
• Free family events
• Health cover scheme for dental, optical etc. (Additional Membership available for Partners, paid for by employee. Kids membership included for free)
• 5% contributory pension
• Life insurance scheme
• Company events
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Referral Programme