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January 12, 2023 | Comments Off on Fitting Out Production Team Leader
We are looking for a Production Team Leader to join our Fitting Out team, which is part of the Manufacturing department based in York. You will lead, develop and engage a multi-skilled team in order to achieve daily operational programs and activities whilst meeting the highest standards of quality, health and safety and continuous improvement.
You will be working closely with internal and external key stakeholders, providing technical support for activities whilst striving for best in class products and business practices to meet customer expectations.
Role Details
- Salary: from £40,000pa to £45,000pa
- Role based: York
- Contract type: Permanent
- Annual leave: 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- Working Hours: Day Shifts - working Monday to Thursday from 7.30am until 4.30pm and Fridays from 7.30am until 12.30pm
Role Responsibilities
* Ensure compliance with Health and Safety legislation and safe working practices.
* Be responsible for a multi skilled team including but not limited to labourers, joiners, plumbers and electricians to ensure fitting out work is complete, to standard and to programme.
* Ensure the capacity of the team is suitable for programmed work and be confident flexing the team using agency and subcontract workers.
* Manage both core staff and subcontractors progress, performance and quality.
* Be able to understand, evaluate and enforce both internal and subcontractor RAMS as appropriate.
* Apply lean principles to improve the efficiency and work processes whilst maintaining the quality standard.
* Liaise with Project Managers, Planners and Fitting Out Production Manager to ensure that progress of buildings is communicated and any issues that arise during installation are resolved.
* Develop forward manpower and resources plan, and monitor progress, modifying plan as appropriate.
* Monitor efficiency and effectiveness of work operations and contribute to Key Performance Indicator development.
* To maintain stable industrial relations with the Trade Union.
Benefits & Opportunities
* Option to buy 5 days of annual leave
* Contributory pension
* Annual bonus 5% OTE, 10% max
* A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
* Employee Assistance Program
* A chance to give back to your community with an annual Volunteering Day Off
* Fully funded professional qualifications and membership
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Refer a Friend Scheme
There is also great opportunity for career progression within Portakabin. Roughly one third of our roles are filled by internal candidates!
Our Ideal Candidate
We are looking for someone who has:
* Experience and knowledge of Health and Safety best practice
* General understanding of construction / fitting out
* Leading and supervising skills
* Deciding and initiating action skills
* Ability to deliver results and work with people
* Experience in management of manufacturing operations
* Engineering production experience
* Quality and people management experience
* Experience in planning, scheduling and monitoring fitting out operations against a programme.
* Comfortable working and monitoring work done by trades, for example joinery, electrical and plumbing
* Able to adapt the plan and programme at short notice to maintain business requirements.
Even if you do not match all of our `ideal' criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.
About Portakabin
As innovators in the science of building, we provide modular buildings for hire and sale, as well as supplying refurbished buildings and construction site accommodation. We deliver building solutions for organisations of any size, in sectors ranging from manufacturing, education and health to transport, utilities and construction.
Portakabin remains in the ownership of the York based Shepherd family and now employs more than 1,750 people across ten European countries.
Apply Now!
We're keen to get someone started in this role. If you think this sounds like the ideal job for you, please apply as soon as possible as we may close this job advert early if we receive a high number of applications.
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