Production Team Leader - Supreme : Job Details

WE ARE 200 years of history and over 2,300 employees strong. WE ARE a business loaded with opportunity and career progression.WE ARE innovators, designers, makers, and engineers who manufacture and provide smart, efficient, and effective building products and solutions.

Through our customer relationships, diverse building product range and solutions, we enable the creation of inspirational homes, places, and spaces for us all to live and work better. With eight core product categories, underpinned by expert design and technical services, we collaborate with architects, builders, merchants, and the wider construction supply chain to build the face of Britain.

We are fully committed to a net zero future and continue to invest in expertise and product development to manufacture more efficiently and sustainably. We pride ourselves on leading for new, innovative, and sustainable products and solutions, both for today and for a new era of building.

To support our progress, we are currently recruiting for a Production Team Leader to come and join our team at our Bedford site.

The Production Team Leader is a fixed day pattern shift but can include early & late finish work activity to provide increased flexibility as required to suit factory needs.

You will be expected to carry out a variety of production related duties to ensure that factory and group procedures are maintained. The Production Team Leader must provide the relevant cover for the Production Manager when it is required.

Key areas of Responsibility:

• Ensure people and resources are employed and allocated in an efficient and effective manner to meet delivery requirements.
• Focal point for all shop-floor (including forklift driver) production issues.
• Collection and interpretation of production data as well as collection of downtime data and ensuring accurate reporting.
• Providing cover where appropriate to maintain maximum output of machinery.
• Ensure team members follow defined manufacturing procedures and comply with quality requirements.
• Ensure all allocated equipment is within specifications and conduct testing as required to ensure compliance, improve performance & reduce errors.
• Ensure the company escalation process is followed in line with standards and timescales.
• Monitor, manage and support all safety equipment, tools, H&S checks.
• Responsible for training of operators within your direct report.
• Monitor time and attendance (escalating any problems to management).
• Daily manage of all allocated safety & health related equipment to include but not limited to: (check sheets, compliance checks (fire extinguisher- fire escapes, LEV, mist air, First aid).

Key Duties:

• Ensure effective communications within the production team and across all support functions within the business to maintain factory performance.
• Conduct resource management to ensure effective performance across the day shift pattern. Ensuring training, development & capacity building takes place in order to build in resilience across the production environment.
• Chairing daily shop-floor team meetings and deputising and supporting the Production Manager as required.
• Help in identifying improvements and completing activities to support the site continuous improvement plan.
• Encourage and promote team working, best practice and collaboration at all times.
• Manage a plan of improvement, waste & cost reduction in line with agreed plans.
• Subject matter expert / role model with a solid understanding of the plant operations and provide additional cover as required.

The Production Team Leader is an important multi-functional role within the Factory Production leadership team. The Production Team leader reports directly to the Production Manager.

The Production Team leader is responsible for motivating and developing their Production team to meet daily and weekly Factory Objectives. An inspirational leader with an even split of machine operational duties and organising personnel and production systems to gain maximum efficiency.

Think you can make a difference? WE ARE your future.

More details:

• Full time, permanent role
• Competitive salary

• Bonus scheme
• Digicare+ Provided by Aviva
• 10% matched pension, administered by Legal and General
• 3x life insurance
• Share Save scheme eligibility
• Full access to Employee Assistance programme for self and family members
• Access to high street retail discounts platform - with access to discounts at Tesco, Asda, etc…
• Personal development and career progression opportunities

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion?

Excited about the role, but your past experience or qualifications don’t perfectly match everything in the job description? We would encourage you to still apply. Studies have shown that some people, particularly from minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Here at Ibstock Plc we are dedicated to building belonging, empowering our colleagues to be their true self by offering a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. You may just be the right candidate for this role, or other future roles across the Ibstock Group.

Ibstock Plc are committed and passionate about building a diverse environment. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, national origin, disability, or age.