Sittingbourne, Kent * £34,548.80 per annum, paid weekly * Permanent, full-time * Monday to Friday, 08:00–16:00 5S Recruitment is recruiting an Assembly Team Leader for an established plastics manufacturer in Sittingbourne. You’ll run the manual assembly department day to day, leading a team of 32, including Leading Hands and Assembly Operatives. This is a shop-floor role. You’ll organise the workload, make sure parts are available and help your team hit production targets while maintaining assembly quality and safe working standards. The role * Allocate work across the team, monitor daily output and raise shortages, bottlenecks and lost time with Planning. * Coach Leading Hands and Operatives. Manage attendance, holidays and performance, and deliver training on induction, manual handling and standard operating procedures. * Check that assembly work meets specifications and escalate component shortages or defects to the appropriate team. * Keep work in progress organised, traceable and safely stored. * Act as the first point of contact for shift incidents, log hazards and near misses, and lead accident investigations. * Operate material handling equipment and take on designated safety duties once the relevant certified training is in place. About you You’ll have experience as a Team Leader or Supervisor, ideally in assembly, manufacturing or production. You’ll be comfortable giving clear direction, dealing with people issues and adjusting priorities when the plan changes. You’ll also need basic IT skills and an understanding of Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement. What’s on offer £34,548.80 a year, paid weekly. Hours are Monday to Friday, 08:00–16:00, with a 30-minute paid break. Benefits include a Christmas bonus subject to company performance, a Share Incentive Plan, employee discounts and wellbeing benefits, and access to certified equipment training. Apply through CV-Library with your CV. Please include the size of the teams you’ve supervised and the type of production or assembly work you’ve led. About 5S Recruitment Limited 5S Recruitment specialises in recruitment across plastics, engineering and manufacturing
Assembly Team Leader in Sittingbourne employer: 5S Recruitment Limited
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