Line Leader, Production and Process Control

Job Purpose:

Primarily focused on the leading, support and control of the production team.

• Organise and actively support the team to fulfil the production requirements, based on the production plan.
• Act as the first point of contact for the production team with technical issues related to tooling or processes.
• Actively work with automated systems to ensure that the production team can deliver the required quality and throughput.
• Act as a point of contact for all staff with production related questions and concerns.
• Support the improvement and introduction of new quality requirements.
• Support the business in ensuring that training is supplied consistently, to a suitable level for all team members.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Identify issues or improvement opportunities and propose solutions.
• Act as a point of contact for production team.
• Carry out simple preventative maintenance on manufacturing equipment and train team members as required.
• Ensure all team members follow Health and Safety procedures, ensure personal and team safety.
• Ensure that suitable training is delivered in a consistent manner.
• Engage team members in a continuous improvement mind-set.
• Attend production and engineering meetings as required to support staff allocation and share information.
• Support daily planning activities / assignment of work stations / monitoring of output / monitoring of quality.
• Actively support and plan cross-training activities to maximise team flexibility and efficiency.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment based on 5S principles.
• Install a quality first, right first time culture, based on the following of Standard Operating Procedures.
• Report on Key Performance Indicators as required to support business planning.

Additional Duties:

• Occasional travel to the manufacturing facility in Serbia may be required.
• Occasional travel to suppliers or partners may be required.
• To carry out any other duties which may be reasonably expected of you by your immediate manager or a senior director.

Operating Environment:

• Alphasense manufactures gas sensors, and optical particle counters.
• Alphasense operations and manufacturing are conducted from its bases in Braintree, Essex and Subotica, Serbia.
• The majority of Alphasense’s suppliers are based in the UK, although raw materials may be sourced from abroad by those suppliers.

Framework & Boundaries:

• A degree of both national and international travel may be required.
• Any changes to processes, materials or design will be checked and approved before implementation following our quality procedures.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Team leadership / team management.
• Attention to detail when following instructions and training team members.
• General MS Office skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with direct stakeholder community
• Knowledge of Electrical, Mechanical or similar engineering principles (Degree/HNC or equivalent industry experience suitable)
• Logical and hands on approach to problem solving
• Hands on experience with a range of assembly and fabrication techniques, advantageous
• Experience of machine setting and maintenance advantageous.
• General fault-finding principles in electrical, electronic and mechanical systems advantageous.
• Ability to read an engineering drawing and use measurement devices to verify compliance to design, advantageous.
• Knowledge of statistical process control, advantageous.