Group Lead

Siemens Gamesa has a vision for renewable energy. We believe in the power of nature and technology. Help us to be ready to face the energy challenges of tomorrow and make a green footprint – join us in creating a better future for our planet. We focus on hiring the best people, wherever they may be in the world. We pride ourselves on the flexibility we offer to our employees and are committed to building a workforce that can grow with the company. Siemens Gamesa is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. In our culture of trust, we focus on empowerment, diversity, and continuous learning. Valuing our people is what makes us one global team, with our colleagues’ safety at the heart of our organization.

We are recruiting for an effective and high performing individual to join our Hull Blade Factory team. As a Group Lead (Production Shift Manager) you will be responsible for leading a large team of Production Operatives in a fast-paced environment. You will take full responsibility for performance, ensuring your team has clear direction and a high level of engagement, delivering all activities safely and efficiently. This is an opportunity to be part of a growing team within a dynamic business, delivering innovation in our renewable energy division.

Some of your key tasks will include but not be limited to:

• Responsible for delivery of SQDCP (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People) and ensuring key KPI targets are achieved across the shift.
• Ensuring the correct reporting of incidents and accidents, near misses and unsafe acts and conditions.
• Ensuring optimum utilization of resources.
• Ensuring manufacturing guidelines, processes, and procedures are followed to ensure safe delivery of a high-quality product on time every time.
• Leading and supervising assigned Team Leaders and Operatives across a wide area of disciplines.
• Clear, concise, and effective communications to your team.
• Responsible for performance management across the team.
• Effective and thorough implementation of the blade handover process.
• Leading team in ensuring correct Prisma bookings are adhered to with full understanding of routing importance, managing own teams spend budget for workwear and consumables.
• Management of competence across the operational area.
• Ownership of the HR process for all employees within operational area.
• Hold constructive feedback dialogues to ensure right first time performance is achieved.
• Ownership of operational standards including but not limited to 5S, housekeeping, short interval control and process validation.
• Ownership of takt adherence and line balancing across operational area.
• Ownership for the review of all task related risk assessment within the operational area.

What you need to make a difference:

• Passion for renewable energy and the importance to lead the change.
• Leadership – experienced in managing and directing teams in a manufacturing/production environment preferable.
• Experienced in working in the wind industry desirable but not essential – other applicable industry experience will be considered.
• Possesses excellent decision-making skills and an innovative approach to problem solving – previous experience in resolving issues and supporting high performing, successful teams.
• Experienced in working with and delivering production plans and associated disciplines.

In return for your commitment, we offer you:

• Personal and professional development to grow internally within our organization.
• Becoming part of our mission for sustainability: Clean energy for generations to come.
• To work with a global team of diverse colleagues who share our passion for renewable energy.
• Trust and empowerment to make your own ideas reality.
• Company benefits including competitive pension scheme.
• Flexible working hours as well as home-office possibility for many colleagues, employer-funded pension, attractive remuneration package (fixed/variable) and local benefits such as subsided lunch, gym membership, employee discounts and much more.

We are a global team of diverse colleagues who share a passion for renewable energy and have a culture of trust and empowerment to make our own ideas a reality. We focus on personal and professional development to grow internally within our organisation.