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Production Team Leader

Employer
GE Aviation
Location
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
28 May 2019

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Clearance Level
SC, None / Undisclosed
Sector
Aerospace
Job Type
Permanent
Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Business:
    GE Aviation
Function:
    Manufacturing
Role Summary/Purpose:
    The Production Team Leader will demonstrate leadership in communicating and delivering business goals, programmes, and processes for manufacturing/Assembly of avionics products. In this role you will utilise your experience and expertise to solve problems, develop solutions and execute objectives for yourself, and others, to deliver our short-term and some long-term business goals.
Essential Responsibilities:
    • Day-to-day tactical management of operators, aimed at maximising manufacturing cell output in a safe working environment adhering to Regulatory and quality standards.
    • A front line manager providing leadership and coaching for operations employees, driving engagement and motivation in the teams.
    • Set the day-to-day direction for the teams and resolve escalated problems in the work area.
    • Team development, deployment and performance management.
    • Support the Avionics visual management processes.
    • Administration and Voucher Management (including Holiday, overtime, absence and other bookings on Kronos)
    • Support the development of 'self-empowered' teams.
    • Drive an EHS and Quality culture within the teams and set the example for good practice.
    • Carry out risk assessments; EHS and Quality audits; arrange health surveillance; promote accident prevention and investigations; ensure calibration and zero Quality escapes.
    • Promote and develop customer satisfaction and positive customer relationships through on-time delivery of high quality repairs.
    • Understand strategies for ensuring manufacturing processes meet product conformity requirements.
    • Identify and effectively deal with bottlenecks that will affect the cell output and escalate where appropriate.
    • Implement contingency plans, when required (e.g. test equipment breakdown).
    • Be responsible for providing direction in line with our customers' requirements and business goals.
    • Assist the GEAPS Leader to identify, develop and deliver process changes for 'cost out' and repair performance improvements.
    • Enforce Campus policies and practices for consistency.
    • Review labour efficiency reports, determine causes for variances, and initiate prompt corrective action.
Qualifications/Requirements:
    • Degree qualification or equivalent with knowledge or experience of supply chain manufacturing operation.
    • Proven leadership, verbal communications and interpersonal skills.
    • Time management, scheduling and prioritisation skills.
    • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
    • Experience with utilising and creating effective MS Excel spreadsheets to convert data into decision making information.
    • MSWord, Outlook; PowerPoint.
    • Ability to appropriately prioritise resources based upon output target.
    • Experience of implementing Change.

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