Production Line Leader

ADEY, the market leader in the provision of residential water treatment products for closed loop heating and cooling systems in the UK, is looking for a Design Engineer to join the team.

Now part of the Genuit Groups’ Climate Management Solutions (CMS) business unit, ADEY has ambitious growth plans.

The Role

As Line Leader, you are responsible for both material resources and employees.

At the core of the role, Line Leaders plan, coordinate and control the production process on a daily/hourly basis so that products are provided safely, while meeting or exceeding the hourly production target, to the required quality standard.

Works in close partnership with Shift Supervisors and Line Pickers to ensure timely production of products

A large part of the role is dealing with people and materials, as well as the production (control and supervision) stage.

You will oversee the days production for a particular line, coordinating employees and material flow to maximise productivity.

You will need to:

• Manage the Production Line to priority on Production plan with the primary aim of preventing line stoppages or minimising downtime.
• Ensure Pickers are directed to deliver materials to the line on time to maximise productivity
• Communicate with colleagues on all workstations to avoid downtime
• Understand how all equipment and systems work; promptly report defective equipment and systems to avoid downtime.
• Ensure prompt shift start, and prompt shift end.
• Manage break times
• Immediately address behavioural issues of colleagues within your team where necessary
• Partner with Shift Supervisors where necessary to address behavioural issues with employees in a appropriate manner and location.
• Record production numbers on an hourly basis for upward reporting
• Supervise and motivate team members through regular, in-the-moment feedback; recognition and reward; consistent adherence to objectives and policy
• Collate and analyse data, putting together production reports for both Production Manager and regular feedback to team members.
• At the end of an order Line Leader with collection of defective product and ensure it is presented to QA, in order that inventory and quality records are maintained accurately
• Ensure Production Line is cleaned down thoroughly at the end of the shift and at the end of each order if moving to another Line

The Person

• Proficient knowledge of production procedure, policy planning and organisation skills to be able run and monitor the production line
• ERP system experience
• The ability to act decisively and solve employee or equipment-related problems
• Attention to detail to ensure high levels of quality
• The ability to communicate clearly and persuasively with your team, managers and stakeholders
• The ability to work under pressure and multitask
• Leadership skills and the ability to motivate others to meet deadlines
• The ability to work in a logical, systematic manner
• Comfortable delivering frequent direct written and regular, in-the-moment oral feedback
• IT skills, particularly when it comes to database management and Excel spreadsheets

The Benefits

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and Christmas shutdown
• Pension contribution matched up to 8%
• Life Assurance 3x base salary
• Private health scheme
• Genuit sharesave scheme