CAF Rolling Stock, a global leader in the manufacture of railway vehicles and equipment, are seeking an experienced Team Leader to join them in their state of the art, purpose-built manufacturing facility in South Wales. We are searching for a calm and driven Team Leader with a background in production or manufacturing who thrives in a high-pressure environment and has a focus on cost saving, quality and safety.

This role presents a unique opportunity to work alongside an extremely supportive Production Manager who is keen to push the professional development of his Team Leaders, ensuring they have the training and experience needed to become the Managers of the future. With a strong order book and a number of exciting new projects in the pipeline, this is the perfect time to join and help develop process and team members in a positive, collaborative environment.

The Team Leader will oversee a team of up to 15 operators; ensuring project targets are hit, quality and attention to detail is followed, whilst keeping project costs in line with the budget, if not under the set budget.

• Manage a team of between 8-15 operators
• Review the production schedule
• Ensure builds are completed to a very high standard and quality
• Keep costs on track, if not under KPIs
• Make sure that builds are completed within the set deadlines
• Ensure the team are working safely and safety measures in place
• Ensure the correct tools and materials are available
• Lead daily meetings; to ensure tasks are correctly lead
• Conduct daily  SQDCP team briefings

Opportunity

• Play a key role in leading a team of skilled operators to complete a fully built rolling stock unit.
• Work as part of a team, in a purpose built facility
• Lead daily meetings to ensure targets can be hit, tooling, safety and costs are met
• Self improvement, build on current skillset, complete additional learning to enhance career potential.
• Experience personal and professional growth within a global business while achieving significant milestones.
• Get to plan and lead a team and watch the fully built vehicle go into service

Essentials

• Previous Manufacturing/Production experience 
• Previous team leader experience
• IOSH Certified 
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent 
• Six Sigma
• Previous experience of cost controlling and leading SQDCP Briefings 

About Ford & Stanley Group

Ford & Stanley Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness.

Ford & Stanley Group Ltd is a Disability Confident Committed employer and is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.