Mechanical Lead

The Company

Our client is a specialist engineering company. Due growth they are now looking to recruit a Mechanical Lead.-

The Role -

• Will be working permanent day shift role leading a team assembling and building their specialist products.
• To conduct allocated work to established quality standards and to required timetables.-
• To lead/ direct other staff in conducting this work, ensuring the health and safety of all affected. This includes training.-
• To establish and maintain a safe and effective working environment, including shop cleanliness and housekeeping.
• To ensure that equipment is available and maintained, including calibration of gauges.
• To monitor and advise of stock levels of consumables and parts so that these are available to ensure service levels.
• To provide required production records (paper and electronic).
• To establish and maintain a communications system which enables staff and management to easily see important performance measures e.g. delivery on time, parts availability and quality problems/ equipment issues.
• To lead improvement initiative.
• Organising/ motivating/ training staff to complete production tasks.
• Spotting and dealing with health, safety and environmental issues; recording and solving these.
• Completing production records.
• Requesting parts.
• Requesting equipment repairs, replacement and calibration.
• Completing cell 5S cleaning events; reorganising cell layout to improve effectiveness/
• Arranging inspections

The Person

• Time Served Mechanical Fitter or have relevant experience.
• Experience of building special purpose machines.
• Must have supervisory experience.
• Experience in assembly.
• Ability to read assembly/technical documentation such as drawings and work instructions.
• Adhere to manufacturing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP''s).

Benefits

• Excellent pay rate.
• Dayshift role.
• Overtime available.