Assembly Team Manager - 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Reporting to the Lead Manufacturing Manager of the Royal Mail Gloucester Manufacturing & Engineering Centre, you will:

• Be responsible for leading a team of up to 40 Assembly workers and engage the team in production and continuous improvement activities, including ownership of line management accountability.
• Assist with developing our in-house manufacturing capability and drive a culture of safety within the manufacture and assembly environment.
• Be responsible for the productivity (OPR) of the Assembly Line, managing to a predefined schedule of production and maintain product quality control and deliver and develop a defects and resolution process (5F)
• Be responsible for people development by creating communication channels, focusing on people management and developing skills and for delivering an environmentally compliant and progressive facility, ensuring environmental management processes are sustained.
  
  To be truly successful in this role, you'll possess the following knowledge, skills, and experience:
• Be a proven professional with practical, hands-on experience of leading a semi-automated assembly line, utilising problem solving, driving continuous improvement, creating Standard Operating Procedures, and driving line balancing to consistently deliver optimum efficiency and quality.
• Be a recognised leader with experience of delivering machining and fabrication areas, maximising up time availability, optimising flow, and taking action to improve engagement indicators.
• Ability to demonstrate tangible performance improvements through creating a plan, introducing, and managing process improvement initiatives, influencing across all levels of the business, and changing behaviours.
• Demonstrate proven problem analysis and solving capabilities using advanced tools and route cause analysis, and managing across the full operating system of Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People and Environment.
• Desirably, possess a safety qualification, such as IOSHH.
  
  Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean 'your' interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.
Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required. We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

Salary starting from £36,435, 10% bonus potential, 25 days annual leave, and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates Fixed Term Full time Gloucester Manufacturing & Engineering Centre, Eastern Ave, Gloucester, GL4 3AA,
• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone
• Available only to perm employees