Operations Team Leader (Internal Applicants Only)

Operations Team Leader
North Shields
Salary £33,687
40 hours per week Monday to Friday

Marshalls Landscape Protection offers a new approach to street furniture - a design, engineering and specification philosophy that enables highly effective protective and non-protective street furniture to blend seamlessly into urban landscape design. Part of Marshalls plc, a Superbrand for the 12th year running and a thriving industry-leading FTSE 250, the brand is synonymous with quality; supplying prestigious landmarks across the UK. Did you know we're the only company to have paved every square on the Monopoly board?!

As part of our continued investment in both our evolution and our people, we’re now recruiting for a new Operations Team Leader to join our team at our North Shields site.

So what's the mission?

Your mission is to lead an operations team (10+) and be responsible for all operational activities defined to your area, some of which include overall safe operation of plant and equipment, safety, quality, waste and OEE targets and people management.

At Marshalls, we pride ourselves on Health, Safety, and Quality so you will maintain a safe working environment for all by behaving in a way consistent with safe working and proactively challenge colleagues if they are putting themselves or others at risk. You’ll support a zero-tolerance approach to breaches in safety standards, ensuring that everything (Pre-start checks, PPE, Lock off, behaviours, contractor activity) within the assigned department/shift is compliant with policies/procedures and associated site controls.

You will support the Area Operations Manager to exceed KPIs by ensuring that business objectives are cascaded through to the manufacturing teams, engaging the ‘hearts and minds’ of the company’s employees to create and sustain a pro-active culture in all disciplines across the business! You’ll be a team player and people person as you’ll be delivering team briefs/toolbox talks in a timely manner and spirit in which they are intended whilst ensuring that any initiatives are embraced and actioned in line with company guidelines.

Working 40 hours per week Monday to Friday, you will be responsible for the operation and will stand in for the Area Operations Manager when needed.

What are the mission-critical skills?

• Experience of operating in a medium/large manufacturing site with responsibility for a team of 10 or more employees
• Experience of operating in a traditional employee relations climate
• A knowledge & understanding of Overall Equipment effectiveness (OEE)
• Some experience of implementing continuous improvement/lean manufacturing techniques eg DMAIC, would be an advantage
• IOSH Managing Safely / NEBOSH General Certificate and other relevant qualifications eg ILM, Lean Six Sigma desirable
• Experience of maximising the potential of others including development and performance management
• Demonstrable experience of driving and improving site performance
  

Whats next?
This is a great opportunity to take the next step in progressing your career and join our industry-leading plc! New ideas are encouraged, and you will be rewarded with the opportunity to learn and grow, achieving your career aspiration! Have a look at our careers website for more information on working for Marshalls https://www.marshalls.co.uk/careers

Benefits include:

• Set shift patterns + overtime available
• 26 days holiday + bank holidays
• Guaranteed Christmas holidays
• Training and development opportunities
• 5% employer matched pension scheme
• Company uniform
• Free onsite parking
• Health care cash plan – support with Dental, Optical, Prescription costs and many more!
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay and leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount on Marshalls products
• Retailer discounts
• Marshalls Wellbeing Centre
• EE mobile phone discount – friends & family
• Share purchase scheme
• Life assurance
• A chance to work for the UK’s leading manufacturer of landscaping products!

Equal Opportunities
Whoever you are and whatever your background, at Marshalls you’ll find a fair and supportive workplace. You are unique and we want you to bring every part of who you are to work, every day.

We’re committed to ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. To us, this is more than a legal, moral, or ethical necessity – it’s the right thing to do! We call this doing business The Marshalls Way.

We want our team to reflect the diverse nature of society and the communities we serve. Marshalls is a workplace where you are valued for the contribution you make, and where you can grow and develop by being entirely yourself!