Testing Team Leader

Most of us come to work to earn money and as an accredited Living Wage employer, of course you can expect a competitive salary from us; but we also recognise that you spend a lot of time in work, so you must choose your employer well!

Built on core values of Excellence, Trust and Sustainability, CAF make beautiful and exciting products that we are all really proud of. It is not always easy to achieve the results we want, so we have recruited a team of amazing people, working together to achieve a common goal. As a business, we are willing to try new things; so our people need to be flexible and innovative.

Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee work to ensure that we create a welcoming environment for everyone, where difference is respected; whilst our Employee Engagement Forum are tasked with injecting some fun into the workplace with events and activities throughout the year.

If you want to be purposeful, occupied and part of an awesome team, building an amazing product; the choice is simple - choose CAF.

Mission of the position

The Team Leader is responsible for overseeing day-to-day working within the team(s). This means: ensuring test is running smoothly; ensuring the health and safety of your team(s); ensuring the quality of your product and the process; ensuring targets are achieved on time; motivating and developing your team(s).

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads the team(s) that performs a wide variety of testing tasks involving the use of a variety of testing equipment in the testing department. Ensures that assignments are completed in the established time standards.
• Carry out on-board testing for several test trains before their release into service. Carries out complex level tasks involving troubleshooting, testing, quality control, tuning, complicated repairs, interacting with production supervisor to discuss and/or resolve problems.
• Fills test reports, internal adjustments, and pending job information accurately and in line wit Company policies and procedures. Completes work in accordance with relevant documentation and other specifications, ensuring safety, quality and productions targets are achieved by self and the team(s). Support quality, productivity and process improvement initiatives. Carry out training / act as coach and mentor to enable better performance and development of skills within team(s) and others. Participate in the induction and on-going training of employees.
  
  

Functions And Responsibilities

• Carries out role of First Aider and/or Fire Marshal. Pro-actively seek out process improvements and efficiency savings, recommending to line manager where improvements can be made, or costs reduced. Ensure equipment is maintained and fully operational by liaising with other experts regarding repairs/maintenance checks where necessary, ensuring adequate materials are available or ordered in sufficient time to eliminate shortages. Ensure equipment/plant is maintained and fully operational, reporting damage/breakdowns in a timely manner. Report on progress/constraints influencing work plans as appropriate.Supports other teams/departments and assists management for various production related duties as required. Ensure area of work is clean, well-organised and safe; and adheres to Company housekeeping processes.
• Carry out lean production activities. Ensure all staff have a clear understanding and comply with the rules, regulations, standards and policies in place. Organise and communicate job expectations to team(s).
  
  

Key Responsibilities Continued

• Monitors team(s) to ensure objectives/targets are achieved on time. Ensure all records are completed correctly and on time. Organise and communicate job expectations to team(s). Monitors team(s) to ensure objectives/targets are achieved on time. Ensure all records are completed correctly and on time. Liaise with manager to ensure resource levels are in place to achieve planned activities. Review work in progress across team(s) and make certain that the order of tasks and allocation of resources creates maximum efficiency. Ensure the correct use and operation of machinery and equipment and ensure that all routine daily maintenance and safety checks are carried out on time.
• Carry out team briefings and tool box talks. Liaise with Line Manager to ensure team members are competent to carry out full range of tasks and have received appropriate levels of training in area of work.
• Carries out assessment of competence for team and others as required.
  
  

Required Professional Experience

NVQ Level 3 / Modern Apprenticeship in a related field

FULL JD AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

Mission of the position

The Team Leader is responsible for overseeing day-to-day working within the team(s). This means: ensuring test is running smoothly; ensuring the health and safety of your team(s); ensuring the quality of your product and the process; ensuring targets are achieved on time; motivating and developing your team(s).

Required Professional Experience

NVQ Level 3 / Modern Apprenticeship in a related field

FULL JD AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

Most of us come to work to earn money and as an accredited Living Wage employer, of course you can expect a competitive salary from us; but we also recognise that you spend a lot of time in work, so you must choose your employer well!

Built on core values of Excellence, Trust and Sustainability, CAF make beautiful and exciting products that we are all really proud of. It is not always easy to achieve the results we want, so we have recruited a team of amazing people, working together to achieve a common goal. As a business, we are willing to try new things; so our people need to be flexible and innovative.

Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee work to ensure that we create a welcoming environment for everyone, where difference is respected; whilst our Employee Engagement Forum are tasked with injecting some fun into the workplace with events and activities throughout the year.

If you want to be purposeful, occupied and part of an awesome team, building an amazing product; the choice is simple - choose CAF.