Welding Team Leader

Welding Team Leader

Witham, Essex
Salary circa £37,000 + Bonus + 4 day week + Excellent Benefits

Our client, is looking to recruit an experienced Welding Team Leader to join their growing production team in Witham. This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly respected engineering and manufacturing business producing construction products supplied to prestigious projects across the globe.

Benefits

• Salary circa £37,000 - day week Monday to Thursday
• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible working opportunities
• Company pension scheme
• Profit-related bonus
• Sick pay, Life assurance cover and employee discounts and benefits scheme

The Role

You will lead and motivate a team of welders, coordinate workloads and drive continuous improvement across the department. This role combines hands-on technical expertise with strong leadership and organisational skills.

Duties

• Lead, motivate and support the team
• Allocate workloads and monitor production progress
• Ensure operations meet quality and safety standards
• Read and interpret engineering drawings and welding specifications
• Carry out in-process inspections and final quality checks
• Work closely with production, quality and engineering
• Support training and development of team members
• Promote Lean manufacturing, 5S and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure compliance with ISO standards and company procedures
• Assist with problem-solving and root cause analysis activities

Skills & Experience

• Previous experience within a welding or fabrication environment leading or mentoring a team.
• Proven experience including MIG, TIG or Laser welding processes
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings
• Good understanding of procedures and symbols
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement principles
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Welding and fabrication qualifications/certifications
• Experience with robotic or automated systems would be advantageous
• Knowledge of weld inspection techniques would be desirable
• Experience within the fenestration industry would be beneficial
• Lean, Six Sigma or 5S training would be an asset as would CWI or safety-related certifications

If you would like to know more about this fantastic opportunity apply today.