Team Leader - Welding

Welding Team Leader

Witham, Essex
Starting Salary £30,500 + 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

• 4 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 welding team
• Allocate workloads and monitor production progress
• Ensure welding 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 teams
• 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 welding experience including MIG, TIG or Laser welding processes
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings
• Good understanding of welding 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 welding 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 to join an established and growing manufacturer that values quality, innovation and employee development then call Julia at Prime Appointments or apply via the link.