Welding Team Leader

We're looking for a Welding Team Leader to join a busy manufacturing environment in Mid-Essex. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced MIG/TIG/Laser welder to combine their technical expertise with team leadership and continuous improvement.

You'll play a key role in keeping the welding operation running safely, efficiently and to the highest possible standards, while coaching and developing a skilled, multi-disciplined team.

What you'll be doing

• Lead, motivate and support a team of welders to achieve production and quality targets.


• Allocate daily workloads and monitor progress against project schedules.


• Provide hands-on coaching, feedback and technical support to team members.


• Act as the first point of contact for welding-related technical issues.


• Interpret engineering drawings, welding symbols, specifications and procedures.


• Carry out in-process inspections and final quality checks.


• Ensure welding activities comply with safety, quality and regulatory requirements.


• Promote excellent standards of PPE, equipment use and safe working practices.


• Support incident investigations and corrective actions where required.


• Drive Lean, 5S, Kaizen and other continuous improvement initiatives.


• Lead problem-solving and root-cause analysis activities.


• Help standardise processes and contribute to SOP improvements.

Essential:

• Proven experience as a professional welder, ideally with MIG, TIG and/or laser joining processes.


• Previous experience of leading, mentoring or supervising others


• Strong understanding of welding symbols and procedures.


• Ability to read and interpret technical engineering drawings.


• Knowledge of continuous improvement principles.


• Excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills.


• Welding and fabrication qualifications.


• Training in 5S, Lean, Six Sigma or similar CI methodologies.

• Experience with robotic or automated welding systems.


• Knowledge of weld inspection equipment and methodologies.


• Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) qualification.


• First Aid or other relevant H&S certification.


• 7:00am-4:30pm Monday-Thursday


• Salary 35k-40k

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