Team Leader (Quality Support) - Day Shift

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Job Title: Team Leader (Quality Support)

Salary: £35,247.92 - £39,071.50 when role objectives are reached

Hours: Day Shift (multi-shift): Monday–Thursday 06:00–15:00, Friday 06:00–09:30

Contract: Full time & permanent

Location: Desford, Leicestershire

The Opportunity:

As a Team Leader in the Quality team, you’ll lead and support a group carrying out product quality checks and audits. You’ll act as the link between your team and the Section Manager, helping to keep quality high, solve problems quickly and support your team to perform at their best.

What you will do:

As a Team Leader, you are accountable for, but not limited to:

• Monitor performance across safety, quality, people and production to meet targets and standards.

• Lead daily team meetings to share updates, priorities and performance.

• Respond to quality issues, helping your team investigate problems and put fixes in place.

• Train, coach and support team members, making sure they have the skills and knowledge needed.

• Plan team workload and resources to meet production and quality needs.

• Ensure quality checks, audits and equipment (including gauges and tools) are completed and kept up to date.

NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.

What You Can Demonstrate:

• People: Supports, motivates and develops others to perform at their best. Builds a positive team environment and helps individuals grow their skills.

• Quality Operations: Ensures quality checks and audits are carried out correctly and consistently. Keeps work on track to meet daily quality and production targets.

• Problem Solving: Responds to issues quickly, identifying the root cause and helping put effective fixes in place to prevent repeat problems.

• Planning & Organising: Plans and prioritises work to keep the team running smoothly in a busy environment. Adapts quickly when priorities change.

What You May Have:

• Applies knowledge of assembly and rework processes to support quality checks and resolve issues on the production line.

• Conducts inspections and audits to ensure products meet required quality standards and identifies any non-conformance.

• Supports team coordination by organising work, guiding others and helping maintain performance against quality and production targets.

Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting.

Just a quick heads-up: We start reviewing applications as soon as they come in, so if you’re interested, don’t wait too long! We may close the advert early if we feel we’ve got a strong pool of potentially suitable applicants.

Don’t miss out, get your application in soon!

What You Will Get
One Company, Limitless Opportunities

Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. We do business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.

Careers at Caterpillar are limitless, we have opportunities in Engineering, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and so much more. You can create the career you want. It’s your time and talent, make it count.

Our Sustainability Commitment

Caterpillar has a long-standing commitment to sustainability, one of our five Values in Action. It is part of who we are and what we do. We actively lead sustainable green initiatives to preserve the environment, help reduce poverty with the Caterpillar Foundation and stay involved in the communities we help build.

Benefits: 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, opportunity to buy additional holiday, Bonus, contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution up to 10%, contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution, Employee Support Networks – join groups that offer support, connection, and a sense of community, optional flexible benefits including access to private health and dental care plans, EV car lease etc

Travel: Not required for this role.

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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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