Team Leader

Do you have previous team leadership experience within a manufacturing or production environment? Are you passionate about driving safety, quality, and continuous improvement? Job Title: Team Leader Location: Haverhill…

Pay rate £14 – £15/hour
Job type Temporary
Posted 17 August 2026

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Do you have previous team leadership experience within a manufacturing or production environment?
Are you passionate about driving safety, quality, and continuous improvement?
Job Title: Team Leader
Location: Haverhill
Salary: £14 - £15p/h
Hours: Monday – Friday 2pm – 10pm
Contract: Full Time, temporary - ongoing
We're recruiting for an experienced Team Leader to lead a small team within a fast-paced and innovative manufacturing environment.
As Team leader, your responsibilities will include:
* Leading and motivating a small production team to achieve daily production targets
* Allocating work to meet production plans
* Promoting and maintaining a strong health & safety culture
* Conducting safety inductions and training
* Completing and maintaining risk assessments
* Monitoring quality standards
* Escalating engineering, quality, or material supply issues
* Driving continuous improvement through 6S, Standard Work, and Kaizen activities
* Collating daily production figures.
The ideal candidate for the Team Leader will have:
* Previous experience in a Team Leader or Supervisory role within manufacturing or production
* Strong knowledge of health & safety procedures and risk management
* Experience leading, coaching, and developing teams
* Excellent organisational and communication skills
* A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement
* Experience with Lean Manufacturing, 6S, or Kaizen (desirable)
* The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
If you're ready to take the next step in your leadership career, we'd love to hear from you!
Ideally you will have experience within a similar position. Interviews will take place in Haverhill, following a registration process by PureKat Consultancy Ltd. If we have not responded to your application within 3-5 days, unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion, but please feel free to contact us for other opportunities. PureKat Consultancy is acting as an Employment Agency for permanent vacancies and as an Employment Business for temporary vacancies

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