🔥 Smelting Assistant Team Leader
💰 Salary
£34,794.24 per annum
➕ £9,092.04 annual shift allowance
Total earnings: £43,886.28 per annum
🚀 About the Role
We're looking for a Smelting Assistant Team Leader (ATL) to support our Smelting Team Leader and help drive safe, efficient and high-performing operations.
As the ATL, you'll play a vital role in leading the team, maintaining operational standards and ensuring production targets are achieved. You'll step into the Team Leader role when required, taking responsibility for the Smelting area and supporting your colleagues to perform at their best.
If you're a proactive problem-solver with strong leadership potential and a passion for safety, we'd love to hear from you!
🔧 Key Responsibilities
As a Smelting Assistant Team Leader, you will:
✅ Take responsibility for operational activities within the Smelting area when required
✅ Support and lead the team, ensuring high standards of performance and behaviour
✅ Coordinate daily activities to maximise productivity and efficiency
✅ Ensure all work is carried out in line with Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) requirements
✅ Drive improvements that reduce downtime and improve production output
✅ Maintain excellent housekeeping standards and ensure PPE compliance
✅ Prioritise and organise tasks to ensure work is completed safely and efficiently
✅ Attend meetings and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
✅ Support the onboarding, training and development of new starters
✅ Act as a role model for safety, teamwork and company values
🎯 What We're Looking For
Essential Skills & Experience
✔️ Willingness to work towards a recognised leadership qualification
✔️ Strong commitment to Health, Safety and Environmental standards
✔️ Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage at all levels
✔️ Calm, professional and solution-focused approach under pressure
✔️ Leadership potential or experience supporting and guiding colleagues
✔️ Proactive mindset with strong problem-solving abilities
✔️ Basic IT skills
✔️ Good literacy and numeracy skills
✔️ Ability to motivate, influence and support positive team performance
⭐ Desirable
➕ Previous supervisory or team leadership experience
➕ Leadership or supervisory qualification
➕ Strong interpersonal and influencing skills
🎁 Salary & Benefits Package
We believe in rewarding our people with a fantastic benefits package, including:
🎯 Annual Production Bonus - up to 10% of salary (following qualifying period)
🏆 Quarterly Production Bonus - up to £300
🦺 Quarterly Health & Safety Bonus - up to £60
💰 Annual Blood Lead Bonus - up to £1,500
📈 Stakeholder Pension Scheme - employer contribution of 10% (subject to qualifying criteria)
❤️ Free Life Insurance after 6 months' service
👓 Free eye tests and safety glasses
💪 Company-funded physiotherapy
🏋️ Corporate gym membership
🚲 Cycle to Work Scheme
🤝 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
🩺 Annual health checks
🚗 Free onsite parking
🍽️ Subsidised canteen
👷 Workwear, PPE and RPE provided and professionally laundered onsite
🕒 Shift Pattern
Enjoy a unique shift rotation that provides excellent work-life balance:
☀️ 2 x 12-hour Day Shifts
6:00am - 6:00pm
🌙 2 x 12-hour Night Shifts
6:00pm - 6:00am
🏖️ 4 Days Off
🔄 Pattern repeats 7 times
🎉 Followed by an impressive 18 consecutive days off
📅 Annual leave built directly into the shift pattern
☕ Two 45-minute breaks per shift
🎓 Attend training on non-rostered days and bank up to 24 additional hours of time off each year
🌟 Why Join Us?
This is a fantastic opportunity to take the next step in your leadership career within a supportive and safety-focused environment. You'll benefit from excellent earning potential, industry-leading time off, career development opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package.
Apply today and help lead a team that keeps our Smelting operations running safely, efficiently and successfully. 🔥👷♂️👷♀️
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