At Terumo Aortic, we’re expanding our textiles leadership team to support growth in our operations. As a Textiles Shift Lead, you’ll run day‑to‑day operations for your shift, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient manufacture of technical/medical textiles for our cleanroom environments. You’ll lead, coach and develop a small team, uphold our Core Values, and keep the department audit‑ready at all times.
What you’ll do
1. Plan & control production: Maintain greige fabric stock in line with S&OP; ensure continuity of supply to cleanrooms; issue correct materials per Works Orders/DHR requests.
2. Lead the shift: Set equipment to standard, troubleshoot to maintain smooth runs, and support technicians to hit quality, output and uptime targets.
3. Safety first: Drive a safe working environment; complete/maintain risk assessments and COSHH reviews; monitor incidents and hazards and address trends.
4. Quality & compliance: Operate within a certified QMS ISO, CFR Part, MDR/MDSAP); maintain documentation to GDP/cGMP standards and a constant state of audit readiness.
5. Performance management: Deliver daily SIM/tier reporting, run stand‑ups, communicate plan changes, and complete annual PM reviews on time.
6. Continuous improvement: Champion 5S, Lean and operational improvements to maximise resource utilisation and manufacturing flexibility.
7. People leadership: Allocate resources, build skills and succession plans, and coach technicians (including trainees) to perform safely and compliantly.
What you’ll bring
8. Extensive knowledge of textile manufacturing processes and equipment across multiple disciplines; technical or medical textiles experience is essential.
9. Supervisory/team‑lead experience (preferred) with strong coaching and communication skills.
10. Solid mechanical aptitude; confident with Excel (intermediate) and production reporting.
11. High standards in documentation control (GDP/cGMP).
12. Hands‑on experience with 5S and CI/Lean methods.