Senior Craftsperson

Senior Craftsperson

Our prestigious, manufacturing client within the Marine and Luxury Yacht industry, are currently seeking a Senior Craftsperson to join their team.

This is a full time, permanent position, based in Wroxham, with some local travel to Ashmanhaugh, so a driving license is required for this opportunity. There is also an element of international travel, on occasion.

As the Senior Craftsperson, you will undertake all boat building/engineering/electrical/ joinery/composites activities in the manufacture of our client’s cruising yachts.

In this role, you will be the subject matter expert of your respective trade and actively coach, guide, train and mentor trainees, apprentices and less experienced members of the team, imparting their extensive, knowledge and experience.

As the Senior Craftsperson, you will be expected to utilise your expertise and experience to improve the build, design and quality of our client’s products.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Undertake the role of Subject Matter Expert (SME) for trade, imparting knowledge, skills and experience both practical and theoretical to other team members.
• To perform daily/weekly tasks in line with trade specialism as per schedule of work which is produced by the task tracker on the project management tool.
• Keeping up to date on new methods and technologies relevant for their trade and to ensure continuous professional development.
• Responsible for an apprentice and or trainee’s training and development over the course of their training period.
• Support with agreed training providers e.g., chosen college for Apprentices providing insight and feedback on course material and relevance and direct feedback on the apprentice’s progress.
• To input and aid the creation of trainee/apprentice training programme in conjunction with Production leadership team. And then follow the agreed programme side by side with assigned trainee/apprentice.

Support to Production Management:

• Participate in the Recruitment and Selection of and other key personnel, as required.
• Conduct toolbox talks as required and ensure team members are continually striving for best practice.
• Working with Team Leader and the wider leadership team, to coach and to identify skills gaps, identify relevant training and aid with delivery of.

Process Improvement:

• Maintain world class standards by utilisation of 6S principles and lean manufacturing techniques.
• Stay up to date with new technologies and yacht manufacturing techniques, working with other sites to ensure standards and build methodology is standardised across the business.

Quality:

• Drive quality control processes with the Quality Team to ensure the builds are to highest quality standards.
• Instil and reinforce a culture with quality at the core. Focusing on a right first-time approach.
• Ensure tasks are carried out to the issued drawings and Master Work List and completed to the correct standard of quality.
• Responsibility for carrying out regular inbuild quality checks and end of build snagging of yachts.

Health, Safety and Environment:

• Ensure work area is always customer/visitor ready.
• Ensure adherence to Health, Safety and Environment policy and legal requirements in conjunction with Production management and the HSE Team.

As the Senior Craftsperson, you will have in-depth knowledge of the end to end boat build process both from own trade specialism and others. It is important that applicants have clear and concise communication skills both verbal and written.

Our client requires applicants to possess strong IT skills, with ability to use Word, Excel (basic level) and PowerPoint (basic level) as you will be required to present to groups and be able to read and interpret technical drawings.

Experience required:

• Extensive experience in a Master / Senior / Lead Craftsperson / Senior Trade role in the marine or comparable industry.
• Coaching and mentoring of others, whilst performing on the training of trainee, apprentices and other less experience team members
• Review and feedback on team members performance to aid development and progression
• Preparing and delivery of toolbox talks on areas of specialism
• Recruitment and selection of trade personal including, CV review, interviewing and trade tests, where applicable

Qualifications required:

• City and Guilds Level 3 or equivalent in [specific trade specialism]
• Health and Safety certification, desirable
• Lean manufacturing, for example Six Sigma, desirable

It is important that applicants have strong attention to detail, are quality focussed with the ability to motivate others whilst being patient, deadline focussed and methodical with their approach. Ideally, you will be an approachable, personable and enthusiastic problem solver.

For further details regarding this exciting opportunity please forward a copy of your CV today!

Todd Hayes Ltd is an equal opportunities employer. Due to the large number of applications, we receive I’m afraid we are unable to respond to everyone individually however your details will remain on file should another suitable opportunity become available moving forward.

If we can take your application further, we will of course be in touch.

Todd Hayes is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Todd Hayes Ltd