Extrusion Team Leader

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, where our purpose ‘to advance life around the world’ drives our entire global team.

Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting the world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we work for. How about you?

At Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin), we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The places we live in: cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join our team and help build more sustainable environments!

We are currently looking for an Extrusion Team Leader to join us  you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on. The working pattern for this role is alternating days and nights, 3 on 3 off 07:00-19:00 and 19:00-07:00

• Lead and coordinate the activities of extrusion operators during the shift.

• Ensure extrusion lines operate safely, efficiently, and in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs).

• Monitor production performance against targets and take corrective action where required.

• Allocate labour resources effectively to meet production requirements.

• Support machine start-ups, product changeovers, shutdowns, and troubleshooting activities.

• Ensure products are manufactured to specification and meet all quality requirements.

• Conduct and verify quality checks, process inspections, and production documentation.

• Monitor material usage, waste levels, and process efficiency to minimize losses.

• Promote and maintain high standards of housekeeping in line with 5S principles.

• Lead daily shift handovers and communicate operational priorities effectively.

• Act as the first escalation point for production, quality, and safety issues.

• Support training, onboarding, and development of team members.

• Encourage employee engagement and foster a positive team culture.

• Work closely with Maintenance, Quality, Planning, Warehouse, and Engineering teams to maximize plant performance.

• Ensure compliance with company Health, Safety, Environmental, and Quality Management Systems.

• Investigate and report incidents, near misses, quality deviations, and operational issues.

• Drive continuous improvement activities using Lean Manufacturing principles.

• Support achievement of departmental KPIs relating to safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost.

Essential

• Experience in an extrusion manufacturing environment.

• Proven experience leading or supervising a production team.

• Strong understanding of extrusion processes, equipment, and production controls.

• Knowledge of quality standards and manufacturing best practices.

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet production deadlines.

• Sound understanding of Health and Safety requirements within a manufacturing environment.

• Basic IT skills and experience using production reporting systems.

Desirable

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in Manufacturing, Engineering, or a related field.

• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or Continuous Improvement methodologies.

• IOSH Working Safely or Supervising Safely…