Weaving Shift Team Leader
Overview
To lead, coach and coordinate a weaving shift to achieve safe, efficient and high quality cloth production. The role is responsible for managing a mixed experience team, identifying and addressing causes of downtime, challenging inefficiencies, and supporting the Production Manager to continuously improve performance, quality and delivery.
Shift & People Leadership
Leadership & Team Management
• Lead a single weaving shift with accountability for safety, performance, quality and conduct
• Manage a team with a mix of highly experienced weavers and trainees, adjusting style and support accordingly
• Provide day to day direction, coaching and feedback to ensure standards are met
• Build credibility with the team through visible leadership, fair decision making and consistency
• Identify training needs, support skills development and help embed standard ways of working
• Address performance or behaviour concerns promptly and professionally, with support from the Production Manager
• Ensure clear communication and a thorough shift handover to maintain continuity
Production & Continuous Improvement
Production Management & Improvement
• Take ownership of production performance on shift, including output, downtime and quality
• Actively challenge causes of loom stoppages and inefficiencies — asking why before intervening
• Work with the Production Manager, Planner and Data Analyst to understand performance data and trends
• Prioritise work in line with loom plans, customer dates and operational constraints
• Identify improvement opportunities in job changes, downtime, machine utilisation and process flow
• Support actions to reduce non value added activity and improve right first time performance
Technical & Weaving Knowledge
Technical & Quality Oversight
• Maintain a strong working understanding of weaving processes, cloth construction and loom operation
• Ensure job changes, tie ons and first pieces are completed correctly and passed to standard
• Support quality standards by reducing second quality fabric and addressing recurring issues
• Work with specialists where hands on technical intervention is required
• Hands on involvement may be required at times but is not the primary focus of the role.
Essential
- Experience working in a woven cloth production environment
- Proven experience leading or supervising people in a production or manufacturing setting
- Understanding of loom efficiency, downtime and quality drivers
- Confidence to question established practices and challenge constructively
- Ability to balance technical understanding with strong people leadership
Desirable
- Experience supporting trainees or apprentices
- Experience using production or performance data to drive improvement
Leadership & Interpersonal Skills
- Calm, fair and confident leadership style
- Able to gain respect from experienced operators while supporting learners
- Strong communicator who tailors approach to different individuals
- Resilient under pressure and comfortable making decisions
- Willing to challenge issues early rather than firefight later
- Hungry – we want you to commit to working hard, have a burning desire to achieve your goals and are willing to put in the effort and dedication to make them a reality.
- Humble – we want you to recognise your strengths while staying open to learning, growing and acknowledging the contribution of others.
- Smart – we want you to be honest and inclusive and respectful of others, value diversity and foster a sense of belonging for everyone.
We are an international brand with a long-standing reputation for innovation, design and premium quality – producing authentic, woollen fabrics and accessories for leading fashion brands and interior designers worldwide.
As one of the select few mills in the UK that can perform all processes at a single site, we boast remarkable versatility and the ability to control each process to meet our exacting standards. Each of these processes required incredible expertise and finesse, which is where our fantastic, diverse team come into play who champion a culture that encourages leadership, creativity, innovation and learning p interacting as one team, irrespective of position or level.
Even after almost two centuries in business, we remain incredibly ambitious with big plans for growth and expansion. End-to-end technology integration, growing new routes to market, and increasing brand awareness are just some of the exciting new projects in the pipeline, with plenty more to come.
To apply for this role, please send us your CV and covering letter using the button below. If you have any further questions, please get in touch at careers@moons.co.uk.
