Can you give us an overview of your role?
As a team leader, I am responsible for the smooth running and operation of WN1. This includes completing all paperwork to a high level of accuracy, ensuring quality is maintained on all production, setting targets for the line and motivating and encouraging my team of four. The line works a two shift pattern 6am-2pm and 2pm-10pm. This means I start at 6am and finish at 2pm one week, then the following week I start at 2pm and finish at 10pm.
What do you like most about your job?
Being part of a productive team, having the responsibility and maintaining a working relationship with other team members.
What do you think makes your role important to the business?
Being a team leader, I feel I am contributing to the success of the business by promoting continuous improvement within my team and the site as a whole. In doing this, the output and efficiency of the site has increased.
What is your main motivation?
My key focus as a team leader is ensuring my team are happy and are producing a good quality product in the most efficient time.
What do you find most challenging and rewarding about your job?
The most challenging part of my job is learning new skills and putting them in to practice in the workplace. For example we now have regular mill meetings in which I give a short
presentation to everybody on how the line has performed over the previous months.
What are your hobbies out of work?
Following Widnes rugby league, sea fishing, golf and socialising.
Manager’s comments
Ian is a popular member of the staff here at Widnes and is always willing to do his best for his team, the site and Finnforest. Through the team leader training Ian has steadily progressed and with the NVQ business improvement training planned for later in the year he will gain a recognised qualification for his skills.