Production Team Leader
The Team Leader is responsible for supporting the Shift Supervisor in ensuring the efficient day-to-day running of the production operation. This includes leading and motivating a production team, maintaining high standards of quality, food safety and health & safety, while achieving production targets and customer requirements.
Production Team Leader Key Responsibilities
- Report to the Shift Supervisor, ensuring production operations run safely, efficiently and to schedule.
- Liaise with Quality Control and Stock teams regarding raw material availability and quality issues.
- Maintain effective communication between production, quality, warehouse and management teams.
- Support factory management in planning production requirements and resource allocation.
- Monitor and drive continuous improvement against departmental KPIs.
- Maximise raw material utilisation while meeting customer quality standards and production deadlines.
- Maintain high housekeeping standards by ensuring work areas are clean, organised and compliant with site procedures.
- Assess product quality based on weight, size, colour, maturity, appearance and other relevant quality attributes.
- Ensure customer specifications relating to quality, packaging, labelling and date coding are consistently achieved.
- Complete production documentation accurately and on time, including productivity records, quality checks and production reports.
- Lead, coach, motivate and develop production team members to build a flexible and high-performing workforce.
- Conduct performance monitoring, provide feedback and support disciplinary processes where required.
- Communicate product updates, specification changes, quality issues, customer feedback and company information clearly to the team.
- Effectively manage labour resources, including permanent and agency staff, to achieve production targets.
- Lead by example by actively supporting production activities where required.
- Promote and enforce Food Safety, Food Hygiene, Health & Safety and company procedures across the production area.
- Take responsibility for the safe operation of equipment, working practices and production areas within your control.
- Ensure production system data and work order information is completed accurately and within required timescales.
- Oversee multiple production lines where operationally required.
Production Team Leader's Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Previous experience in a supervisory or team leader role within a manufacturing or food production environment.
- Leadership potential with a willingness to develop into a more senior operational management role.
- Flexibility to support the Operations Manager and Shift Supervisor as business needs require.
- Strong team leadership skills with the ability to motivate and gain the respect of colleagues.
- Good understanding of product quality standards and customer expectations.
- Excellent attention to detail, particularly regarding documentation and record keeping.
- Good literacy and numeracy skills.
- Strong communication skills across all levels of the business.
- Understanding of Food Safety, Food Hygiene and Health & Safety requirements.
- Basic knowledge of the fresh produce or food manufacturing sector is desirable.
- Experience supporting the training and development of team members.
- Reliable, punctual and trustworthy with a proactive attitude.
Production Team Leader's Core Behaviours
- Continuous Improvement – Looks for opportunities to improve processes, efficiency and performance.
- Positive Attitude – Approaches challenges with resilience and a solution-focused mindset.
- Problem Solving – Takes ownership of issues and works collaboratively to resolve them.
- Professionalism – Takes pride in delivering high standards of work and leading by example.
- Accountability – Questions existing practices where appropriate and promotes best practice.
- Teamwork – Builds positive working relationships across departments and contributes to shared success.
Production Team Leader's Benefits & Hours of Work:
Salary up to £30k (DOE), Working 223 Shift 8AM to 8PM, 23 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, Company pension, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Enhanced maternity leave. Cycle to Work scheme, Free on-site parking, Casual dress, On-site canteen, Gym membership, Free fitness classes & Life insurance
Why Join?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy and growing operation where you can genuinely make an impact. You’ll be part of a supportive team environment, working within a business that values teamwork, continuous improvement and operational excellence.
If you enjoy being at the centre of a fast-moving operation and want a role where you can develop, contribute and grow, we’d love to hear from you.
Unfortunately, due to time restrictions we cannot respond to every applicant, in the event that we haven’t contacted you within 48 hours please take it you have not been successful for this particular role, but your details will be kept on file and considered for all future vacancies.
We are an equal opportunities agency and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
We are acting on behalf of the client as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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Pay: £27,000.00-£30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Application question(s):
- Able to work 223 shift 8AM to 8PM
Experience:
- Team Leading in food manufacturing: 1 year (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
