The Bart Ingredients company has been sourcing and supplying herbs & spices for over 60 years. What began as a husband-and-wife team selling spice racks locally has grown to an organisation with over 200 employees distributing products across the UK. Today the business is privately owned by the Fuchs Gruppe family - the world’s largest privately owned herbs & spices business.
Our purpose is simple - ‘To bring the joy of food to life’ and to do it in the most sustainable way. The success of the business is in our people who make the business what it is with shared passion for achieving the best and cultivating the family culture we are proud to retain.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Line Leader to work in our facility in Severn Beach.
Responsible for overseeing daily operations within the production unit, ensuring that workflows meet established standards for quality, safety, and efficiency. The role coordinates and supports team members, facilitating effective communication and problem-solving to achieve production targets and uphold organisational objectives.
This position plays a key part in supporting process improvements, managing resources, and providing regular reports to senior staff, thereby contributing to the overall success and compliance of the manufacturing environment.
The main responsibilities of this role are:
- Lead automated, high‑speed lines to deliver planned, safe, efficient output.
- Coordinate staffing and workflow to meet schedules and balance skills.
- Operate and coordinate setups, changeovers, and running to cut downtime and waste.
- Maintain GMP, hygiene, and food safety to meet BRC and legal duties.
- Complete and oversee documentation, traceability, and ERP updates for accurate audit data.
- Monitor efficiency and yield, resolving operational issues and escalating where required, supporting troubleshooting or escalation.
- Liaise with Production, Planning, QA, Engineering, and Warehouse to align materials and priorities.
- Identify and escalate machinery, quality, or safety concerns to mitigate risk.
- Support operator coordination, routine performance monitoring, and on‑job coaching to sustain competence.
- Support continuous improvement and audit readiness to enhance reliability and compliance.
Person specification:
- Significant experience of coordinating production teams and managing line activities to meet schedules and performance targets.
- Demonstrable experience of operating and coordinating setups, changeovers and running of automated high-speed lines to minimise downtime and waste.
- Demonstrable experience of maintaining GMP, hygiene and food-safety compliance, completing traceability and ERP documentation, and supporting routine troubleshooting.
The hours for this role are 40 hours per week Sunday - Thursday between 9.30pm-6am.
What we offer:
Bart believe our people are our most important asset and offer the following benefits in addition to your salary:
· Pension scheme:
o Salary sacrifice scheme with company contribution of 4%
· Extra leave:
o Holiday purchase scheme – up to an additional 5 days each year
o Enhanced bereavement and pregnancy loss leave
o Enhanced maternity and paternity leave after 12 months service
· Life assurance:
o 2 x annual salary after 3 months service
· Wellbeing:
o Access to GP24 service which is a remote GP & second opinion medical service
o Access to onsite Mental Health First Aiders
o Grocery Aid access - They offer emotional, financial, practical advice and support on a wide range of topics for all grocery colleagues and their immediate families
· Discounts:
o Money off in stores, holidays and days out discount platform
o Cycle to work scheme
o EV car scheme
· Others:
o Long Service Awards
o Social events
Diversity & Inclusion
At Bart Ingredients we are committed to promoting equal opportunities and fostering a rich diversity within our workplace where all individuals are valued, treated with fairness, dignity and respect.
As an equal opportunities employer, we recruit on a fair and equal basis, welcoming applications from candidates regardless of age, ethnicity, gender identity or reassignment, disability, pregnancy & maternity status, sexual orientation, religion or belief or marriage/civil partnership status.
In line with the Ban the Box initiative, we do not ask you about any unspent criminal convictions during the recruitment process.
Bart Ingredients is a proud Disability Confident Employer, and we guarantee an interview for candidates who declare a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the role.
We recognise that people are different and can work in different ways. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process or for applying in a different format, please contact our HR team and they will be happy to help. [email protected] - 0117 9773474
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £44,185.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
