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Job Title: Food Production Team Leader
Location: Margate, Kent
Salary: £12.21 per hour / £23,809 per year
Hours: Monday to Thursday 1pm - 11pm
Our Client:
Supply wholesalers and national accounts across the UK with delicious, simple products that are done right. They follow a simple approach that combines traditional techniques with modern trends to produce exceptional products.
Role Summary:
You will be responsible for overseeing the daily production operations, ensuring high standards of quality, safety, and efficiency. This role requires hands-on leadership to manage, support, and motivate a team of production operatives to achieve production targets, maintain hygiene standards, and adhere to company policies.
Benefits:
- 16 days annual leave + bank holidays
- 2 staff events per year
- Vouchers on birthday
- BUPA EAP programme
Key responsibilities within your new role would be to:
- Team lead a team of up to 16 to ensure production schedules are achieved.
- Support shift supervisor and to enable the safe and efficient production of products.
- Ensure Health and Safety procedures and policies are followed.
- Deputise in the absence of the shift supervisor.
- Ensure near misses and accidents are reported.
- Implement continuous improvement initiatives to optimise production processes.
- Conduct spot checks on all process from mixing to packing finished product.
- Complete relevant H&S paperwork i.e. MHE pre use checks.
- Attend regular meetings.
- Process and complete documentation for the safe production of products and full traceability.
- Raise any issues following the appropriate reporting process.
- Set clear performance goals and provide feedback to support individual and team development.
- Oversee the daily production schedule, monitor workflow, and coordinate resources.
- Ensure products meet company quality standards by conducting regular quality checks.
- Monitor and manage stock levels of materials, packaging, and other supplies.
- Prepare shift reports and communicate effectively with other departments.
- Ensure the production area is always audit ready.
- Carry out performance reviews at the set frequency for team members.
- Identify talent within the production target and feedback to line manager.
- Raise disciplinary issues with line manager.
- Feedback to team members i.e. action/follow up from near miss reports.
- Raise any well being concerns with line manager / HR.
- Plan resource around break times to ensure continuous production.
- Raise training requirement for team and self to line manager.
- Provide feedback on current performance and report issues where relevant.
- Raise machine breakdowns and defects following the correct procedure.
- Any other reasonable request from line manager or senior manager.
Experience and skills required for this position:
- Previous experience as a team leader/supervisor in a food production environment.
- Understanding of food safety, quality standards, HACCP, and health and safety regulations.
- Good communication.
- Strong leadership.
- The ability to problem solve.
- The ability to motivate a team.
- The ability to manage multiple tasks.
Next steps:
If this sounds like the ideal position for you and you have the experience outlined above, then please apply and you will be contacted by a member of our team if your CV matches our requirements.
If you would like any further information before applying, then please call Ellie (Permanent Consultant) on .
Alternatively, if you know someone who may be suitable for this role please share the details, if you successfully refer a friend you will receive a £50 voucher *terms apply*.
Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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