Production Line Leader | Bodmin

Meatex Trading Ltd.; Cornwall; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking enthusiastic team players to join their friendly workforce. This role involves coordinating daily operations, ensuring effective communication within the team, and maintaining high standards of quality and safety. You will have the opportunity to develop your skills through company training while contributing to the optimization of processes and cost reductions. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are eager to learn, this position offers a great chance to grow and make a meaningful impact in a supportive team setting.

Qualifications

• Experience preferred but all training will be given.
• Good knowledge of planning, processing, and quality procedures.

Responsibilities

• Conduct team briefs to ensure effective operations and target achievement.
• Complete quality checks and maintain food safety records.

Skills

KPI indicators knowledge

Line efficiency understanding

Ability to work under pressure

Planning and processing knowledge

Data accuracy

Education

Experience in a similar role

Job description

Here at our Bodmin site, we are looking for enthusiastic team players to join our friendly team.

Working Hours: Monday – Friday – 6.30-16.30

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out regular team briefs to staff members in relation to performance / training needs to ensure the team operates effectively and targets are met.
• Coordinate daily head count per area/line and control movements of staff where necessary, eg. low volume / area breakdowns.
• To ensure good communications both to team and to management, to share information, knowledge and advice.
• Complete quality checks meeting specification and ensure food safety checks /records are maintained by your team.
• Resolve complex problems relating to line performance / production and give the team direction.
• Challenge current process identifying quick wins for cost reductions.
• Utilise staff members effectively, looking at time and motion of activities.
• Process at optimum loading capacity of slicing lines (Grote slicing speeds).
• Avoid customer shortages.
• Build stock levels ensuring supply.
• Explore all options of potential plan changes if required, to meet deadlines.
• Ensure all area paperwork and procedures are implemented and correctly used and that all other written communication is followed and acted upon.
• Any other reasonable duties as requested by the Area Manager.
• Continually developing own skills through attending Company training.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience preferred but all training will be given.
• Knowledge of KPI indicators – labour, yield, giveaway, waste, plan attainment.
• Understanding of true line efficiency.
• Understanding of daily plan.
• Understanding of the Yellow card procedure.
• Understanding of financial implications.
• Good knowledge of planning, processing, quality procedures.
• Ability to work under pressure and within budgets parameters.
• Ability to provide accurate data.