Factory Team Leader - Nights

FAQs; South Kesteven; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Company share save scheme

Wellbeing Centre access

Job summary

Greencore's Bourne site is seeking a Factory Team Leader for the night shift. You will oversee a fast-paced production area, drive performance, and ensure adherence to GMP and food safety standards.

You’ll lead a team, manage attendance and shift changes, and collaborate with HR on recruitment and development. The role offers progression within a large multinational company and a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Previous manufacturing team leadership experience.
• GMP and food safety standards awareness.
• Ability to manage performance and attendance.
• Coaching and developing employees.
• Good English and numeracy skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead factory team during night shift to meet production plans.
• Enforce health and safety and quality standards.
• Manage breaks, shift changes, and attendance.
• Coach staff and participate in recruitment and onboarding.
• Prepare data and reports on productivity.

Skills

Team Leadership

Shift Management

GMP & Food Safety

Performance Management

Coaching & Training

Job description

Location: Bakkavor Salads Bourne, Spalding Road, Bourne, PE10 0AT We rise to challenges together!Pay Rate: £17.43 per hour Basic RateShift: NightsShift Pattern: 4 on 4 offShift Hours: 19:30 - 07:30Job Type: PermanentLocation: Bourne PE10 0ATTransport: Own Transport Required

What you’ll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.You’ll enjoy.Competitive salary and job-related benefitsHolidaysCompetitive matched pension contributionsEnhanced parental leave and menopause policiesLife insurance up to 4x salaryCompany share save schemeGreencore QualificationsExclusive Greencore employee discount platformAccess to a full Wellbeing Centre platformOvertime payment options from x1.25 to x2.00 (Site variances & Ts & Cs apply)Free Car ParkingFree vend hot drinks machines*Free or Subsidised Bus Service Available (Ts & Cs apply) **Not available at all sitesThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

You’ll enjoy.

Competitive salary and job-related benefitsHolidaysCompetitive matched pension contributionsEnhanced parental leave and menopause policiesLife insurance up to 4x salaryCompany share save schemeGreencore QualificationsExclusive Greencore employee discount platformAccess to a full Wellbeing Centre platformOvertime payment options from x1.25 to x2.00 (Site variances & Ts & Cs apply)Free Car ParkingFree vend hot drinks machines*Free or Subsidised Bus Service Available (Ts & Cs apply) **Not available at all sitesThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

Why join us?

We’re proud to give our Factory Team Leaders the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career within a small and friendly team. We nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards.We’re ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24/7 operation keeps us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue. We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it’s exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals and succeed together.We’re proud to offer you a career with real opportunity.

What we do.

What we do. This particular role is at our site based in Bourne and specialises in preparing fruit, leafy salads, and stir fry mixes. It employs over 1,200 people and is only 16 miles from Peterborough and 12 miles from Spalding.

About the role.

We manufacture a wide range of high-quality chilled products for our dedicated customers at our sites. Our production lines are non-stop, so you’ll be kept busy creating our products. Working right at the heart of our fast‑paced, high‑pressured environment, you’ll enjoy plenty of variety, be encouraged to find where your strengths lie and supported to achieve your full potential.

Factory Team Leader - Nights duties may include:

To encourage a safe working environment for all employees in their area by supporting and enforcing standards as set out in the Group Health and Safety policy.Ensure team are performing to quality standards in terms of GMP, food safety, product quality and presentation and housekeeping.Manage performance and attendance of the team including first level formal written disciplinary action, performance review, absence management (including return to work procedures)Ensure that operatives are coached and trained in all aspects of their role, including health and safety and food safety standards and quality procedures.Manage improvement activities including KPIs, waste management and production control processes and associated administration and record keeping.Ensure that their team are correctly deployed and are performing to standards in adherence to the plan. Manage breaks and the shift changeover process to ensure it does not disrupt productivity and workflow.Ensure mechanisms are in place and supported to provide effective communication, upwards, downwards and sideways.In conjunction with HR participate in staff recruitment processes and induction.Carry out necessary administrative tasks and produce data / reports as required including DWOR, T&A, holiday management and any other relevant data.

We’re looking for hardworking people, willing to learn and keen to progress. Familiar with the demands of a fast-paced production environment, you’ll have a good understanding of food safety best practice.

About you.

Previous manufacturing experience is essentialPrevious Team Leader/Supervisory experience is desirablePlenty of drive, motivation, and ambitionPrevious experience in Food Safety and Good Manufacturing PracticesThe ability to be hardworking and a good team playerA keen eye for detail and a good understanding of English and MathsIn return, we’ll offer you the encouragement, support and opportunity to develop your career and take it as far as you can, or as far as you want to go, within our large multinational company.

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we makeevery daytaste better. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

Why Greencore

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026,we’reone of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business,we’reproud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy thevery best, whenever and wherever they shop. Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.