Line Coordinator - Days

Greencore Group; Boston; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Share scheme

Discount platform

Wellbeing Centre

Parental leave

Job summary

Greencore Group in Boston Salads is seeking a production supervisor to coordinate and supervise production line activities, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality output in line with plans and food safety standards.

You will oversee day-to-day line operations, staff deployment, and adherence to health, safety, hygiene and quality procedures while driving performance and fostering a positive team culture.

Qualifications

• Supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Supervise day-to-day activities on the production line.
• Coordinate staff deployment to meet production targets and KPIs.
• Ensure all team members follow health, safety, hygiene, and food safety procedures.
• Monitor product quality and ensure compliance with specifications.
• Carry out line start-up checks and ensure correct set-up and changeovers.
• Identify and resolve minor production issues, escalating where necessary.
• Complete production paperwork, reports, and system entries accurately.
• Support training, coaching, and development of line operatives.
• Manage performance, attendance, and timekeeping on the line.
• Promote a positive team culture and high standards of housekeeping.
• Communicate effectively with engineering, technical, and warehouse teams.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Team supervision

English literacy and numeracy

Health & Safety awareness

Food hygiene understanding

Job description

2/2/3 Continental Shift 06:00 - 18:00

Up to £15.08ph

Why Greencore?

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

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud 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 the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Here in Boston Salads we employ around 400 colleagues and produce ready to eat salads, prepared vegetables and snacks for many of the major retailers such as Coop, Boots, Greggs, Costco, Spar and BOL.

What you'll be doing:

To coordinate and supervise production line activities to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality output in line with production plans, food safety standards, and company policies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise day-to-day activities on the production line
• Coordinate staff deployment to meet production targets and KPIs
• Ensure all team members follow health, safety, hygiene, and food safety procedures
• Monitor product quality and ensure compliance with specifications
• Carry out line start-up checks and ensure correct set-up and changeovers
• Identify and resolve minor production issues, escalating where necessary
• Complete production paperwork, reports, and system entries accurately
• Support training, coaching, and development of line operatives
• Manage performance, attendance, and timekeeping on the line
• Promote a positive team culture and high standards of housekeeping
• Communicate effectively with engineering, technical, and warehouse teams

What we’re looking for:

• Supervisory experience
• Understand how to maintain a team within a manufacturing environment
• Food or wider FMCG Manufacturing Experience is desirable
• Good level of English & Maths
• Basic understanding of Health & Safety and Food Hygiene
• Ability to work unsupervised.

We’re proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company shares save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.