Packing Team Leader

Geary's Bakeries Ltd; Glenfield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bakery firm in Glenfield is seeking a Packing Team Leader for night shifts to ensure that delicious bread is packaged accurately. Responsibilities include maintaining health and safety, communicating daily goals, and overseeing a team. Ideal candidates should have experience in food manufacturing, strong communication skills, and a passion for teamwork. This full-time role offers significant training and benefits including a cycle to work scheme and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Canteen

Casual dress

Company events

Company pension

Cycle to work scheme

Free parking

On-site parking

Private medical insurance

Referral programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role within food manufacturing.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Good understanding of Health and Safety.

Responsibilities

• Driving a strong Health and Safety culture.
• Communicating daily shift reports.
• Ensuring adherence to processes and controls.

Skills

Great communication skills

Understanding of Food Safety

Experience in food manufacturing

Team leadership experience

Good IT skills

Passion to learn and develop

Resilience and tenacity

Flexible approach to working hours

Tools

Office package (Excel)

Job description

Packing Team Leader - NIGHTS

Shift: 4/7
Hours: NIGHTS 7pm-7am
Location: Geary's Bakeries Ltd | Unit D | Optimus Way | Glenfield | Leicester | LE3 8JR
Rate: £14.23ph + £1ph for Nights, 10pm - 4am

The Role

Our Finishing/Packing Team Leaders at Geary's ensure the delicious bread we produce is packaged and labelled accurately, whilst meeting all of our high‑quality standards. Your main responsibilities include:

• Driving a strong, non‑compromising Health and Safety culture
• Adhering to a daily plan and communicating a daily shift report to the wider business
• Ensuring the Finishing Operatives adhere to all processes and controls, including Health and Safety and Food Safety measures
• Ensuring all machinery and equipment is safe to use and any damage is reported promptly
• Meeting business KPIs
• Liaising with labour agencies and providing feedback on performance and service level
• Effectively communicating with other departments in the wider business

You’ll be moving around a busy bakery, carrying out manual and non‑manual tasks, which may be physically demanding at times.

About Us

At Geary's, we’re on a crusade to make proper bread more accessible to more people. We’re passionate about re‑imagining the way Great Britain thinks about their everyday loaf. This passion is at the heart of everything we do, and have done, since 1906.

We are 'born and bread' in Leicestershire and proud of our long‑standing heritage. Today we operate from three sites on a 24/7 operation and we’re made up of over 800 people: a friendly, diverse, and outgoing team, passionate about making a difference to the bakery industry.

We provide full training and support, and the chance to learn new skills from some of the best master bakers in the country. We invest in those who are committed to our craft and offer great opportunities to develop into supervisory and management roles. Our brilliant benefits include BUPA Cashback scheme, Death in Service, a Cycle to Work scheme and free delicious bread!

Plus, if you refer a friend to join our team, you could earn up to £500!

#wearegearys

About You

At Geary's, we look for people who show up every day to do their best. We’re a passionate, friendly team and look for the same qualities in our new recruits. We firmly believe your attitude and approach is just as important (if not, more so) than the skills and experience on your CV.

What we’re looking for:

• Great communication skills (we love to have a chat)
• Good understanding of Food Safety and Health and Safety (the important bits!)
• Experience in a similar role within food manufacturing (even better if it was in a bakery)
• Experience in leading and supporting a team of people (no matter how big or small)
• Good IT skills (ability to use full Office package, including Excel)
• A passion to learn and develop
• Resilience and tenacity to drive motivation
• Flexible approach to working hours

Desirable but not essential:

• Experience from within a mechanical engineering background
• Experience in manufacturing (even better if it was in a bakery)
• Good understanding of Food Safety and Health and Safety (the important bits!)

Job Types: Full‑time, Permanent

Benefits

• Canteen
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• On‑site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme

Work Location: In person

If you have not heard from us within seven days, unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion, but we wish you every success in your search for a new position.

Legal Notice

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK, at point of interview, and for the tenure of employment contract. As part of the recruitment process, you will be asked to provide documented evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK.