Production Process Leader - Twilight

Avara Foods; Wednesbury; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly pay £15.05

Paid weekly

Overtime available

Training and development

Secure contract

Job summary

Avara Foods is seeking a Process Leader to oversee production processes and staff at our Wednesbury site. You will drive safety, quality, training, productivity and cost targets, leading the production line to meet customer requirements for quality and safety standards.

Key duties include organizing and motivating staff, ensuring training and documentation, maintaining quality, and implementing process improvements while monitoring KPI data and reporting daily performance.

Qualifications

• Experience in fast-paced production environments.
• Strong communication skills and numeracy.
• Self-motivated with a positive attitude.
• Reliable with good working relationships.
• Practical approach to problem solving.
• Team player able to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Organising and motivating production staff to operate at full potential and ensure adequate staffing.
• Ensuring staff training and development, and completing documentation.
• Meet quality standards and consistently produce to specification.
• Develop and implement improvements to production processes.
• Monitor KPI data, report daily performance in KPI meetings.
• Escalate issues promptly to production schedulers and other key personnel.
• Plan daily staff rosters and boards.
• Handle staffing issues fairly and effectively.

Skills

Fast-paced production environment

Excellent communication

Self-motivated

Reliability

Problem solving

Team player

Job description

Who are we, and what do we do?

You may not have heard of us, but there's a good chance you've enjoyed our products. Avara Foods is one of the UK's leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country's major supermarkets and well-known restaurants.

We own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door – meaning we have careers that cover a whole range of functions. We have major processing sites across England and Wales, and an agricultural network of over 350 farms, spanning from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales.

A Little About Our Wednesbury Site

Our advanced manufacturing site in Wednesbury, West Midlands, is our newest advanced manufacturing site, and we've invested around £4.7 million into state-of-the-art facilities.

Our Wednesbury site is a flagship Added Value centre for Avara, which employ over 150 talented individuals at the site, who help to supply some of the UK's largest supermarkets and popular restaurants!

Working Hours

Monday to Friday 18.00-00.00

About The Role

As a Process Leader you'll help manage the production processes and production staff in order to meet Safety, Quality, Training, Productivity and Cost targets set by the Company, consistently and cost-effectively.

You'll be a Key Player in the Production Department, helping drive and manage your production line in order to meet the customer needs to the required quality and safety standards for Avara Foods.

• Organising and motivating production staff to ensure they are working to their full potential and the operation is effectively staffed.
• Responsibility for ensuring that all staff including new staff are trained and developed appropriately and that relevant documentation is completed.
• Achieving agreed quality standards and ensure the product is consistently produced to the agreed standard and specification.
• To continually develop and improve upon production processes and be motivated in implementing new initiatives.
• Ensuring KPI data is monitored and completed and reporting daily performance in the KPI meeting.
• Escalating issues in a timely way through key personnel to include production schedulers.
• Planning daily board and rota for staff.
• Ensuring staffing issues are dealt with effectively, consistently and fairly.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

• Experience of working within fast - paced production environment
• Excellent communication skills along with strong literacy and numeracy skills
• You will be self-motivated and have a positive working attitude
• You will be reliable and have the ability to form good working relationships
• A practical approach to problem solving
• A team player with the ability to work with minimum supervision and be approachable to staff members

The Benefits Of Working For Avara Foods

• £15.05 per hour
• Paid Weekly
• Overtime available
• Training and development from day one
• Secure contract, guaranteed hours and opportunities for overtime

What happens after you apply for this role?

After you've applied, you'll be contacted in due course by a Resourcing Officer at our Wednesbury site, to discuss your application and CV further. There's also a chance for you to ask us any questions you may have about the role.

If you're ready to work in a dynamic environment alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today!

Due to Bird Welfare, it is essential that you do not own any Avian Pets or Poultry.

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.

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