Production Supervisor

Found Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Rochester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Found Recruitment Solutions Ltd in Rochester is seeking a hands-on Production Supervisor to lead a team of eight operators in a food manufacturing environment, ensuring safety and quality while meeting output targets.

You'll oversee daily production, allocate tasks, address issues affecting output, quality, waste or downtime, and coach operators to develop their skills. Experience in confectionery or similar food processes is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising or leading a team within food manufacturing.
• Practical understanding of production processes.
• Willingness to keep learning.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of eight production operators, setting clear expectations and maintaining high standards.
• Organise daily production, allocate tasks and respond to changing priorities.
• Monitor production performance and address issues affecting output, quality, waste or downtime.
• Investigate process problems and work with colleagues to resolve them.
• Coach operators and help them develop their skills and understanding of the process.
• Maintain food safety, hygiene, health & safety, and housekeeping standards.
• Ensure production records and process checks are completed accurately.
• Work with quality, technical, engineering and planning colleagues to support reliable production.
• Identify practical improvements to ways of working, product consistency and efficiency.

Skills

Team leadership

Food manufacturing

Problem-solving

Quality & safety

Communication

Job description

Production Supervisor - Food Manufacturing

Location: Rochester

Salary: £50,000-£55,000, depending on experience

Hours: Monday to Thursday, 6am-6pm

Contract: Permanent

We're recruiting a hands-on Production Supervisor to lead a team of eight operators within an established food manufacturing business in Rochester.

This is an opportunity for a technically minded production leader who enjoys understanding processes, solving problems and helping a team deliver consistent results.

Experience in confectionery, jam, preserves or similar food manufacturing processes would be particularly relevant. You'll bring an understanding of how ingredients, temperature, mixing and process conditions affect product quality, alongside the leadership skills to keep daily production running effectively.

The role

You'll oversee the department's day-to-day production activity, ensuring the team works safely and efficiently to meet quality and output requirements.

• Leading and supporting a team of eight production operators, setting clear expectations and maintaining high standards.
• Organising daily production, allocating tasks and responding to changing priorities.
• Monitoring production performance and addressing issues affecting output, quality, waste or downtime.
• Investigating process problems and working with relevant colleagues to resolve them.
• Coaching operators and helping them develop their skills and understanding of the process.
• Maintaining food safety, hygiene, health and safety, and housekeeping standards.
• Ensuring production records and process checks are completed accurately.
• Working with quality, technical, engineering and planning colleagues to support reliable production.
• Identifying practical improvements to ways of working, product consistency and efficiency.

What we're looking for

You'll have experience supervising or leading a team within food manufacturing, with a practical understanding of production processes and a willingness to keep learning.

Relevant backgrounds could include confectionery, jam, preserves, sauces or other environments involving cooking, mixing, liquid handling or changes in product consistency.

You'll bring:

• Experience as a Production Supervisor, Shift Supervisor, Team Leader or in a comparable production leadership role.
• Strong technical curiosity and the ability to understand why a process works.
• A practical, methodical approach to troubleshooting and problem-solving.
• Clear communication and confidence in leading, coaching and motivating operators.
• A good understanding of food safety, hygiene and quality requirements.
• The ability to organise workloads and maintain standards under production pressure.
• A hands-on attitude, initiative and a desire to develop your expertise.

What's on offer

• £50,000-£55,000 salary, depending on experience.
• Permanent employment.
• Monday to Thursday working pattern, 6am-6pm.
• Responsibility for an established team of eight operators.
• The opportunity to contribute directly to production performance and process improvement.

If you enjoy leading people, understanding the technical detail of manufacturing and finding practical ways to improve production, we'd like to hear from you.