Production Team Leader

PR O-Pak Foods Ltd; Malton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Overtime after 36.25 hours

28 days holiday incl. bank holidays

Buy up to 5 extra days

Benefits & recognition programme

GroceryAid support

Job summary

PR O-Pak Foods Ltd in Malton, North Yorkshire, invites applications for a Production Team Leader. The role leads production lines, develops the team, and drives training on SOPs, equipment instructions, and process records.

You will oversee shift performance, safety, and quality, with a focus on KPI reporting and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate has food manufacturing leadership experience and a track record of ownership and accountability.

Qualifications

• Previously worked within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.
• Team leadership experience.
• The ability to take ownership and accountability for their team.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining management information systems to aid the management of and reporting of KPIs, including Effective Labour Utilisation and Stock Control Management Systems.
• Ensuring that all of your team can demonstrate their competency in carrying out tasks and operations to the required company standard by undertaking relevant assessment and competency reviews.
• Ensuring colleagues on shift execute the agreed production plan safely, on time, and in full, meeting high food safety standards, minimum waste, good yield management, and producing high-quality products.
• Performing standard yield, quality, volume, and cycle time reporting and detailing reasons for failure to meet standards (either positive or negative).
• Ensuring designated areas are well maintained, providing clean and safe working conditions.
• Reporting all incidents and unsafe conditions and contribute to investigations and follow-up actions as necessary.
• Maintaining and setting good housekeeping standards within designated areas while on shift.
• Working on Manufacturing Execution Systems
• Working on advanced manufacturing and work order management
• Knowing when to ask for support from your Area Operations Manager

Skills

Team leadership

Ownership

Accountability

Tools

Manufacturing Execution Systems

Job description

Production Team Leader

Malton, North Yorkshire

Monday to Friday on a rotating shift of 05:30 - 14:00/13:45 - 22:15

£14.45 per hour

Pro-Pak Foods is a major supplier of delicious ready meals to many of the UK’s leading supermarkets and convenience stores. Working with our customers, our chefs have created a menu of more than 200 quality meals.

We have an opportunity for a Production Team Leader to join our thriving and growing operations team and take our production to the next level.

As our new Production Team Leader, you will provide team leadership across your lines, develop and maintain a positive working environment, and take ownership of training and developing your team members regarding standard operating procedures, equipment instructions, process work instructions, and required records.

Role responsibilities include:

• Maintaining management information systems to aid the management of and reporting of KPIs, including Effective Labour Utilisation and Stock Control Management Systems
• Ensuring that all of your team can demonstrate their competency in carrying out tasks and operations to the required company standard by undertaking relevant assessment and competency reviews
• Ensuring colleagues on shift execute the agreed production plan safely, on time, and in full, meeting high food safety standards, minimum waste, good yield management, and producing high-quality products
• Performing standard yield, quality, volume, and cycle time reporting and detailing reasons for failure to meet standards (either positive or negative)
• Ensuring designated areas are well maintained, providing clean and safe working conditions
• Reporting all incidents and unsafe conditions and contribute to investigations and follow-up actions as necessary
• Maintaining and setting good housekeeping standards within designated areas while on shift
• Working on Manufacturing Execution Systems
• Working on advanced manufacturing and work order management
• Knowing when to ask for support from your Area Operations Manager

We are ideally looking for someone who has:

• Previously worked within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment
• Team leadership experience
• The ability to take ownership and accountability for their team

What we can offer you:

• £14.45 per hour paid weekly, overtime after 36.25 hours time and a half
• 28 days’ holiday including bank holidays, with an option to buy up to 5 extra days
• Monday to Friday hours
• Discounts & benefits hub: Access to our benefits and recognition programme
• Support & well-being: Access to GroceryAid, which provides emotional, practical and financial support