Team Leader - Nights

Lineage Logistics; Bristol; On-site; GBP 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics solutions provider in Bristol seeks a Team Leader for their night operations. The successful candidate will oversee stock flow, motivate a small team, and champion safety standards. Required: experience in warehouse operations and strong leadership skills. Benefits include career development opportunities and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Free onsite car park

Employee assistance phone line

Extra annual leave

Refer-a-friend financial reward

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse operations, ideally in fast-moving logistics.
• Proven ability to engage and motivate teams, particularly at night.
• Strong time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage night shift operations ensuring smooth stock flow.
• Motivate and coach a small team.
• Monitor stock levels and maintain inventory accuracy.

Skills

Leadership skills

Planning and organisational ability

WMS experience

Resilience under pressure

Tools

Warehouse Management System (WMS)

Job description

Lineage is the world’s largest and most innovative provider of temperature-controlled logistics solutions with +20,000 colleagues globally. At Lineage, helping to feed the world is more than a job – it’s a purpose we live by every day.

If you open your fridge freezer, up to 20% of the products you’ll see have passed through a Lineage facility. We support customers who keep our schools and restaurants stocked and supplied as well as working with many of the UK’s leading retailers.

We are currently recruiting for a Team Leader to join our Night Operations Team at our Bristol, Portbury depot.

Shift Pattern Available: Sunday - Thursday 22:00-06:00.

Salary: £35,113 per annum.

Are you a hands-on, proactive leader with a passion for keeping things moving — even through the night? We\'re looking for a Team Leader to oversee our night shift operation, ensuring smooth, safe, and efficient stock flow through the warehouse. If you\'re ready to take ownership, lead a small team, and make a real impact in a fast-paced logistics environment, we want to hear from you.

Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end night shift operation, ensuring stock moves quickly and accurately, with minimal delays.
• Team Leadership & Engagement - Motivate, coach, and support a small team. You\'ll set the tone for the shift, fostering a culture of ownership, teamwork, and accountability.
• Operational Management - Stay on top of stock levels, warehouse organisation, and inventory accuracy. Tackle operational issues before they become problems.
• Planning & Scheduling - Develop daily shift plans, allocate tasks, and keep everything running to schedule — even when the unexpected happens.
• Effective Communication - Keep your team aligned with priorities, changes, and safety updates throughout the shift.
• WMS Monitoring - Perform regular checks using the Warehouse Management System (WMS) to catch and fix stock discrepancies early.
• Housekeeping & Safety - Drive high standards of cleanliness and safety during the night shift — setting the example and ensuring compliance.
• Cross-Shift Collaboration - Work closely with other team leaders and departments to ensure a smooth handover and consistent performance across all shifts.
• Performance Reviews - Conduct regular team appraisals to assess performance, set goals, and support team development.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in warehouse operations, ideally with exposure to fast-moving logistics environments.
• Strong leadership skills, with a proven ability to engage and motivate teams — particularly in a night shift setting.
• Excellent planning and organisational ability, with confidence in managing time-sensitive tasks and shifting priorities.
• WMS experience — you\'re comfortable using systems to monitor and manage inventory.
• Resilience under pressure — you’re calm, solutions-focused, and quick-thinking when challenges arise.
• MHE licence is a plus, but not essential.

What\'s in it for me?

• A permanent opportunity with a direct employer; we will not employ you through an agency.
• Opportunity to develop a career within an industry leading global company.
• Opportunity to earn an extra day of annual leave each year, up to the maximum of one extra week for length of service.
• Free onsite car park
• Support your emotional well-being with access to a 24/7 employee assistance phone line offering confidential free counselling and advice.
• Preferential rates for loans and savings offered through exclusive access to a credit union.
• Refer new employees and get generous financial reward through our referral scheme.

Why Lineage?

We are a global company with more than 22,000 employees spanning 20 countries and more than 400 locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.

At Lineage Logistics, we have a shared purpose; we are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world. This means working at Lineage is not just a job – it’s an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of our team, you will be a critical link in the food supply chain.

Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organisation, from the warehouse floor to the office. Our team members are passionate about the impact they make every single day.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from persons regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. At Lineage we also recognise that Ex-Military, veterans, and military families have great experience with transferable skills and core values that can add significant value to our organisation.

Benefits

As a Lineage team member, we aim to provide everything you and your family need to thrive. That’s why we offer competitive rates of pay, paid time off, skills training, and development opportunities to grow a long and fulfilling career with us – plus generous financial rewards when you successfully refer new employees. This is enhanced by recognition schemes (so that your hard work won’t go unnoticed), plus the chance to make your salary go even further with our cycle-to-work scheme and preferential rates for loans and savings courtesy of a leading credit union.

Your everyday wellbeing is also important to us, so we will provide you with all the protective equipment you need to be safe and comfortable at work, and you will have access to a free 24/7 employee assistance phone line, which offers confidential counselling and advice. With all of this offered against the backdrop of a fun and social environment in which you will be supported by a team who enjoy helping each other in achieving their goals, we are confident you will excel with us.