Transport Team Leader

Our Vacancies Ltd.; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 45,532,000 - 52,349,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Pension contributions

Company share save

Job summary

Greencore, Hatfield, is recruiting for a depot operative on a 4 on 4 off pattern, 6am–6pm, at £16.95 per hour. You’ll help allocate trained resources, drive safe operating practices and support fleet maintenance planning.

The role emphasizes leadership, safety, and procedures, with on‑the‑job training and a path to progression within a major picking depot serving retailers. This permanent role offers holidays, pension, life insurance, and employee benefits.

Qualifications

• Basic maths and effective written and spoken English.
• People management experience in diverse teams.
• Food safety level 1 and Health & Safety level 2 competencies.
• Experience of using handheld devices to record data.

Responsibilities

• Allocate trained resources to tasks with safe equipment.
• Investigate issues affecting budgeted operational plan and prevent unsafe practices.
• Provide leadership and direction to support staff and escalate when needed.
• Maintain accurate administrative procedures and reporting for audits.
• Conduct inductions and training, ensuring records are signed off.
• Identify and communicate opportunities to improve safety, hygiene, and service quality.
• Ensure drivers are compliant with safety standards and vehicle roadworthiness records.
• Participate in risk assessments, investigations, inspections, and corrective actions.
• Assist with scheduling and planning of vehicle fleet maintenance.

Skills

Basic maths

English communication

People management

Education

Food safety level 1

Health and Safety level 2

Tools

Handheld devices usage

Job description

Start time:6am to 6pm

Shift pattern:4 on 4 off

Pay rate: £16.95/h

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026,we’reone of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to makeeverydaytaste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business,we’reproud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy thevery best, whenever and wherever they shop

Hatfield:

A major picking depot, employing more than 180 colleagues and operating a fleet of more than 80 vehicles. The depot serves major convenience retailers in the region.

You will be working on a4 on 4 off shift pattern, from 6am to 6pm, pay rate is £16.95/hour.

What you'll be doing

• Ensure competently trained resources are allocated to work activities with safe equipment to execute the operational plan
• Investigate and communicate issues affecting the safe and legal achievement of the budgeted operational plan and, where required, prevent unsafe behaviours or use of unsafe equipment
• Provide leadership and direction to ensure that people are supported in their roles and can effectively do their job or elevate for assistance and guidance
• Ensure the administrative procedures and operational information is accurate and available for reporting operational performance and the requirements to demonstrate control in the event of an audit or investigation
• Conduct operational inductions and training as required and ensure the records are signed off accurately for filing and entry to the onsite training matrix
• Communicate opportunities for improvements where trends and deficiencies are evident and affect the quality of service, safety, food hygiene or profit of the operation
• Consistently execute the process to ensure and demonstrate drivers are safe and legally entitled to drive the nominated safe and legal roadworthy vehicle planned for work prior to deploying on the road ensuring records are stored and accurate
• Actively participate in the risk assessment, accident investigation, operational inspections and behavioral monitoring processes that ensures a safe workplace and operation and appropriate corrective actions
• Effectively execute the permit to work controller responsibilities ensuring records are filed correct and actively assist with scheduling and planning of maintenance activities for the vehicle fleet

What we're looking for

• Basic maths skills and effective written and spoken English
• People management experience in diverse teams
• Food safety level 1
• Health and Safety level 2
• Experience of using handheld devices

What you’ll get in return:

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies
• Free on site car park

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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