Transport Team Leader (AM shift)

Greencore; Carmarthen; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site car park

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Life insurance 4x salary

Company share save

Greencore qualifications

Pension contributions match

Holidays

Job summary

Greencore Carmarthen is seeking a depot operative to support distribution operations. The role involves coordinating trained resources, ensuring safe equipment use, and driving efficiency in the operational plan.

The site operates a mix of day and night activity, with a pay rate that includes a night-time uplif t. You will lead a team, manage inductions, report performance, and contribute to safety, hygiene and quality improvements across the operation.

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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 escape 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 behavioural 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 correctly and actively assist with scheduling and planning of maintenance activities for the vehicle fleet

Skills

Basic maths

English fluency

People management

Handheld devices

Tools

None

Job description

Shift Times: 4am Start Time

Shift Pattern: 5 out of 7 with a rolling rest day

Pay Rate: £15.10 (+ £1.15 for any hours worked between 10pm and 6am)

Overtime: Premiums are payable after 42 hours at time and a quarter

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud 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 the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Carmarthen:

A distribution depot serving convenience retailers and forecourts in the region. The depot operates a fleet of 14 vehicles on 12 routes.

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 escape 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 behavioural 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 correctly 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

These may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place at recruitment.

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.