Transport Team Leader - Hatfield

Greencore Group plc; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holidays

Pension

Life Insurance

Share Save scheme

Qualifications

Discount platform

Wellbeing Centre

Parental leave

Free on-site car park

Job summary

Greencore Transport is seeking a Team Leader for the Hatfield depot in Hertfordshire. This full-time, permanent role operates on a 4 on 4 off pattern with shift times from 6am to 6pm, at a pay rate of £16.95 per hour and weekly pay.

You will oversee trained teams, manage resources, and ensure safety and compliance across operations while driving improvements and reporting performance. A Hands-on leader with good English and maths skills is essential.

Qualifications

• Basic maths skills and effective written and spoken English.
• People management experience in diverse teams.
• 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 escalation 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 correctly and actively assist with scheduling and planning of maintenance activities for the vehicle fleet

Skills

People management

Basic maths

English proficiency

Handheld device usage

Education

Food safety level 1

Health and Safety level 2

Job description

Transport Team Leader - Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9TR

Permanent - Full-Time

Salary: Up to 16.95 per hour + weekly pay

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'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.

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 a 4 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 escalation 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 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. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

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. We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date. Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.