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Production Team Leader - Nights

Job Posted: 6 days ago

Salary: £ 15.09 - 15.09 / Hour
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

Expire in: 21 days

Job Description

Monday - Friday 19:00 - 03:00
Up to £15.09 Per Hour
 
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.
 
Here at Wisbech, we have a team of 525 colleagues and manufacture premium chilled ready to cook meals for major retailers such as Sainsbury's, Aldi and Co-op.
What you'll be doing
As a Team Leader you will manage, organise and control all activities within your section of the factory. You will assign and organise staff alongside managing productivity and performance ensuring the achievement of the required service levels and performance results.

You will walk the floor of the production area and manage start-up procedures, receiving a handover from the previous shift and ensuring there is no excess or shortage of labour in the production areas.
Constructively challenge performance of area - quality, throughput rate and crew size.
Effectively audit daily technical paperwork.
Assist First Line Coordinator in DWOR completion.
Attend daily taste panel as required and follow through any actions
Document handover for oncoming shift and ensure production area is left in a clean and safe condition.
Review Productivity and NME Losses Graph to identify opportunities for improvement
Identify performance management / training requirements within the area and manage the process / delivery 
What We're Looking For

Supervisory experience
Understand how to maintain a team within a manufacturing environment
Food or wider FMCG Manufacturing Experience is desirable
Good level of English & Maths
Basic understanding of Health & Safety and Food Hygiene
Ability to work unsupervised.We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make everyday taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. 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

Free Car Parking

Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies
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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