Food Production Team Leader
Contract : Full time
Higher pay rate is achieved by : Depending On Exp
Weekly hours : 40
Team Leader Required - Food Production. Mitcham
Salary: £36-£41k Per Annum (Depending on Experience)
Hours: Flexible across both shifts | 6:00am-2:45pm / 2:00pm-10:30pm
Location: Mitcham, London
Job Type: Temporary to Permanent (via agency)
Industry: Food Production
The Role
We are currently recruiting for a Team Leader to join a busy food manufacturing site based in Mitcham.
This role will involve overseeing a team of production operatives on a fast-paced production line, assisting with the preparation, assembly, and packaging of food products while ensuring high standards of quality, hygiene, and safety are maintained at all times.
This is a temp-to-perm opportunity, ideal for candidates with a proven track record of managing a team within a production or factory and looking for a long-term permanent role.
Key Responsibilities of the Food Production Operative:
- Develop, promote and maintain good relationships with Warehouse, QA, Planning and Engineering to build trust and confidence
- Lead by example on day-to-day adherence to HSE, Quality and Hygiene standards, ensuring PPE is worn as required and taking appropriate action immediately if standards not being met, and timely reporting as per procedure
- Conduct weekly team meetings to discuss HSE, Quality, Hygiene and performance topics providing team a platform to consider improvement suggestions
- Carry out quality checks to ensure product standards are met
- Follow food hygiene and safety procedures at all times
- Review production plans on a daily basis, planning shift accordingly to meet orders
- Promote multiskilling within the team by rotating on all areas / tasks of the process
- Maintain basic awareness of company family friendly policies and procedures
- Support the team with a 'hands on' approach, working on the production line if required.
Requirements of the Food Production Operative:
- Previous Team Leader experience within a Food production or factory
- Proven track record in managing teams
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication skills
- Comfortable with standing for long periods
- Reliable, punctual, and hardworking
- Team player with good attention to detail
What's On Offer
- £36-£41k per annum (depending on experience)
- Flexible across both patterns
- Weekly pay (while working for the agency)
- Temp-to-perm opportunity
- Long-term growth prospects
If you are interested in working within the Food Production industry please click the button.
The Best Connection is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
CrawleyMitcham, London [email protected]
01293 515333
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