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Shift: 6am to 2.30pm / 5 days out of 7. Pay Rate: £17.54 Per Hour. Production Team Leader. 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 Heathrow, we have a team of around 400 colleagues. We produce gluten free sandwiches and ready to eat or reheat sandwiches, wraps and other bread-based products, salads and ready meals for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Asda, Aldi, Co-op, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose.
Job Responsibility:
Manage the completion of any Return of Work interviews recommend and follow up or further action required
Attend daily review meeting with peer group to influence and drive improvements and results
Lead daily review meeting with the team to influence and drive improvement and results
Constructively challenge performance of department- throughput rate and crew size
Liaise with other factory departments and support areas/ functions to pro-actively coordinate any potential future production and material supply issues and communicate accordingly
Ensure the right resource and skill base is available at all times
Ensure relevant shift data captured is accurate
Reports and defects to direct manager and engineering and follow company policy
Ensures that COSHH procedures are followed
Ensure safety of others and promotes a safety ownership culture with staff
Understanding of the HACCAP system operated within the company and therefore understands the food safety risks and the controls in place to minimise these risks
Hold all employees accountable for their areas of responsibilities as outlined in their job description
Proactively and effectively instigate and conduct investigation/ disciplines where appropriate in line with the company polices
Meets and strives to exceed KPI targets
Constantly challenges the “way we work” to recommend alternative options to enhance and improve current ways of working, with the aim to drive performance at all levels
Engage with all employees to convey good news stories/ company business updates and wellbeing initiatives
Ability to identify and nurture future talent for the business
Ensure T&A data is validated each to ensure compliance to pay roll deadlines
Ensure that production area is left in a clean and safe condition
Review KPI Graphs to identify opportunities for improvement
Identify performance management/training requirements to coordinate with direct manager and HR function
Conducts the staff annual and monthly reviews are completed in a timely fashion
Manage the recruitment of staff to agreed budgetary requirements
Requirements:
Ideally experience within a food manufacturing environment or similar environment
Experience leading or overseeing a team (direct line management)
Good Literacy and Numeracy skills
Ability to work in a fast past, chilled environment
Has a keen eye for detail and can demonstrate working in a safe manner and to good H&S practices
Able to manage the team and follow management instructions and procedures
Able to liaise and communicate with other departments
Basic Awareness of Health and Safety and Food Hygiene