Manufacturing Team Leader

Quorn Foods group; Stokesley; On-site; GBP 100,000 - GBP 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in Stokesley is seeking a Shift Supervisor/Manufacturing Team Leader to oversee manufacturing operations. The successful candidate will manage a team, ensure safety compliance, and improve production processes. This role requires excellent leadership skills and experience in food manufacturing. Ideal candidates will hold HACCP and Food Hygiene qualifications. The position offers a competitive salary and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Excellent Annual Leave Allowance

Generous Pension and Life Assurance Schemes

Health & Wellbeing support

Free Quorn products on-site

Qualifications

• Demonstrable background in a supervisory/management role within a food manufacturing environment.
• Excellent leadership skills with a proven record of effectively managing, coaching and developing a team.
• Knowledge of food production lifecycle along with a background in food manufacturing excellence.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of manufacturing technicians and operators to deliver line output.
• Ensure compliance with business safety and quality procedures.
• Coach and develop a multi-skilled team while addressing line losses and performance issues.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Continuous improvement mindset

Leadership skills

Knowledge of food production lifecycle

Education

Qualifications in HACCP

Qualifications in Food Hygiene

Job description

Overview

Quorn Foods are currently recruiting for a Shift Supervisor/Manufacturing Team Leader to join our manufacturing and operations team out of our Stokesley based manufacturing plant.

Responsibilities

Ensuring that your shift team are compliant with business safety and quality procedures, you will manage a team of manufacturing technicians and operators to deliver line output and meet key production related performance indicators.

You will coach and develop a multi-skilled team, addressing line losses, performance issues whilst developing technical skills which set priorities for reliability and loss reduction. Managing the shift-to-shift handover procedures, you will create robust planned stops, drive out losses and ensure each team member understands their roles and actions to deliver production results.

Experience/Qualifications

• Demonstrable background in a supervisory/management role within a food manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of the food production lifecycle, along with a continuous improvement mindset and background in food manufacturing excellence
• Excellent leadership skills with presentable record of effectively managing, coaching and developing a team
• Ideally hold qualifications in HACCP and Food Hygiene
• A passion for healthy, sustainable products which are better for our consumers and the planet – you don’t have to be a vegetarian to work for Quorn!

The recruitment process

Every application will receive a response regardless of being successful or unsuccessful. Our process will involve:

1. 1st Stage - 45 mins/1 hour on-site interview to discuss CV and role related competencies
2. 2nd Stage - plant tour and meeting with key site stakeholders

If you have any questions regarding any of the above or the application process, please feel free to reach out to our Resourcing Partner Jacob Senior.

What you\'ll get in return

• A Competitive Salary
• Excellent Annual Leave Allowance
• Generous Pension and Life Assurance Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programmes (we\'re a Gold Sponsor of GroceryAid along with our own internal Wellbeing Champions)
• Health & Wellbeing support with Digital GP services, free flu jabs, eye tests and discounted gym memberships
• Free Quorn products on-site to take home and share with your friends and family!

To apply for this vacancy, please follow the relevant link to submit your CV and Covering Letter. We look forward to receiving your application.

About Us

Quorn is a global company led by a clear purpose and ambition. By 2030, we will be a Net positive business with 8 billion servings of our amazing Quorn & Cauldron products being consumed across the world.

At Quorn, we have a simple message, to create an inspiring range of irresistibly tasty meals which are not only great for you and your family, but for the planet and generations to come.

It is our collective differences that make Quorn special. Our heritage speaks to this, as pioneers of meat alternative products, we choose to embrace a different path which sets us apart.

We are committed to four core values which make us who we are. We are ‘Stronger Together’, we aim to ‘Make Lives Better’, we ‘Think Big & Act With Courage’ and we ‘Strive To Be The Best’.

Quorn is committed to promoting diversity across our workforce. We are dedicated to attracting and developing talent, empowered through an inclusive culture.

Our backgrounds, experiences and ideas are all valued so we can foster an environment where our differences make us ‘Stronger Together’.

All suitably qualified applicants will be considered regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, religion, and age.

Recruitment Agencies

Please note that we manage our recruitment directly and will not engage with any agencies on this or any other vacancies. On the occasion that we do require external support, we will engage our preferred suppliers who have an excellent prior track record in supporting the business when needed.

We do not accept speculative CV\'s and any communication from non-PSL agencies will be ignored and forwarded to our Resourcing Partner.