Assistant Line Leader – Portion and Pack Hall, Redgrave

Assistant Line Leader – Portion and Pack Hall

About The Role

• To maintain smooth and cost effective operations in your department
• To maintain the highest quality standards and to meet customers expectations regarding those standards
• To maximize yield and minimise waste
• To ensure your department conforms to current hygiene requirements
• To ensure your department conforms to current health and safety requirements

As Assistant Line Leader you will be expected to:

• Motivate and supervise team of operatives in order to achieve required production volumes at specified quality and minimum cost.
• Production efficiency monitoring with the use of SIC boards and KPI information
• Ensure hygiene and housekeeping standards are maintained, throughout your department.
• Monitor labour costs for all operational areas against standards and identify opportunities for improvement. Implement identified opportunities.
• Ensure consistent flow of production data for KPI reports and in conjunction with Production Manager
• Constantly review production methods and systems within the department, in order to improve efficiency
• Monitor waste levels and take appropriate measures to correct causes of waste
• Set up department machinery each day to maximise its effectiveness.
• Liaise with Personnel Manager/Training Officer in order to develop and deliver effective training programmes that will provide appropriate levels of multi-skilling and identify individuals who have the potential for advancement.
• In conjunction with the Technical Team and PC’s ensure that all production control procedures are maintained to the standards required by the company, customers and FSA
• Any other manual or management duties relating to food production as the company may reasonably require.
• Supervise the Health & Safety function and awareness in your department

• Challenging if you see quality being compromised, whether on own line or others
• Coaching and nurturing
• Taking a risk
• Embracing change
• recognising the potential in others, giving opportunities,
• To take responsibility, to take ownership.
• To identify what is in your control and what options available and recommend a solution.
• Technical understanding of product specs and machinery, procedures,
• Organisation skills, forward planning and thinking, problem resolution, time management,

Job Type: Day shift

Hours: 06:00am – 16:30pm

Salary: Before probation £13.45 per hour – after probation £13.80 per hour

Reporting: Department Manager

If you are interested, please fill in an internal application form and send it back to the HR department at