Team Leader - Packing

Quality

• Ensure quality standards in your areas are maintained by your teams in accordance to all key cards. Key cards should always be readable & in good condition with key cards being replaced if they are not.
• Work with your Production Manager to ensure all major non-conformances have an immediate RCA completed through to a permanent resolution.
• Ensure that all activities comply to GMP & 5S standards, incorporating GMP walk rounds to ensure we all always achieve as high a score as possible.
• Where necessary, TAYGO is fully followed & teams are empowered to make difficult quality decisions.
• Working with your team & production managers, take action & close any non-conformances that are raised in your area.

Delivery & Operation Performance

• Deliver the daily plan, ensuring all batches are produced to the required sequence, cycle times / throughput, weights and efficiency.
• Deviation from the daily plan should be dealt with collaboratively with other team leaders, resulting in a solution that prevents future issues.
• Review performance through the shift & highlight any concerns with achieving standard to your Production Manager.
• Manage breaks & holiday requests to ensure effective running of your team.
• Manage product change overs as appropriate to standard, beating it where possible.
• Ensure job postings in your area are completed regularly & accurately, pro-actively communicating any issues.
• Ensure you have full understanding of materials variance daily, making sure that the stock reporters in your area are communicating variances pro-actively. Communicate any large variances to your Production Manager daily.

Continuous Improvement

• Carry out basic equipment checks & escalate to the Engineering team should any checks highlight potential issues or if any breakdowns occur. Any issues that should occur should be raised on CMS.
• Record downtime information, accurately accounting for any lost time.
• Actively engage in problem solving, identifying opportunities for improvement.

The Ideal Candidate

What You’ll Need

Attributes

• High level Safety and Quality focus
• Highly motivated
• Confident, determined and ambitious
• Excellent communication skills
• Work to the Bigham’s values of Respect, Daring, Collaboration, Goal Focused, Passion and Pride

Skills And Knowledge Required

• An excellent understanding of Health and Food Safety
• Food production experience
• Ability to work, engage and communicate effectively
• Good level of IT skills
• An understanding of Bigham’s products and processes

GENERAL

• Work within the company’s rules and policies, introducing procedures where appropriate in conjunction with technical documentation requirements
• Work with a dedication of delivering products to the market safely, with authenticity, legality & quality.
• Adhere to the health and safety policy of the company and work within its guidelines to ensure personal safety of staff at all times

Package Description

What you’ll receive

Role

This is a role for those who take real pride in their work and enjoy working in a challenging but rewarding environment. When you start your career with Bigham’s you’ll receive:

• A competitive salary of £15.53 per hour
• Overtime payments
• 28 days annual leave
• Quarterly bonus
• Healthcare Benefit