Manufacturing Team Leader - Afternoon Shift

About

This employer is a rapidly growing FMCG manufacturer based in Glen Innes offering a range of beverage production from both their own brand as well as contract manufacturing. Due to continued growth, they are currently seeking a Team Leader and Operator to run a filling line on their afternoon shift.

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‍The role involves:‍

• Oversee a team of 10 staff to accurately set up and running of the filling line to achieve daily KPI’s and targets.
• Utilise technical skills to complete preventative maintenance tasks, ensuring downtime/breakdowns are minimised, whilst also acting as the first line of communication between production and the engineering team.
• Ensure that production meets health and safety, food safety and quality standards including the completion of all relevant documentation and audit preparation.
• Ensure continuous improvement of production processes through reduction of down time and wastage.
• Collaborate with others within the business to identify training and development needs and assist with the coaching of production staff to optimise efficiency within the wider team.

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‍About you:
With previous experience running a small team in in a food manufacturing or FMCG role (running automated high-speed lines), you will also have:

• First-hand knowledge of running filling lines, ideally with Krones machine experience.
• Have the technical understanding to be able to operate and train others on machinery, diagnose, and troubleshoot issues and adjust as required.
• Previous experience working within a GMP environment and operate in line with quality systems.
• Be a hands-on leader who can jump in to assist the team and lead from the front.
• Have well developed soft skills and ability to communicate to all levels of the business while motivating production support staff.

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The benefits:‍

• Future opportunities for grown with a rapidly growing business.
• Fantastic rates of pay working across Monday to Friday.
• Convenient Glen Innes Location.
• Great company culture which values and develops its staff.

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The hours of work for this position are Monday to Friday 2.00pm to 10.30pm with overtime as required.