At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic manufacturing team to ensure quality and safety standards.
- Company: Join Greencore, a leading convenience food creator with a vibrant culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, holidays, pension contributions, and employee discounts.
- Other info: Opportunities for growth and development in a supportive team.
- Why this job: Be part of a fast-paced environment where your career can thrive.
- Qualifications: Previous manufacturing and team leadership experience preferred.
The predicted salary is between 15.68 - 15.68 £ per hour.
We rise to challenges together!
Pay Rate: £15.68 per hour Basic Rate
Shift: Days
Shift Pattern: 4 on 2 off
Shift Hours: 06:00 - 16:00
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Pike Road Industrial Estate CT15 4NL
Transport: Free or Subsidised Bus Service Available
What you’ll receive:
- Competitive salary and job-related benefits
- Holidays
- Competitive matched pension contributions
- Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies
- Life insurance up to 4x salary
- Company share save scheme
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
- Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
- Overtime payment options from x1.25 to x2.00 (Site variances & Ts & Cs apply)
- Free Car Parking
- Free vend hot drinks machines
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.
Why join us?
We’re proud to give our Factory Team Leaders the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career within a small and friendly team. We nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards.
We manufacture a wide range of high-quality chilled products for our dedicated customers at our sites. Our production lines are non-stop, so you’ll be kept busy creating our products. Working right at the heart of our fast-paced, high-pressured environment, you’ll enjoy plenty of variety, be encouraged to find where your strengths lie and supported to achieve your full potential.
Manufacturing Line Leader - Days duties may include:
- To encourage a safe working environment for all employees in their area by supporting and enforcing standards as set out in the Group Health and Safety policy.
- Ensure team are performing to quality standards in terms of GMP, food safety, product quality and presentation and housekeeping.
- Manage performance and attendance of the team including first level formal written disciplinary action, performance review, absence management (including return to work procedures).
- Ensure that operatives are coached and trained in all aspects of their role, including health and safety and food safety standards and quality procedures.
- Manage improvement activities including KPIs, waste management and production control processes and associated administration and record keeping.
- Ensure that their team are correctly deployed and are performing to standards in adherence to the plan. Manage breaks and the shift changeover process to ensure it does not disrupt productivity and workflow.
- Ensure mechanisms are in place and supported to provide effective communication, upwards, downwards and sideways.
- In conjunction with HR participate in staff recruitment processes and induction.
- Carry out necessary administrative tasks and produce data / reports as required including DWOR, T&A, holiday management and any other relevant data.
We’re looking for hardworking people, willing to learn and keen to progress. Familiar with the demands of a fast-paced production environment, you’ll have a good understanding of food safety best practice.
About you:
- Previous manufacturing experience is essential
- Previous Team Leader/Supervisory experience is desirable
- Plenty of drive, motivation, and ambition
- Previous experience in Food Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices
- The ability to be hardworking and a good team player
- A keen eye for detail and a good understanding of English and Maths
In return, we’ll offer you the encouragement, support and opportunity to develop your career and take it as far as you can, or as far as you want to go, within our large multinational company.
At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.
If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.
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 everyday 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.
Manufacturing Line Leader - Days in Ramsgate employer: FAQs
At Greencore, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package that includes enhanced parental leave, life insurance, and a matched pension scheme. Our vibrant work culture fosters personal growth and development, with ample opportunities for career progression within our supportive team environment at our Tilmanstone site, just a short distance from Dover. Join us to thrive in a fast-paced, rewarding atmosphere where your contributions are valued and celebrated.
