Team Leader – Packing
Long Clawson Dairy (Clawson Farms)
Based: Long Clawson (LE14 4PJ)
Salary: £16.03 per hour + Great Benefits
Hours: 40 hours per week – Monday to Friday – 06:15 to 15:00
Why Clawson?
We are a truly unique business! Our award-winning cheese is considered a national treasure, and we have over a hundred years of cheesemaking experience. From our dairy farmers’ cooperative through our modern factories and on to our multiple customers from all over the world, our Protected Designation of Origin Stilton is a British heritage brand to be truly proud of.
Our people are experts in their craft – they care passionately about what they do, have great integrity, constantly innovate and stick together.
We are now seeking a Team Leader in our Packing team, to join the Clawson family situated in the picturesque village of Long Clawson, just 6 miles from Melton Mowbray.
What you’ll do
You will manage a specific packing area or function as directed by the Front Line Manager, ensuring that schedules are achieved on time, to the specified cost, quality and quantity by the most efficient utilisation of resources available.
Our values and what you will be doing.
Innovation
- Strive to improve productivity and improve wherever possible.
- Report problems or issues as they arise, which may impact on the lines output
Passion
- Manage staff morale
- Take personal responsibility for own actions and respectfully challenge others where appropriate
We Care
- Ensure all records where required, are completed accurately
- Ensure staff use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) where appropriate
- Deliver Team Briefing and answer questions with authority and knowledge.
- Understands staffs training needs and implements a staff training programme.
Togetherness
- Encourage, train, develop and motivate staff.
- Understand the production plan for your area, utilise the skills of your staff to maximise efficiencies, able to move staff to meet your plan and to meet changing production demands.
- Understand and achieve daily production deadlines.
- Communicate department performance on a daily basis, deal with staff queries and concerns in a timely manner.
Integrity
- Ensure your area and associated equipment / staff are ready and available in advance, for the start of each shift and all associated change over’s.
- Achieve set targets by reducing cheese wastage and labour costs
- Coordinate Raw materials and packaging to line on a daily basis, with no production stoppages.
- Show respect for colleagues, customers, and the environment
- Aware of product quality standards and specifications and ensure systems and specifications are being actively used by your team.
What are we looking for?
Essential
- Adaptable/flexible to meet requirements and demands of production and seasonal fluctuations
- Health & Safety awareness
- Industrious and be able to work under pressure
- Good level of accuracy and numeracy when completing records
- Good knowledge of operating machinery
- Good standard of spoken and written English
- Quality focused.
- Current Basic Food Hygiene Certificate (to be achieved within 12 months)
- Self-motivated and able to motivate staff
- Basic IT skills including Excel and Word
- Must be able to prioritise tasks and deadlines
- Must be able to work on own initiative
- Ambitious, driven and passionate about making improvements, which lead to visible financial results and increase factory control and ownership
Desirable
- Health & Safety trained in Manual handling, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) and risk assessment
- Possess an understanding of Allergen awareness
- Knowledge of quality and compliance systems
- Food/process manufacturing background
Benefits include:
- Competitive salary
- Pension Scheme
- Company Profit Related Bonus
- Life Assurance
- Clawson Connect (Rewards and savings portal)
- Plus many others
Does this sound like you?
We are dedicated to building belonging, empowering our colleagues to be their true self by offering a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.
Studies have shown that some people, particularly from minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.
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Team Leader – Packing in Melton Mowbray employer: Long Clawson Dairy Ltd
Long Clawson Dairy Ltd is an excellent employer, offering a supportive work culture that prioritises teamwork and innovation in the dairy production sector. Employees benefit from competitive salaries, a comprehensive pension scheme, and profit-related bonuses, all while working in the picturesque setting of Melton Mowbray, which fosters a strong sense of community and employee growth opportunities.
