Production Team Leader
We have been making life taste better since 1908. Every day here is bursting with flavour – from the loved brands we’re proud to share with the world, to the energy, ambition and innovative ideas that fizz through our teams.
Our Ross-on-Wye site is the heart of production, the home of our post‑mix, juices and slushes for Out of Home customers. Our factory is a key ingredient in the Nichols recipe for success — helping us stay innovative, adaptable, and ready to serve up what our customers crave.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY:
The Production Team Leader plays a key role in the day‑to‑day manufacturing and ensuring production is aligned to meet schedules and customer requirements. Leading a shift, our Team Leaders are both strategic thinkers and people managers.
The role interacts with numerous parties to ensure that the production KPIs are achieved, leading and developing a team and ensuring that all team members work safely and comply with company procedures at all times.
The hours of work for this role are 6pm – 6am Monday – Wednesday with occasional Thursdays, to average 38 hours per week.
THE ROLE WILL INCLUDE
* Ensure you and your team understand and comply with Health, Safety and Environmental requirements at all times. Report any near misses, incidents or accidents immediately and promote a safe culture.
* Lead the shift manufacturing teams in ensuring required daily workload is completed on time, in full and to the approved standards. Understand current and future schedules identifying any risks at the earliest opportunity.
* To manage, coach, motivate and engage your team, conduct 121’s and appraisals, whilst supporting engagement activities with ideas and participation.
* Ensure any new members to the team receive a robust induction to the business and department.
* Ensure adequate resources are in place aligned to production needs, monitor performance and manage any issues in line with company policies and procedures.
* Ensuring team members are following SOP’s and approved recipes to ensure we have the best soft drinks and mixers available.
* Ensure daily communication is in place with teams – Communicate production requirements, safety messages, ‘care points’ for the day and any opportunities to build engagement and fun.
* Cover where needed for the Production Manager in their absence. i.e. Meetings, reports and audits.
* Rectify any reported issues on equipment or product with the correct individuals to minimise downtime, quality issues and performance losses – give prioritisation to team members for corrective and preventative maintenance tasks.
* Understand, report and action production performance losses.
* Be willing to learn and share new skills to maximise a multi‑skilled team.
* Ensure that good GMP and that high levels of housekeeping standards are maintained.
* Understand and carry out root cause analysis (RCA) sessions following issues to eliminate repetition and demonstrate continuous improvement. Lead improvement activity for your team.
* Ensure performance waste processes are adhered to, monitored and reported. Support any site audits and take ownership, leading your team through production‑based improvement activities.
* Operate with high confidentiality at all times, including data protection in line with GDPR procedures.
* Participate in any continuous improvement activities, provide ideas and suggestions where you feel improvements could be considered, whilst being part of delivering any agreed solutions.
* Fulfil all attendance and disciplinary procedures for your teams, complete return to work meetings with any absentee immediately upon return and liaise with People Business Partner for any areas of concern.
* Support stock taking activities and comply with stock accuracy procedures. Take ownership of any production‑based improvements driving a culture of stock accuracy at all times.
* Ensure your team operates with a multi‑skilled capability. Forward plan for any potential skills gaps and work with the Production Manager on development plans to eliminate risks.
* Support the development of a technical operator programme and ensure that proactive autonomous maintenance activities are embedded within the team.
* Carry out reasonable tasks as requested by your Line Manager in line with department or company objectives.
ABOUT YOU
* Flexibility – shift patterns and business needs can change therefore our manufacturing teams must have an adaptable mindset and be able to work alternative shift patterns as required.
* Committed to doing a great job every day.
* Understanding of HACCP & QSHE Standards & Systems.
* Understanding and following processes and procedures.
* Learning new skills and embracing change.
* Communicate positively with others – operating as a role model for the company values.
* People management – Leading with confidence, engaging others and role‑modeling at all times.
* Proven successful experience within a similar role.
BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH US
* 25 days holiday (with opportunity to buy extra each year)
* Annual Bonus
* Save as you Earn Share Scheme
* Option to join our private medical cover scheme
* Enhanced Primary Carer’s leave and sick pay
AND LET’S NOT FORGET THE PERKS
* Holiday home stay
* Your birthday off work
* Free on‑site parking
* 1 day a year off work to volunteer in the community (you choose when and where)
* Help yourself to our drinks when at one of our sites
* Staff shop with discounts on our products
Apply now if you want a taste of a new career and join Nichols – Where work tastes better.
We are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe diverse teams perform at their best, and we welcome people with different backgrounds, life experiences, perspectives and ways of thinking.
Any job offer is subject to an individual’s Right to Work in the UK.
Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visas.
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