About the Company:

Since 1989 Beechdean Dairies Ltd have been producing high quality Ice Cream for the retail and Out of Home market. It has grown into one of the UK leading Ice Cream manufacturers.

Our purpose is to be a serious challenger in the world of ice cream and use our voice to shout about the things that matter to us and our promise is to bring attitude without apology and indulgence without compromise. Its people that make us a quality producer making quality products.

Role Overview:

The main purpose of the role is to supervise and lead a small team of operators, being responsible for the set up and operation of the packing facility within production.

Key Responsibilities:

General tasks:

· Coordinate the activities of Packers that are packing products and manage the shift in that department.

· Ensure production / packing targets and quality standards are consistently met in line with the company KPI’s.

· Completion of paperwork and data entry on time and in detail, to agreed reporting structure.

· Lead and develop the team to ensure staff met their potential and build a strong skills pipeline for the business.

· Liaise with the Shift Manager to ensure that any deviation or changes in production requirements are communicated and carried out accordingly.

· Preparation of labels for the next working day production.

· The control of WIP stock - keeping this to a minimum and ensuring this gets reworked with the timelines.

· Control breaks and staff rotation in the packing department.

Food safety, Health & Safety/HR:

Ensure daily compliance with all Health and Safety, Food safety and GMP requirements

· Drive a positive H&S culture by leading by example and accepting zero tolerance for unsafe behaviours and practices. Report any Health and Safety issues onsite to the Site Manager

· Ensure excellent standards of hygiene are maintained and drive a GMP culture.

· To own the training plan for the team, with the support of the Shift Manager. Ensuring multi-skilling and adequate cover for all key roles by creating sufficient capacity for individuals to train and develop in line with the needs of the business.

· Ensure all food hygiene and safety (and other relevant) policies, procedures, practices and standards are always adhered to on the packing line, taking remedial action and/or escalating issues in a timely manner to meet the agreed standards to your Shift Manager.

· Staff only to operate machinery if they fully trained and signed off.

Person Specification

· A team player with excellent communication skills.

· Proven leadership experience within a food manufacturing environment.

· Desire and ability to deliver results.

· Passion to continually learn within the production and packing process to ensure continuous improvement.

· Self-motivated with high standards

· Honesty and integrity.

· Demonstrates a flexible approach to work that is focused on “getting the job done.”

· Effective time management and flexibility in working patterns needed.

Why Beechdean?...

As an employee of Beechdean you will be entitled to the following:

• There are varied opportunities for career progression for those who are eager to learn!
• A supportive and friendly working environment in which culture is at the heart of what we do.
• Family run company with a long history of sustainable success and developing people inhouse
• We provide a long service reward to show our appreciation to loyalty at Beechdean and a birthday bonus which is paid in the payroll of your birthday month. This also increases every year you work for us!
• A ‘refer a friend’ programme to ensure we are recruiting the best people we can to help drive our business forward.
• Free, onsite parking located in the picturesque village of Tattenhall, Cheshire.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £15.00 per hour

Benefits:

• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Application question(s):

• Own transport required and the ability to commute due to our location.

Experience:

• Packing: 3 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person