Manufacturing Team Leader in Leeds, West Yorkshire

Elevation Recruitment Group are working with a specialist manufacturing business in Leeds to recruit a hands-on Production Team Leader to join a highly controlled, quality-focused operation.

This is a fantastic opportunity for somebody from a food manufacturing or food processing background looking to take their experience into a different sector, where the same high standards around hygiene, quality, traceability and process control are essential.

Monday – Friday days & afters shifts available
£47,000 starting salary

Key Responsibilities of the Production Team Leader include:

• Leading and supporting a small team within a specialist processing environment
• Coordinating daily workload to ensure production requirements are achieved
• Maintaining high standards of hygiene, quality and process control
• Ensuring the team follows SOPs and clearly defined production processes
• Maintaining accurate documentation and material traceability
• Training, coaching and developing team members
• Monitoring performance and addressing any issues quickly
• Working closely with Quality and wider Manufacturing teams
• Supporting continuous improvement across the department
• Maintaining excellent health, safety and housekeeping standards
• Remaining hands-on within the operation and leading from the front

We’re keen to speak with Production Team Leaders with the following skills & experience:

• Previous leadership experience within food manufacturing or food processing
• Experience managing people within a hands-on production environment
• A good understanding of hygiene, contamination control, quality and traceability
• Experience working to SOPs and controlled manufacturing processes
• Strong attention to detail
• Confident training, coaching and developing production teams
• A practical, hands-on approach to leadership
• Experience within meat, poultry, protein or chilled food manufacturing would be particularly transferable, but isn't essential

This is a genuinely different opportunity for someone looking to take their food manufacturing experience into a specialist sector, joining an environment where quality really matters and the products being manufactured have an important real-world application.

Reach out to Emma Bartholomew at Elevation Recruitment Group directly for further details.