Factory Supervisor

Warehouse
- Operations

**About Our Client**:
A growing Uckfield business is looking to recruit a factory Supervisor on a permanent basis.

As Factory Supervisor, you will be responsible for:

- Liaising with planning and management on weekly production schedules
- Communicate regularly and clearly with Procurement regarding required ingredients and suppliers
- Ensure production staff are equipped with production schedules and recipe cards
- Ensure all processes are followed at all stages of the process and that all relevant paperwork is completed and processed correctly
- Receive raw materials into the factory and ensure correct storage
- Ensure ingredients are correctly weighed
- Ensure all finished product is correctly packaged and labelled ready for freezing and storage
- Oversee daily cleaning of factory and ensure waste is disposed of correctly and safely
- Daily upkeep of the factory - monitor area temperatures and ensure issues, machine breakdowns, supply and staff needs are swiftly reported to management
- Check the required tubs, lids & sleeves/labels are in the factory for the day's production and if not then report to the warehouse supervisor
- Ensure PPE washed and put away daily
- Completion of prestart, weights & measures checks, record cleaning records and pass to operations management team
- Effectively supervise the production team to ensure production runs smoothly
- Ensure production staff wear PPE clothing and maintain they follow hygiene and PPE procedures
- Be responsible for the immediate safety and security of production staff, ensuring staff comply with the business on matters of Health & Safety
- Ensure clear communication within team and between wider team and warehouse packing teams when liaising
- Ensure bins are weighed out and mixed ready for the next day's production
- Report any issues within the production team
- Assist in the training and induction of new production staff members & ensure records are kept
- Report all issues, breakages and discrepancies swiftly
- Identify, assess and report any areas where training needs to be developed
- Ensure agency staff timesheets are signed at the end of each day / week and a copy given to operations management team

**The Successful Applicant**:

- Food safety/HACCP Level 2
- COSHH Awareness
- Supervisory/leadership
- Counter balance forklift licence
- Health & Safety Level 3
- Car driver

**What's on Offer**:
£25-29,000