Team Leader | Merthyr Tydfil

Kepak is a global food company serving international retailers and food service household names with prime cuts of meat, on-trend food concepts and ready-for-market convenience foods. 

Kepak St. Merryn in Merthyr Tydfil has combined beef and lamb processing and packing facilities. We offer beef and lamb products ranging from retail ready cuts for butchers’ counters to branded packaged meat, all as part of our service; raised on open pastures, sourced from local farmers and hand-selected by our master butchers, we produce beef and lamb products with integrity and unmatched quality assurance.

We are currently recruiting for Team Leaders to work in our busy factory.

We have two positions available:

Shift 1 = Full time-6.00am to 6.30pm-3 days on/3 days off.

Shift 2 = Full time-3.30pm to 1.00am-Monday to Friday.

Both with competitive salary.

Working as part of a team, the Team Leader will perform an integral role within the CPM (Retail Packing) Department assuming responsibility for the delivery of the production plan through effective management of people, product and process and will do so in line with company, customer and legislative requirements.

The responsibilities for this position include:

• Maintaining a safe and efficient working environment for all production line team members, while upholding food safety protocols and ensuring product quality.
• Managing and strictly adhering to all risk mitigation measures, and taking accountability the safety of team members.
• Ensuring operational compliance in terms of performance, food safety, quality, and health & safety.
• Promoting a culture of operational excellence by actively supporting company policies and lean initiatives.
• Challenging operational standards related to performance, food safety, quality, and health & safety to drive continuous improvement.
• Communicating downtime issues to the Engineering Manager/Supervisor and keeping Production Shift Managers and Supervisors informed.
• Assisting the Production Shift Manager with customer, 3rd party, and supplier visits within the Production Halls.
• Accurately monitoring, recording, communicating, and delivering all key production metrics, including plan attainment, batch control, yield, direct labour costs, product quality, SIC Boards, daily huddle meetings, PULSE 1 shop floor meetings, stock control, staff training and development, GMP compliance, line setup readiness, and health & safety.
• Investigate and correct deviations from key production metrics.
• Report daily staff holidays and absence to the supervisor / Production shift manager.
• CCP’s: Ensure any issues regarding CCP’s are highlighted immediately to the QA team and Supervisor.
• Ensure all checks are completed at the required time intervals and to the required standard.
• Ensure all documentation is logged correctly.
• Ensure all product/batch is cleared from the end of line prior to the start of the next product/batch.
• Escalation of any product quality issues to Supervisor and Shift Manager.
• Monitoring of staff performance and escalation of any poor/ under performance.
• Ensure team are wearing PPE correctly and in line with training.
• Promote and participate constructively in all new agreed “ways of working” – daily PULSE meetings, SIC and where appropriate the PMR process and all KEPAK policy & procedures.
• Manage the daily production function of the team particularly planned and unplanned changes and non-standard work.
• Escalate any issues to the Supervisor to ensure restraints to production/ team work are dealt with in a timely fashion.
• Ensure that Full Traceability is achieved for every batch of product through accurate recording of paperwork.
• Escalation of issues at the SIC hourly check with the Supervisor or Shift Manager or other forums that require support in order to address.

Company Pension

Life Assurance – 2 x annual salary

31 days annual leave per year (after probation)

Subsidised canteen serving multiple hot food options for breakfast and lunch

Employee Discount Platform – All Kepak employees are entitled to access to the WrkIt platform, which offers significant discounts and cashback with hundreds of brands.

Hamper at Christmas for all employees.

Employee Discount Platform – All Kepak employees are entitled to access to the WrkIt platform, which offers significant discounts and cashback with hundreds of brands.

Refer a Friend Scheme – Earn up to Get up to £500 for successfully referring a friend or family member to Kepak Group.

GroceryAid Employee Assistance Program – help with a wide range of topics including mental health and wellbeing support, family and relationship advice, debt management, back to work support, and counselling for all Kepak colleagues and their families.

Long Service Awards – We recognise, acknowledge and award the dedication and valuable contribution of long serving employees

Bike to Work Scheme – You can buy a bike and safety equipment through a salary sacrifice scheme which reduces your taxable income – meaning you pay less tax!