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Salary: Competitive, DOE
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Peake Fruit is based in Ardleigh (Near Colchester) and is a World Class Grower, Packer and Supplier of quality fresh fruit. We are looking for a Production Line Leader to join our team.

This is a vital role, which is responsible for the management and performance of Peake Fruit’s packing services, whilst meeting the customer’s required hygiene and operational standards. Endlessly striving for better efficiency, hygiene and best practice to deliver a world-class fruit production facility.

Job Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Ensuring that all orders are correct and arrive at the destination on the expected delivery date
• Maximising efficiency and achieving individual and team targets
• Running the Line, ensuring that the correct packaging and procedure are being used
• Achieve budgeted efficiency targets and customer service targets as measured by: Customer feedback, Traceability and Site specifications.
• Manage the team’s time effectively
• Minimise the waste of fruit and packaging
• Be a point of contact for all customers’ packing requirements
• Maintain and improve BRC and food safety hygiene standards across the whole site
• Work efficiently as part of a team and have a ‘working towards the same goal’ attitude, being flexible and able to assist when needed
• Ensure 100% compliance for Food Hygiene, GDPR Legislation, Health and Safety, Environmental Health Legislation, Modern Slavery and HR policies and procedures

Person Specification:

• Great communicator
• Able to cope with multiple priorities
• High energy and ability to motivate the team
• Process orientated
• Accountable
• An eye for quality and hygiene
• Ability to work under pressure

Fruit growing is 7 days a week and is seasonal in nature, so the successful candidate will be required to work flexibly around the needs of the business.

We are a family-run multicultural workplace, with a family atmosphere and with staff from many different backgrounds. The successful candidate must enjoy working with such a workforce and be used to Managing People with varying levels of the English language.

Please note that we are only able to accept and respond to applications from candidates with eligibility to work in the UK and those who hold a valid work visa.

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• On-site parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Colchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)