Location - Bodmin

Contract Type - Permanent, Full-time, Site Based

Working Hours - Monday to Friday - 06:30 - 16:30

Department - Production

Are you a natural leader who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment?

Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.
Do you enjoy motivating teams, driving performance, and ensuring high-quality output?
If so, this is a fantastic opportunity to join Pilgrim's as a Production Shift Lead at our Bodmin site.

About the Role

As a Production Shift Lead, you'll play a critical part in the smooth, efficient and safe running of our production areas. You'll oversee Line Leaders across both high-risk and low-risk environments, ensuring targets are met while maintaining excellent standards of quality, compliance, and team performance.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys problem-solving, leading people, and improving ways of working to drive results.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Lead and brief your team daily to drive performance and support development.
• Coordinate staffing levels across lines and reallocate resource when required.
• Ensure strong communication with both your team and management.
• Oversee time & attendance processes and support disciplinary procedures where needed.
• Organise staff training in partnership with the Training Team.
• Carry out quality checks and ensure food safety records are completed accurately.
• Resolve complex production issues and guide the team with clear direction.
• Investigate customer complaints and implement corrective actions.
• Identify process improvements and quick-win cost reductions.
• Maximise slicing line capacity (Grote slicing speeds) and ensure optimum efficiency.
• Avoid customer shortages and support stock management.
• Adapt to plan changes to meet deadlines.
• Ensure all paperwork and procedures are completed correctly and consistently.

You'll also be committed to your own development by attending relevant company training.

What Success Looks Like

• Strong team performance and engagement
• Accurate quality and food safety compliance
• Improved productivity and reduced waste
• Effective planning, communication, and problem-solving
• High levels of customer satisfaction and reduced non-conformance
• Smooth, organised shift operations with the right people in the right places

Skills & Knowledge

Desirable:

• Strong computer skills
• Working understanding of KPIs (labour, yield, waste, plan attainment)
• Knowledge of line efficiency and production planning
• Understanding of quality systems, star card procedures, and financial impacts
• Ability to work under pressure and within budget constraints
• Ability to provide accurate data

Qualifications

Essential:

• GCSEs in Maths and English (or equivalent), or relevant processing experience

Desirable:

• NVQ / FME
• Food Safety for Manufacturing – Level 2
• HACCP – Level 2

Our Values

At Pilgrim's, our culture is driven by:

• Availability – we're open to new challenges
• Humility – we listen and respect every voice
• Discipline – we deliver on our commitments
• Sincerity – we act honestly and respectfully
• Simplicity – we focus on what truly matters
• Ownership – we take responsibility
• Determination – we work hard to succeed

If these values resonate with you, you'll fit right in.

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If you're passionate about leadership, efficiency, and making a real impact in a production environment, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and become part of a team where your contribution truly matters.