We're looking for a proactive and motivated Crop Production Team Leader to join our mushroom-growing operation. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong team leadership skills, a keen eye for quality, and a passion for delivering high standards in a fast-paced agricultural environment.
Leading the crop filling operation, you will be responsible for leading a small team and operating filling machinery to ensure growing rooms are filled accurately, efficiently and to the highest quality standards. You'll play a vital role in maintaining productivity, hygiene standards and operational excellence across the business.
What You'll Be Doing
What We're Looking For
Why Join Us?
In return, you'll join a supportive team where your contribution makes a real difference, with opportunities to develop your skills and grow your career within a successful and expanding business as well as a range of benefits within a Great Place to Work accreditated organisation.
Leading the crop filling operation, you will be responsible for leading a small team and operating filling machinery to ensure growing rooms are filled accurately, efficiently and to the highest quality standards. You'll play a vital role in maintaining productivity, hygiene standards and operational excellence across the business.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading and motivating a small team to deliver production targets and deadlines.
- Operating filling machinery to fill growing tunnels with compost and casing soil to required specifications.
- Ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, food safety and workmanship are maintained at all times.
- Following and promoting safe working procedures, working plans and standard operating processes.
- Carrying out hygiene tasks including floor washing, filter changes and general cleaning duties as required.
- Maintaining clean working areas to prevent contamination and the spread of disease.
- Monitoring equipment performance and reporting maintenance issues promptly.
- Ensuring filling quality standards are consistently achieved and work areas are left to a high standard.
What We're Looking For
- Previous experience leading or supervising a team within a manufacturing or production environment.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality standards.
- Good understanding of machinery operation and production processes.
- Confidence working with numbers and calculating compost fill weights.
- Excellent teamworking and communication skills.
- Ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and external contractors.
- A hands-on approach and willingness to work in a practical environment.
- Working pattern: Tuesday - Friday 6am - 16:30pm (Flexibility needed)
Why Join Us?
In return, you'll join a supportive team where your contribution makes a real difference, with opportunities to develop your skills and grow your career within a successful and expanding business as well as a range of benefits within a Great Place to Work accreditated organisation.