Production Coordinator jobs

Shift Pattern - Day shift working Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 05:30 - 14:15

Rate of pay - £17.85 Per Hour, overtime paid at 1.25 hours after 48 hours

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Here at Manton Wood, we have a team of around 1,700 colleagues. We produce sandwiches and wraps for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Co-op, Asda, Morrisons, Boots, Aldi and Lidl. Our Manton Wood site has a gym, restaurant with hot food and a staff shop available to all our colleagues.

What you'll be doing

As Line Coordinator at Greencore your role will have responsibility for a particular area or line in the factory with a key focus across People, Safety and Operations.

• Primary point of contact for a team of colleagues, meeting and greeting them on arrival and departure and ensuring they are equipped to succeed

• Coordinating colleagues so they can rotate across different tasks providing feedback on performance and adherence to operational standards helping build their skills and confidence

• Being a great talent spotter, supporting the development across your team and being the person your team looks to for guidance and support

• Co-ordinating and covering breaks whilst managing working time and reporting absences to line managers

• Making sure prestart safety checks are completed, reporting any near misses, and checking on the welfare of your team

• Ensuring production is in line with the agreed plan during your shift, capturing key performance data and checking operational tasks are completed to our high standards

• Trouble shooting any machinery or material issues and working with your colleagues you’ll ensure that quality checks are completed for adherence to food safety, customer, and quality standards

It’s a busy and fast paced role, where each day brings a variety of challenges and rewards, working in a small team you’ll be supported by our management teams and colleagues to help make every day taste better.

What we’re looking for

• You will be a confident and clear communicator with the ability to engage, influence and motivate others, and enjoy working with people and teams

• A commitment to not only self-development but also multi skilling and developing others in your team

• A basic understanding and appreciation of health and safety and environmental practices and processes

• An understanding of the changing demands and pace of a manufacturing process

• Experience having worked to deliver a production plan, meet key performance indicators, and also implement improvements

• Confident using data and software systems e.g., data entry and paper traceability records

We’re proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Free car parking
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies
• Free on site gym
• Staff company shop

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

Please note due to high numbers of applications this role maybe closed before the posted closing date.

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