Production Line Lead - FTC

Line Lead
Initial 12-month FTC
Hellaby (Home of KP Nuts)
Monday - Friday, 07:30 - 16:00

Join our snack-loving team
We’re looking for a Line Lead to join us at KP Snacks. If you’re ready to bring your ideas to the table, grow your skills and be part of a team that values what makes you, you – this could be your next big move.

About the role

As a Line Lead, you will play a key role in delivering great results through a capable, confident and well‑supported team. You will take 24‑hour accountability for your production line or area, leading your colleagues across multiple shifts to deliver safe, high‑quality products in line with the Master Production Schedule. This role is about combining strong people leadership with a passion for continuous improvement. You will coach, guide and empower Team Captains and Team Members, helping them build skills, solve problems and eliminate losses.

What’s in it for you?
We believe in rewarding our colleagues and helping them thrive. Here’s a flavour of what we offer:

• Annual bonus scheme, with a strong track record of overachievement

• Comprehensive healthcare support – including Medicash Health Cash Plan or Private Healthcare, Digital GP, Best Doctors second opinion service and specialist cancer care

• KP Pension Plan – contribution matching up to 7% of your salary

• 25 days holiday, plus the option to buy more

• KP4ME – our online platform for benefits, discounts, wellbeing tools and more

What will you be doing?

• Leading line performance and people
  Setting direction daily, coaching colleagues on the shop floor, managing skills and performance, and creating a high‑performing team culture

• Driving loss elimination and continuous improvement
  Using IWS tools to identify, analyse and eliminate losses, building capability and delivering breakthrough results in safety, quality, performance and cost

• Owning safety, quality and compliance
  Taking responsibility for safety and hygiene in your area, leading incident investigations and supporting actions required for site certifications

• Managing daily systems and processes
  Owning key DMS processes, delivering weekly health checks, supporting adherence to the Master Production Schedule, and embedding standard work to reduce effort and waste

• Building an engaged, accountable team
  Listening to colleagues, using engagement tools, developing self‑sufficient teams and working effectively with employee representatives

Who are we?
We’re KP Snacks, part of the Intersnack family. Across more than 30 countries, over 15,000 of us work together to make the snacks people love – from Hula Hoops to McCoy’s. In the UK, we’re a team of around 2,400 colleagues, based across seven sites and our Slough HQ. We’re proud of our close-knit culture, where we speak up, celebrate differences and push boundaries together.

We’re committed to inclusion
We’re building a workplace where everyone belongs. If you don’t tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you – your unique perspective could be just what we need. And if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you, just let us know.

We’d love to hear from you if you can bring:

• Experience in food manufacturing or production (essential), with strong understanding of line operations in a fast‑moving environment

• Continuous improvement experience (essential), using structured problem‑solving tools to eliminate losses and improve performance

• Proven people leadership, with experience coaching, developing and coordinating teams across shifts

• Strong analytical and communication skills, confident working with data, making decisions and giving clear feedback

• Mechanical aptitude, with the ability to support basic troubleshooting and understand how equipment operates

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