Take the next step in your leadership journey while helping deliver quality products every day.
Role Overview
As an Assistant Line Leader, you’ll play a key role in supporting production performance, food safety and product quality across the production line. Reporting to the Line Leader, you’ll take responsibility for line operations when required, helping ensure products are manufactured to customer specifications and the highest quality standards.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced food manufacturing professional looking to build leadership experience and develop their career within a fast-paced production environment.
Key Duties
- Manage the production line in the absence of the Line Leader
- Document and maintain safety and quality checks in line with customer and legislative requirements
- Ensure the production area operates in line with food safety and quality standards
- Report non-conformances and support corrective actions
- Confirm the availability of ingredients, labels, packaging and materials before production begins
- Maintain accurate, clear and honest production records
- Carry out routine quality checks and support colleagues in achieving right-first-time standards
- Review and maintain management information and production data
- Oversee machinery hygiene checks and report defects promptly
- Support audit preparation and continuous improvement activities
- Ensure finished products meet food safety, legal and quality requirements
- Set up machinery correctly to support efficient production operations
Ideal Candidate
- Experienced within a fast-paced food production environment
- Detail-focused with a strong commitment to quality standards
- Qualified to Level 3 Food Hygiene or equivalent
- Knowledgeable in HACCP principles and food safety requirements
- Numerate and literate with the ability to complete records accurately
- Customer-focused and committed to meeting expectations
- Confident supporting colleagues and promoting best practices
- Proactive in identifying opportunities to improve processes and performance
Desirable experience:
- Three or more years’ experience in food manufacturing
- Experience supporting production line performance and team development
Why Join Us?
This role offers the opportunity to gain valuable leadership experience while working within a supportive and successful manufacturing environment. You’ll play an important role in delivering quality products, improving performance and contributing to site success. Benefits include an online benefits hub, company pension, life insurance, wellbeing support, onsite parking, canteen facilities and an employee referral programme.
About Sofina
Sofina Foods is more than just a food company. It’s a place where you can grow your career, learn new skills, and make a positive impact.
With a wide range of meat and seafood products that delight consumers worldwide, Sofina Foods is always looking for talented and passionate people to join its team of over 13,000 employees across 40 sites in Canada and Europe.
At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. You will work with diverse and delicious products that are sourced responsibly and sustainably from over 50 different protein sources from 5 continents.
Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the world. If you are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.
Equal Opportunities
Sofina Foods is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences – regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation
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