Production Area Coordinator

Location: King's Lynn
Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday - 06:00am - 14:00 / 14:00 – 22:00 - alternating weeks
Department: Operations

Contract Type - Fulltime, Permanent, Monthly Paid

We're looking for an experienced Area Coordinator - Manufacturing Process to lead production teams within our King's Lynn site.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll be responsible for delivering production plans, managing people, driving performance, and ensuring the highest standards of food safety, quality, and Health & Safety are maintained.

• Lead, motivate, and develop teams of up to 17 operatives.

• Ensure production targets, quality standards, and customer requirements are achieved.

• Drive Health & Safety, Food Safety, HACCP, and GMP compliance.

• Monitor key KPIs including productivity, yield, waste, downtime, and attendance.

• Conduct team briefings and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

• Support training, performance management, investigations, and disciplinary processes.

• Deputise for the Area Manager when required.

• Experience in food manufacturing or FMCG.

• Previous team leadership or supervisory experience.

• Strong knowledge of Food Safety, HACCP, Quality, and Health & Safety standards.

• Excellent communication, organisation, and people management skills.

• Computer literate with good problem-solving ability.

• Competitive salary

• Pension scheme

• Life assurance

• Employee discounts

• Ongoing training and development

• Career progression opportunities within a leading food manufacturing business

If you're a proactive leader who enjoys developing teams, driving performance, and delivering results in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today to join Pilgrim's Europe at King's Lynn.

Pilgrim's Pride Limited is a division of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, our business is part of the second largest food company in the world, whose team farm, process, prepare, package and deliver fresh, frozen and value-added food products for sale in more than 100 countries.

We are proud to partner with more than 1,000 UK farmers who share our belief in the highest standards on animal welfare, efficiency, and quality. Our own farming operation is 100% RSPCA Higher Welfare, making us the largest producer of higher welfare pork globally, delivering 25% of pig meat to UK consumers.