Production Operative (Progression Team Leader)

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Job information

  • Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Job sector: Engineering
  • Working arrangement: Office based
  • Salary: £27000 - £28000 per annum + Training + Progression
  • Published: 29 July 2026

Production Operative (Progression Team Leader)

£27,000 – £28,000 + Overtime (OTE £37k) + Training + Progression + Company Bonus + 32 Days Holiday

Birmingham

Are you a Production Operative looking for an exciting next step in your career within a thriving and well-established company offering rapid progression into a team leader position?

Do you want to join a company that will value our development through in house and continued training on forklift use?

In this role, you will be responsible for leading and monitoring the production team, ensuring health and safety procedures are followed. You will oversee product quality, ensure packaging meets company standards, monitor product temperatures, and keep production running efficiently to meet daily targets.

With almost 40 years of industry success, this expanding company supplies some of the UK’s largest retailers, including Sainsbury’s and Asda. As they continue to grow, they are looking for a Production Team Leader to play a key role in leading and developing their production team.

The role would suit a production operative who is looking to step up into a production team leader role and engage in specialist training on forklifts.

The Role:

  • Leading and monitoring the production team
  • Keeping production running efficiently to meet daily targets
  • Specialist training on forklifts
  • Monday to Friday, 2:30pm – 10:30pm, 37.5 hours
  • Optional overtime, 1.33x and 1.5x on a weekend

The person

  • Production Operative
  • Looking to progress into Team Leader

Reference: BBBH26575

Engineers, Engineer, Engineering, Production, Team Leader, Lead, Food, Operative, Birmingham, Dudley

If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates. The salary advertised is a guideline for this position.

The offered renumeration will be dependent on the extent of your experience, qualifications, and skill set.

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