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Load­ing Bay Team Leader

About Cranswick Country Foods:

Cranswick Country Foods in Watton, Norfolk is serious about its quality pork products. Now we’re hungry for talented people to join us. It’s win win; you achieve your potential, we achieve our ambitious growth plans.

Job requirements of Night Loading Bay Chargehand:

  • To oversee loading bay operations and day to day activities.
  • Rotating and organizing stock within the chilled storage areas.
  • Loading and unloading of vehicles.
  • Correct receipting of goods.
  • Picking orders in correct date order to ensure stock rotation is correct
  • Keep up to date with changes to products and their packaging to enable efficient order picking
  • Carry out the day to day manual handling that is required
  • Leading the Loading Bay team and being the first point of contact for support.

Shift Pattern: Monday – Friday

Hours: 16.00pm – 00.15am

What you will need:

  • You must be able to motivate your team
  • Ability to prioritise workloads
  • Ideally you will have experience of team leading within a fast paced, food production environment
  • Possess high standards of work

Pay and benefits:

  • Salary - £17.36
  • Rate inclusive of £1 per hour weekly attendance bonus
  • Overtime – time and a third after contracted hours
  • Pension – 3% employer contributions/5% employee contributions
  • Access to our ‘Feed your Wellbeing’ hub, offering a range of retail, restaurant and entertainment discounts and wellbeing support
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Discounted share scheme
  • Discounted local gym membership
  • Death in service insurance
  • Enhanced holiday after 5 years’ service

Interested?:

Email a CV and covering letter, including the role you are applying for and your salary expectations to [email protected]

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Closing Date: 30th May 2026 (please note that should we receive significant interest, this closing date may be brought forward )

If you are an internal applicant, please ensure you have made your line manager aware before applying.