Ready Meal Packer & Batch Manager - Pow Food - London

Location: London Acton, NW10 
Hours: 32 + hours a week - 10 - 6pm 
Pay: £15.50–£17.50 per hour, depending on experience
Start: ASAP

We are looking for an experienced Ready Meal Packer & Batch Manager
We are looking for a reliable, experienced and highly organised person to join our ready-meal production team.
This is more than a packing role. We need someone who understands food production and can take responsibility for batch control, packing requirements, product identification, production dates, use-by dates and the movement of product through the packing process.
You will play an important role in making sure that the right product is packed at the right time, with the correct information and full traceability.
Key responsibilities

• Manage and monitor daily ready-meal packing requirements.
• Ensure the correct product, batch and quantity are available for packing.
• Check and accurately record production dates and use-by dates.
• Ensure product is correctly identified and controlled throughout the packing process.
• Clearly identify and control partially packed product.
• Track outstanding packing quantities and ensure they are followed through to completion.
• Communicate production information clearly to the packing team.
• Maintain accurate batch and traceability records.
• Complete and monitor the required checks before product is released for packing or dispatch.
• Ensure products are not released where information is incomplete, unclear or requires further verification.
• Escalate any uncertainty regarding product status, dates, labelling or food safety.
• Work closely with Production, Packing and QA to keep the operation running efficiently.
• Maintain a clear and accurate audit trail of production, packing and release activities.
• Ensure no product progresses through the operation beyond its approved use-by date.

The person we are looking for
You will ideally have previous experience in:

• Ready-meal production
• Food manufacturing
• Food packing
• Batch or production control
• Food traceability and date control

You will need to be:

• Highly organised and methodical
• Experienced in working with food products and production batches
• Very attentive to detail
• Comfortable working with production records and packing requirements
• Able to communicate clearly with production, packing and QA
• Reliable and able to take ownership of your responsibilities
• Confident enough to stop and escalatewhen something does not look right
• Comfortable working in a busy, hands-on food production environment

Good computer skills and experience using digital production records or spreadsheets would be an advantage, as we are developing a more digital system for production and packing control.
Why this role is important
This person will become a key link between production, packing and product release.
We are looking for someone who doesn't simply complete a task, but takes responsibility for making sure the batch is correctly identified, controlled, packed and recorded from start to finish.
What we offer

• £15.50- £17.00 per hour, depending on experience
• Full-time position
• A key role within a growing ready-meal business
• The opportunity to help develop and improve our production and packing systems
• Training and development opportunities
• A supportive working environment
• Opportunity for increased responsibility as the operation develops

We are particularly interested in candidates who have hands-on experience in ready-meal production and understand the importance of batch, date, traceability and food-safety controls.