Position: Sealing & Packing Team Leader

Location: Sittingbourne – COOK Classics Kitchen

Hours: Monday to Friday, 2pm – 10pm

Salary: 13.21 per hour £27,474.72 per year (yes this include paid breaks)

As our Sealing & Packing Team Leader, you’ll be the driving force behind the final step of our production process. From sealing to sleeving to boxing, you’ll make sure every product leaves our doors in perfect condition. Leading a dedicated team, you’ll combine attention to detail with efficiency to guarantee our customers receive nothing less than excellence.

The Role

• Product Quality & Accuracy:

• Oversee sealing, sleeving, and boxing processes to meet accuracy, speed, and presentation standards.

• Verify that all products are correctly frozen, and ensure x-ray machines and metal detectors are appropriately set.

• Compliance & Record Keeping:

• Confirm that all products meet target weights (a legal obligation) and ensure corresponding paperwork is completed accurately and legibly.

• Manage and maintain freezer operations, ensuring blast freezers are defrosted as required.

• Process Verification:

• Ensure labels and sleeves are correct before sleeving and that all packaging aligns with product specifications.

• Leadership & Team Management:

• Lead and support the sealing and packing team to achieve daily targets while fostering a positive and collaborative working environment.

If you tick most of these boxes but not all—don’t stress. We’re all about potential.

Excellent Benefits including

• Paid breaks
• free cooked from fresh lunch for all employees
• Free car park
• Paid leave on your birthdays, moving house, become grandparent or your child starts school for the first time
• staff profit share
• Wellbeing program
• 30% staff discount
• Access to CookieJar Smart Spending discounts and free food perks.
• Team meals , events & away days
• Be part of a B-Corp-certified business that values sustainability, people, and the community.

And many more ‿.

 What Cook is About

We’re a proudly independent, family-owned B Corp, which basically means we care. A lot. About our food. About our people. And about doing the right thing—even when it’s not the easy thing.

Our vision for COOK has always been that we are a place where EVERYONE is welcome. We want everyone to feel like they belong at COOK. We all have different roles, different abilities and different personalities. By collaborating we can do remarkable things. Whatever your story, if you would like to grow with COOK please apply.

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