Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire

Salary: £60,995 per annum

Shift Description: 06:00 – 18:00 & 18:00 – 06:00. 12 hours shifts, days and nights across a 6-week rota schedule. Average weekly hours – 42. 

Some of our fantastic benefits

• Comprehensive pension scheme – up to 12% employer contribution  
• Potential, discretionary annual bonus  
• Generous holiday entitlement
• A focus on professional development and growth 

Nestlé Halifax Factory in West Yorkshire is the home of the iconic confectionery brand Quality Street, alongside several other well-known brands such as After Eight. These products are crafted using advanced process plant technology and highly automated filling and packing lines, ensuring consistent quality at scale.

As a Lead Operator you will lead your production area on shift, coordinating people, processes and materials to deliver performance, quality and continuous improvement.

Your Impact

You will play a key role in driving line performance and supporting a high-performing production environment. Your leadership will ensure safe, efficient and high-quality output while creating a culture of continuous improvement.

• Production Performance: You drive line efficiency, maximise output and ensure achievement of production plans and key performance indicators.

• Continuous Improvement: You identify opportunities, analyse data and lead structured problem-solving to improve processes and reduce waste.

• Quality & Compliance: You ensure products meet quality, food safety and hygiene standards every time.

• People & Team Coordination: You support, guide and coordinate teams on shift, building capability and promoting accountability.

• Safety & Standards: You maintain a strong focus on health and safety, ensuring safe working practices and compliance at all times.

Your Ingredients for Success

You will bring experience from a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment, along with analytical and leadership capability. You will be confident in using data to improve performance and comfortable working with modern systems and tools.

• Manufacturing Experience: Proven experience in food manufacturing or a similar production environment.

• Continuous Improvement Skills: Experience delivering improvement initiatives using structured problem-solving approaches.

• Technical & Systems Knowledge: Experience using ERP systems (ideally SAP) and Microsoft 365 tools.

• Leadership & Communication: Ability to lead, influence and communicate effectively within a team environment.

• Qualifications: Vocational qualification, apprenticeship or HNC relevant to manufacturing is desirable but not essential.

What You Need to Know

Advert closing date: Wednesday 08/07/2026. 

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect, and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodation to ensure your full participation in the application process.

To find out more about Nestle’s commitment to DEI: Nestlé's Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace 

To find out more about your recruitment journey with Nestle: Recruitment Journey | Nestlé UK & Ireland