Job Description

At Lineage, helping to feed the world is more than a job – it's a purpose we live every day.

As the world's largest and most innovative provider of temperature-controlled logistics solutions, we play a critical role in keeping the global food supply chain moving. From farms and manufacturers to schools, hospitals, prisons, and restaurants, our teams ensure essential food products reach the people who need them most.

We are currently recruiting for a Warehouse Team Leader to join our team at our site in Heywood.

Location: Heywood

Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off nights, 19:00 - 07:00

Salary: £37,384 per annum inclusive of shift allowance

About the Role

Lineage’s Heywood site is one of the UK’s flagship automated cold storage facilities, playing a vital role in keeping the nation’s food supply chain moving. The large-scale, fast-paced operation combines advanced automation, temperature-controlled warehousing and 24/7 logistics, supporting some of the UK’s leading food brands. With a strong focus on safety, innovation, operational excellence and teamwork, Heywood offers an exciting environment to build a rewarding career within a global logistics organisation.

We’re now looking for an ambitious Team Leader to join our coldstore operation. This is an ideal opportunity if you're looking to take the next step in your career and lead a team in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

You'll lead a team of hardworking warehouse operatives, creating a culture of accountability, safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement while ensuring every order is dispatched accurately and on schedule.

What You’ll Do

As a Coldstore Team Leader, you will:

• Lead, coach, and support a team of warehouse operatives, ensuring performance, safety, and efficiency standards are consistently met.
• Oversee and coordinate daily operations in the coldstore, including the pick operation — prior experience in picking processes is essential.
• Manage shift plans and resource allocation to keep workflows smooth and on schedule.
• Monitor inbound/outbound movements, stock accuracy, and product integrity.
• Operate and coordinate with material handling equipment (MHE), resolving any issues promptly to avoid downtime.
• Maintain clear and open communication across departments, supporting continuous improvement and high team morale.
• Address employee concerns, contribute to team development, and ensure a safe working environment.

What We’re Looking For

• Previous experience working in a coldstore or temperature-controlled environment.
• Proven experience with pick operations within a warehouse/logistics setting.
• A proactive and confident approach to leadership, with a passion for team development.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and support weekend operations when required
• Fluency in English and good attention to detail.

What's In It For You?

• Permanent opportunity with a direct employer – we won’t hire you through an recruitment agency.
• Career development opportunities within a global market-leading business.
• Opportunity to earn an additional day's holiday each year, up to the maximum of one extra week for length of service.
• Free onsite parking.
• Employee Assistance Programme with access to 24/7 confidential counselling and support.
• Be part of a business that plays a vital role in feeding communities across the UK.

If you're a driven warehouse leader who enjoys working in a hands-on environment and takes pride in delivering results safely and on time, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Reference: INDUK

Why Lineage?

We are a global company with more than 22,000 employees spanning 20 countries and more than 400 locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.

At Lineage Logistics, we have a shared purpose; we are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world. This means working at Lineage is not just a job – it’s an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of our team, you will be a critical link in the food supply chain.

Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organisation, from the warehouse floor to the office. Our team members are passionate about the impact they make every single day.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from persons regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. At Lineage we also recognise that Ex-Military, veterans, and military families have great experience with transferable skills and core values that can add significant value to our organisation.

Benefits

As a Lineage team member, we aim to provide everything you and your family need to thrive. That’s why we offer competitive rates of pay, paid time off, skills training, and development opportunities to grow a long and fulfilling career with us. This is enhanced by recognition schemes (so that your hard work won’t go unnoticed), plus the chance to make your salary go even further with our cycle-to-work scheme and preferential rates for loans and savings courtesy of a leading credit union.

Your everyday wellbeing is also important to us, so we will provide you with all the protective equipment you need to be safe and comfortable at work, and you will have access to a free 24/7 employee assistance phone line, which offers confidential counselling and advice. With all of this offered against the backdrop of a fun and social environment in which you will be supported by a team who enjoy helping each other in achieving their goals, we are confident you will excel with us.