Help us grow more than herbs.

At Lincolnshire Herbs, we don't operate a traditional factory.

We grow, harvest, pack and dispatch millions of living herbs every year, managing the entire process from seed to customer.

We're looking for an Assistant Production Manager to become the right-hand person to our Production Manager and play a key role in leading our Living Herbs operation.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone from a horticulture, glasshouse, fresh produce, agriculture, farming or FMCG background who enjoys combining people leadership, operational planning and crop management in a fast-moving environment.

The Role

You'll support the day-to-day management of our Living Herbs operation, overseeing activities from:

🌱 Sowing

🌿 Planting

🚜 Growing & Crop Care

✂️ Harvesting

📦 Packing

🚚 Dispatch

Working closely with the Production Manager, you'll help ensure the operation delivers customer requirements safely, efficiently and profitably whilst maintaining the highest standards of quality and plant health.

No two days are the same.

Customer orders can change at short notice, crop growth can be influenced by environmental conditions, and priorities can shift quickly. You'll need to think ahead, make sound decisions under pressure and ensure resources are deployed where they add the greatest value.

What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting the Production Manager in the day-to-day running of the Living Herbs operation

• Leading and developing teams across sowing, planting, harvesting, packing and dispatch

• Planning and reallocating labour to meet changing operational demands

• Monitoring crop readiness and supporting decisions around harvesting and production priorities

• Working closely with Commercial, Technical, Engineering and Planning teams

• Supporting forecasting, capacity planning and labour planning activities

• Driving improvements in efficiency, productivity and profitability

• Championing health & safety, food safety and quality standards

• Supporting customer audits and site visits

• Acting as deputy for the Production Manager during periods of absence

We're Looking For Someone Who

• Has experience within horticulture, farming, fresh produce, agriculture, glasshouse operations or food production

• Enjoys leading people and developing high-performing teams

• Can remain calm and organised when priorities change

• Thinks ahead and anticipates problems before they arise

• Has strong planning and organisational skills

• Understands how labour, productivity and crop performance impact profitability

• Is confident making decisions and taking ownership

• Wants to develop into a senior operational leadership role

Why Join Lincolnshire Herbs?

• Be part of a growing and ambitious fresh produce business

• Work across the complete crop lifecycle from seed to customer

• Develop your operational and leadership skills in a unique environment

• Play a key role in shaping the future of our Living Herbs operation

• Genuine opportunity to progress into senior operational management

If you're passionate about growing operations, enjoy solving problems and want to make a real impact within a fast-paced fresh produce business, we'd love to hear from you.

🌱 Join Our Team as a Health & Safety Manager 🌱

📍 Location: Bourne, PE10 0AT
📄 Contract Type: Full-time / Permanent
💰 Salary: Competitive – depending on experience

Are you passionate about creating a safe, compliant, and high-performing workplace? Do you enjoy influencing positive change, developing people, and driving continuous improvement?

At Lincolnshire Herbs Ltd, we're looking for an experienced and proactive Health & Safety Manager to join our Operations Team. This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring the highest standards of health and safety across our growing, production, packing and storage operations, while helping to embed a positive and proactive safety culture throughout the business.

🔍 Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and continuously improve our Safety Management System.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant Health & Safety legislation, regulations and company policies.
• Lead site-wide audits, inspections and risk assessments, identifying opportunities to reduce risk and improve performance.
• Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses, ensuring root causes are identified and effective corrective actions implemented.
• Drive behavioural safety initiatives and continuous improvement projects across all departments.
• Monitor and report on Health & Safety KPIs, using data and trends to support business improvement.
• Chair monthly Health & Safety Committee meetings and communicate key safety messages throughout the business.
• Manage contractor safety, including permits to work, inductions and risk assessments.
• Support engineering and capital projects to ensure Health & Safety requirements are considered throughout project delivery.
• Line manage and support the Training Coordinator, ensuring all mandatory compliance, health and safety training programmes are effectively delivered and maintained.
• Liaise with regulatory bodies including the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and other external stakeholders as required.

🤝 You'll Work Closely With

• Operations Manager (your direct line manager)
• Senior Management Team and Department Heads
• Production, Growing, Engineering and Operational Teams
• Training Coordinator
• External Contractors and Regulatory Bodies

🌟 What We're Looking For

• NEBOSH General Certificate as a minimum (Diploma desirable).
• Previous experience in a Health & Safety management or senior advisory role.
• Strong knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation and best practice.
• Experience within manufacturing, food production, agriculture, horticulture or FMCG environments would be advantageous.
• Excellent communication, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong auditing, investigation and problem-solving abilities.
• A proactive, hands-on approach with a passion for continuous improvement and employee engagement.

💚 Why Join Lincolnshire Herbs?

We're proud of our values-led culture, where:

🌱 Sustainability is central to everything we do.
🧠 Continuous improvement is encouraged and rewarded.
🤝 Integrity and teamwork are part of our DNA.
⭐ Customer focus and product quality set us apart.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of Health & Safety within a growing business that is committed to investing in its people, systems and culture.

📨 Ready to Apply?

If you're ready to take the next step in your Health & Safety career and make a real impact within a growing business, we'd love to hear from you.

Please submit your CV and a short cover letter outlining why you're the right fit for this role

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