Production Operative - A

Frontline Recruitment Weymouth are looking for a Production Operative for our client based outside of Dorchester.

Operative – Band A / Department - All Production and Warehouse Areas / Responsible to Line Leader.

Purpose: To operate and monitor production equipment as per the company’s standard operating procedures (SOP’s) to achieve product that is within internal and external specifications.

Key Responsibilities:

Under guidance from the Line Leader

1.Operating and monitoring production equipment safely

2.Bagging and sealing product and checking for foreign body contaminants.

3.Undertaking manual handling tasks including hand stacking product/packing into boxes and onto pallets.

4.Working within all company policies and procedures, including Health & Safety and Food Safety Standards

5.Using safe working practices and relevant documentation to carry out tasks relevant to the area such as moving pallets, products and waste between areas using manual pallet movers, electric pallet movers or forklift trucks.

6.Undertake cleaning tasks relevant to the area.

7.To carry out any other work or task determined to be within your level of competence, to meet the needs of the business.

8.Working within all company policies and procedures, including Health and Safety, Food Safety, Authenticity, Legality and Quality Standards.

Training/Qualifications:

Essential:

•Functional (basic) Maths – Level 1

•Functional English Skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) – Level 1

•Manual Handling

•Basic Computer Skills

Desirable:

•Experience of working in a food manufacturing environment

•Awareness of continuous improvement

•Food Hygiene – Level 2. Training will be given if not already held.

•Forklift certificate

•Able to work in a role that has physical demands

Skills/Aptitude:

•Hardworking, flexible approach, able to follow instructions, willingness to learn new tasks.

Core Values/Behaviours:

Integrity:

•Sets example to others through positive behaviours and good engagement; Open, honest, and calm – even under pressure; Respect diversity and be open minded; Caring and Empathetic towards others; Trustworthy and reliable with good moral standards – doing the right thing, even when no-one is looking.

Responsibility:

•Embrace change with an open mind. Adaptable and polite. Proud to respect our environment, our resources and our community. Apply a Quality & Safety Mindset at all times and challenge others who don’t. Take Personal Ownership of issues. Ambition to exceed personal and team goals. Driver of your own self-development.

Collaboration:

•Contribute to the team goals and effectively communicate in a timely manner; Freedom to speak up and challenge appropriately; Flexibility to work across different teams and functions; Accountability for personal & team performance; Innovate, adapt, and reduce all forms of waste, guided by data and experience.

Rate of pay - £12.05 per hour.

Contractual Hours – January – June 42.5 / July – December 45 per week (Monday to Friday).

Holiday entitlement – 30 days per annum (including Public & Bank Holidays in England & Wales) rising to 31 days after attaining 10 years continuous service.

Pension – 5% Employee/5% Employer contribution.

Life Assurance – 2 x annual salary (after completion of 3 months service)

Bike to Work Scheme – Capped

Employees can purchase company products at a discounted price.

On site parking.

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave (after completion of 52 weeks service)