Production Operative - B

Frontline Recruitment Weymouth are seeking a Production Operative to join our client based outside of Dorchester.

Operative – Band B / 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:

1. Operating and monitoring production equipment safely

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

3. Undertaking manual handling tasks including hand stacking product/packing into boxes and onto pallets, manual dairy tasks and using pallet trucks.

4. Taking on some responsibility for helping organise work areas of the production lines and setting up machinery where training permits to help production run efficiently.

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

6. Use business systems such as NAV and QIS (But not exclusively) to accurately manage/record the movement of all forms of stock (including but not limited to finished/semi-finished goods, packaging, ingredients).

7. Using safe working practices and relevant documentation to carry out tasks relevant to the area such as loading and unloading lorries using electric pallet movers or forklift trucks.

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

9. 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 2

• Functional English Skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) – Level 2)

• Manual Handling

• Food Hygiene – Level 2.

• Basic computer skills

• Forklift Certificate (relevant to area of work)

Desirable:

•Experience of working in a food manufacturing environment

• Awareness of continuous improvement

• 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 & 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 through KPI delivery; Innovate, adapt and reduce all forms of waste, guided by data and experience.

Remuneration & Benefits

Rate of pay - £12.48per 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)