Despatch/Warehouse Operative

ABP Food Group; Ellesmere; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

ABP Food Group Ellesmere is seeking a proactive Maintenance Operative to keep a busy production line running. You will perform start-up checks, report faults, ensure pallets are scanned, and help maintain hygiene and safety standards.

The role requires coordinating with transport and stocks, managing loading plans, counting trays and pallets, and attending team meetings. A background in production-line maintenance and the ability to multi-task are essential; shifts include Mon-Sat with Sunday

Qualifications

• Background involving maintenance of a busy production line.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to multi-task.

Responsibilities

• Ensure MHE equipment is serviceable and charged; sign off checks daily.
• Operate scanners and report faults to IT/Maintenance; keep area clean.
• Check product and ensure scans appear on palletisation report; report shorts.
• Coordinate trailers; liaise with transport and stock for shorts and amendments.
• Maintain up-to-date job observations; follow loading plans and signatures.
• Count trays and pallets daily; report faults with tray wash machine.
• Ensure safety, hygiene compliance; attend team meetings and training.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Multi-tasking

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Role Definition:

• Ensure all MHE equipment is serviceable and charged at all times. Faults reported immediately and keys to be kept securely. All start up checks to be signed off daily by operators
• Scanners to be operated as per the procedures ensuring that all products are scanned, and any faults are reported to IT/Maintenance immediately. The area is to be kept clean and tidy at all times
• Regularly check product produced, ensure scanned so that it shows up on palletisation report. Report any shorts to departmental Champion
• Ensure there are enough trailers available at all times. Lease with Morris Transport when short. Any unserviceable trailers to be reported to the shunter driver's asap
• Ensure job observations are kept up to date. The bay Champion will carry out regular checks
• When loading trailers with product, a loading plan must be filled out and attached to the final paperwork once the trailer has been completely loaded. This form will show the signature of the loader who carried out the job
• Ensure that a nominated person is given every assistance in getting the shorts palletised once produced. To liaise with the transport personnel for the arrangement of transport required. To liaise with stocks for the shorts sheets and any amendments. Information required is timely produced and loaded. To liaise with production as to when the shorts can be expected and to chase up if running late or short
• To ensure that all pallets once scanned are stacked correctly and safely and are securely pallet wrapped for loading.
• Ensure that returns from Pentons, Coldstore are checked against notification received, notifying all parties involved in the processing of those returns
• Responsible for the daily count of trays and pallets, to include clean, dirty and broken. This count must be reported before 7.00 hrs daily to the despatch office
• Responsible for the reporting of faults with the tray wash machine to both the Raw Materials Manager and Maintenance immediately
• Liaise with the despatch office regarding any shortages, the washing programme and the delivery and unloading of trays on a daily basis
• To ensure that any product that needs re-ocm'ing or reworking is returned to production immediately and not left until the end of the shift
• Adhere to Company hygiene practices & safe food production.
• To comply with health & safety rules, to prevent / minimise the risk of accidents
• Attend appropriate team meetings as required by the manager.
• To participate in training, in accordance with your personal training plan
• Carry out any additional duties that may be reasonably requested by the manager.

Knowledge & Experience

• The ideal candidate will demonstrate a background involving maintenance of a busy production line involving
  The candidate should have good interpersonal skills and ability to multi-task.
  Days- Monday-Saturday, Sunday fixed RDO with a rotating day off in the week (7am-3:30pm)
• Lates - Sunday -Friday, Saturday fixed RDO with a rotating day off in the week (5pm - 1am)