Food Production Operative

Gap Personnel; Brighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking Food Production Operators for immediate start at a site in Newton Abbot. Candidates will work within a diverse and passionate team, engaging in daily tasks that involve effective teamwork, health and safety adherence, and food safety controls. Ideal candidates will possess a proactive attitude and be able to work at pace while ensuring quality standards are maintained. This position offers a competitive pay rate alongside benefits including a subsidised canteen and development opportunities.

Benefits

Subsidised food canteen

Free site parking

Discounted products

Qualifications

• Passion for food production and teamwork.
• Ability to undertake manual tasks and work at pace.
• Effective communication skills and commitment to health and safety.

Responsibilities

• Contribute actively to team objectives and successes.
• Engage with daily challenges and opportunities.
• Ensure effective use of materials and resources.
• Adhere to safety behaviors and practices.
• Maintain food safety controls and quality standards.

Skills

Passion

Pro‑active

Teamwork

Manual tasks

Effective communication

H&S compliance

Basic food hygiene understanding

Job description

Food Production Operator

Site Location: Newton Abbot, TQ12

Contract: Temporary ongoing

Shift: 12hr shift, 4on 4off 6am-6pm

Basic Pay Rate: £13.03 - £17.33 per hour

“Rolling out the green carpet for your career”.

Due to continual business growth, gap personnel are currently seeking new team members to join the diverse, friendly, and passionate team at Yeo Valley. Based at their stunning site in Newton Abbot, we have several Food Production Operator positions available with immediate starts.

Responsibilities

• Works well within a team, playing an active part in team and business successes.
• Engages with the daily challenges and opportunities and works effectively with others to overcome.
• Work with site teams to ensure effective use of raw materials and resources, active involvement in improvement projects, activities and events aligned to the team and site objectives.
• Demonstrate a commitment to H&S by working in a safe manner, role modelling our safety behaviours, challenging unsafe practices, rectifying unsafe conditions, and escalating to other team members when support is needed.
• Active involvement and commitment to the quality management system, ensuring all relevant controls and procedures are completed effectively to validate food safety controls.
• Escalate any food safety breach or quality issues and ensure that any product below standards is identified and held and the issues are escalated appropriately, resolved, and released.
• Understands and adheres to good manufacturing practices, company standards of hygiene, PPE, and dress code. Practices a 'Clean as You Go' approach, maintaining workplace organisation and visual management standards.

Qualifications

• Passion
• Pro‑active
• Able to work well within a team
• Able to undertake manual tasks
• Work at pace
• Able to communicate effectively
• Abide by H&S
• Understanding of basic food hygiene, experience within a food production environment (desirable)

Benefits

• Subsidised food canteen offering fresh hot and cold food; vending machines; creative break‑out areas, free site parking; discounted Yeo Valley products; honesty fridges for further food discounts.

Everything else?
Leave that to the team at Yeo Valley who will provide you with exemplary training programs and development.

What else is left to do? Simply APPLY and let’s get your career started at Yeo Valley.