General Assistant – Food Production – Paisley

First Call Contract Services, Ltd.; City of Edinburgh, Paisley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing agency in Edinburgh is looking for a General Assistant to support operations. Responsibilities include maintaining a clean work area, conducting quality checks, and ensuring safety. The ideal candidate should be flexible, have good communication skills, and some experience in a fast-paced environment. This role offers competitive pay at £12.30 per hour and requires a good standard of English.

Qualifications

• Good standard of English both written and verbal.
• Working knowledge of Basic Hygiene.
• Ideally some experience in a production/manufacturing/stores environment.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Support operations by completing all assigned tasks.
• Ensure work area is safe and clean.
• Conduct temperature and quality checks.
• Communicate effectively at all levels.
• Be flexible within the role.

Skills

Good customer service skills

Team worker

Job description

As a General Assistant you will support the operations by completing all assigned tasks in a timely manner while ensuring quality and meeting the required targets.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Pay Rate: £12.30 - Weekly Pay.
• Shifts: 07:00 - 16:00.
• To follow all operating procedures in the course of your duties to the best of your abilities.
• To ensure the work area is kept safe and as clean as possible.
• Maintain high standards of quality, hygiene, health and safety in line with customer/company specifications
• To ensure that the standards of cleanliness and house-keeping are within the guidelines laid down in the Company procedures.
• To report all accidents and take the necessary preventative action.
• To be able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally at all levels.
• To ensure that relevant entries are made in the diary log and that the log is checked at the beginning of each shift.
• To be totally flexible within the role and within the unit departments.
• Carry out quality checks with improvement action when required.
• Assist in follow-up of Quality Assurance/Health & Safety reports.
• To take on any other duties as and when required

SPECIFIC DUTIES BY DEPARTMENT

PRODUCTION

• Pack food liners in accordance with written specification.
• From specification, accurately make up sample and product for all classes.
• Conduct temperature, quality, and product date checks.
• Seal flight canisters, trolleys and record numbers.
• Ensure correct marshalling of flights to Dispatch bays in assigned stowing order

BOND

• The receipt, handling and appropriate storage of all incoming goods and coordinating / managing stock.
• Sort and assemble bars into flights, working as a team to achieve targets
• To check trolley seals and cross check with customs paper work

DISHWASH

• General washing, sorting, assembling, packing and positioning of the aircraft equipment
• Process and strip trolleys and deliver to relevant department
• Off loading and sorting equipment/food and ensuring it is delivered to the correct processing area

STORES

• To load / off-load lorries, stack shelves and replenish equipment/food items.
• From specification, accurately palletize shipments.
• Conduct quality, and product date checks.
• Daily stock count of the list
• Stock rotation
• Clean the area

Qualifications:

Experience

• Good standard of English both written and verbal
• Working knowledge of of Basic Hygiene
• Ideally some experience in a production/manufacturing/stores environment
• Experience of working in a fast-paced deadline driven environment.

Skills & Knowledge

• Good understanding of English both reading and writing
• Good Customer Service skills
• Positive attitude to work
• Able to work to tight deadlines
• Team worker.