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General Assistant - Food Production - Paisley

First Call Contract Services

Paisley

On-site

GBP 25,000 - 30,000

Full time

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Job summary

A leading staffing agency in Scotland is seeking a General Assistant to support operations by completing tasks efficiently while ensuring quality and safety standards. Ideal candidates will have a good standard of English, some experience in production environments, and a positive work attitude. This role involves diverse responsibilities across various departments including production, dishwashing, and stores.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

  • Support operations by completing assigned tasks timely while ensuring quality.
  • Follow operating procedures and maintain cleanliness.
  • Report accidents and ensure safety measures.
  • Conduct quality checks and assist in follow-up of reports.

Skills

Good standard of English
Good Customer Service skills
Positive attitude to work
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 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.
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