Machine Operator - Packing - 24/4

Inspired Pet Nutrition; Thirsk; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pet food manufacturer in Thirsk is seeking a dedicated individual for their packing department. You will be responsible for packaging kibble into customer-specific bags, ensuring quality checks and operating machinery. Ideal candidates must have a good standard of education, be IT literate, and able to work in a fast-paced environment. This position offers a salary of £34,694 annually, plus overtime, with various employee benefits including free parking and enhanced maternity/paternity leave.

Benefits

Enhanced maternity/paternity/pawturnity

Free parking

Free electric car charging

Discounted products

Free hot drinks

Life assurance

Medicash Plan

Qualifications

• Good literacy and numerical skills, able to communicate clearly in English.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and lift up to 25kg.
• Undertake training and assist with training colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality checks at hourly intervals and record the information.
• Set up and operate machines during shifts.
• Follow production guidelines to ensure correct packing.
• Monitor effectiveness of machinery and equipment.

Skills

Quality control

IT literacy

Physical stamina

Education

Good standard of education

Job description

In the packing department, your role involves packaging the extruded kibble produced by the on‑site extruder department into specific bags for customers. You'll work as part of a shift rotation within one of four cells, each equipped with automated machines and robots that assist in the bagging, sealing, wrapping, and stacking processes. Once completed, the packaged bags are sent to the warehouse department.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that the highest level of quality is maintained by carrying out quality checks at hourly intervals throughout your shift and recording the information on our paper‑based documents.
• Setting up and operating machines throughout your shift.
• Following production guidelines and ensuring our products are packed correctly.
• Monitoring the effectiveness of the machinery and equipment.
• Following the IPN 'Clean As You Go' policy at all times to ensure the machine is operating to the highest standards of hygiene.
• Promoting a people safe culture, complying with policies and procedures, reporting any safety observations and plant damage through the appropriate channels.

Qualifications

• Have a good standard of education; demonstrate good literacy and numerical skills, be able to understand, communicate and report clearly in English.
• Be IT literate and record data onto the factory computers.
• Be able to work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Live in a 30‑mile radius of our location which is YO7 3HE and have your own transport.
• Be able to lift up to 25kg and be able to work on your feet for long periods.
• Undertake training and assist with the training of other colleagues when required.

Company and Compensation

IPN is an innovative, well‑established, and award‑winning pet food manufacturer, employing over 850 people across our 3 UK sites. Our family of brands include Harringtons, Wagg, Barking Heads & Meowing Heads, AATU, Blink, Butchers, Classic Cat and a selection of partner brands that trust us to produce food on their behalf. Our kitchens in Thirsk, Kinmel and Crick produce dry, wet, and baked foods which are enjoyed by dogs and cats all over the world.

£13.90 per hour (including shift pay) - £34,694 annual salary plus overtime. 48 hours per week – Monday – Thursday. Days and nights between 5.30am / 17.30pm. Paid monthly (last Friday of each month), overtime. Enhanced maternity/paternity/pawturnity. Pension: NEST – employee contributions 4.5% / employer contribution 3.5% – salary sacrifice. Other benefits: free parking, free electric car charging, Hertility, Spotify or Netflix subscription, discounted products & free hot drinks. Life assurance. Medicash Plan. You are also able to choose a non‑contractual flexible benefit, such as being able to purchase heavily discounted pet food.