Night Shift Technical Operator

Yeo Valley Farms (Production) Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

PPE provided

Locker

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Life cover

Healthcare cashback

Cycle to work

Product subsidies

Learning & development

Job summary

Yeo Valley Farms (Production) Ltd is seeking a Technical Operator for the Nights team in Newton Abbot. The role runs 18:00 to 06:00 on a 4 nights on / 4 nights off pattern, supporting complex production processes and maintenance to meet KPIs and optimise assets and raw materials.

You will troubleshoot advanced equipment, ensure safety and quality controls, and work closely with engineering for root-cause analysis. A strong production background and hands-on problem solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Relevant work experience as a machine operator in a production environment.
• Good team working skills.
• Able to undertake manual tasks.
• Attention to detail.
• Effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Undertake routine checks to validate and maintain equipment safety control systems to maintain statutory compliance.
• Escalate any food safety breach or quality issue and ensure that any product below our standards is identified and held and the issues are escalated appropriately, resolved and released.
• Active involvement, commitment and governance of the quality management system, ensuring all relevant controls and procedures are completed effectively to validate food safety controls and the products we make exceed customer and consumer expectations.
• Understand, adhere and lead good manufacturing practices and company standards of hygiene, PPE, and dress code; model a 'Clean as You Go' approach and lead workplace organisation and visual management standards with the team.
• Effective operation and optimisation of equipment and priorities to meet the production demand and delivery of the highest quality of products.
• Undertake advanced/complex fault finding, decision making and rectification on equipment and lead the identification of root cause, escalating to engineering when required.
• Ensuring all equipment is properly cared for by completing effective cleaning and maintenance tasks.
• Work across the team and ensure smooth handovers to understand common challenges and opportunities seeking to identify where investigations may help most.
• Energises the team and demonstrates a consistently enthusiastic approach, taking action quickly and encouraging others to do the same.

Skills

Teamwork

Manual tasks

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Machine operator experience

Job description

Yeo Valley Farms (Production) Ltd is seeking a Technical Operator for the Nights team in Newton Abbot. The role runs 18:00 to 06:00 on a 4 nights on / 4 nights off pattern, supporting complex production processes and maintenance to meet KPIs and optimise assets and raw materials.

You will troubleshoot advanced equipment, ensure safety and quality controls, and work closely with engineering for root-cause analysis. A strong production background and hands-on problem solving are essential.