Packing Operative - Fixed Term 4 months Blackpool

Burtons Biscuits; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks dedicated individuals to join their team in a dynamic role focused on biscuit production. This exciting opportunity involves working in a fast-paced environment, where you'll be responsible for packing and inspecting delicious biscuits. With full training provided, you will develop skills in a supportive atmosphere that values authenticity and teamwork. If you're ready to contribute to a company with a rich heritage and a commitment to quality, this is the perfect chance to start your career in food manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-speed food manufacturing is preferable.
• Ability to work with limited supervision after training.

Responsibilities

• Pack, stack, and inspect biscuits at speed.
• Ensure efficient and safe operation of process equipment.

Skills

Teamwork

Literacy

Numeracy

Manual Handling

Job description

We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……-And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).

FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.

We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Ilse of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset. We also have offices for our supporting services in St Albans, Liverpool and Moreton. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing employees across all our locations.

We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming the number two biscuit manufacturer worldwide.

We are proud to be part of the Ferrero enlarged family: such a fantastic and successful business. The Ferrero Group operates in more than 50 countries, with products sold in over 170 countries, represented by almost 38,000 employees worldwide, and a consolidated turnover of €12.7 billion (2020-21).

Along with our fantastic brand portfolio, we also have long-term agreements to manufacture several sweet & savoury snacks across Mars, Jacobs, and LU branded products. In addition, we are proud to be a strategic partner for many retailer-branded products.

Our employees make our business special. With strong family values, we believe FBC UK is a more prosperous and fun place to work with when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial, and supporting each whilst meeting our business goals.

And don't forget… work hard but play harder!

What does your typical day look like?

You will work alternative shift patterns: Monday to Friday | 6am-2pm and 2pm-10pm (alternative weeks).

You will rotate between packing, stacking and inspection. You will be responsible for picking and placing the biscuits at speed, packing the biscuits into boxes, and stacking the boxes onto pallets. The role requires people to be able to work at a reasonable pace and to be able to easily read the date codes on packets and check the seal integrity.

You will play a key role in ensuring the efficient and safe startup, operation and shutdown of process equipment, whilst producing great quality products to our customers in a safe manner to agreed recipes.

What are the key ingredients needed for the role?

1. Experience of working in a high-speed food manufacturing environment is preferable but not essential as full training will be provided.
2. Ability to work as part of a team.
3. Ability to work with limited supervision after training.
4. Good standards of literacy and numeracy.
5. Requirement for heavy lifting, pushing, and pulling within site manual handling limits.

If you are ready to begin a career with real bite, we would love to hear from you so apply now by clicking the link below.