Packing Operator

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA; Sudbury CP; Presencial; GBP 38.000 - 43.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Nestlé Purina Sudbury plant is seeking Line Operators for a continental shift pattern (2 days, 2 nights, 4 days off) averaging 42 hours per week. You will join a packaging team of about 30, with a direct shift group of 8–10, ensuring products meet Nestlé’s quality standards for consumer-ready brands.

The role requires working on shifts, contributing to LEAN initiatives and maintaining high safety and quality standards while supporting production targets.

Formación

• Proven track record in manufacturing ideally food but not essential.
• Ability to demonstrate Safe working practices.
• Good communication skills to support the rest of the team and provide verbal direction.
• Comfortable in using modern technology in a workplace.

Responsabilidades

• Reporting to the Shift Manager, main accountability is to achieve performance targets by following Standard Operating Processes and adherence to standards while operating machines and systems.
• Coordinate actions on the line to ensure the process runs at its optimum, producing high quality product.
• Assist with factory activities to achieve Key Targets and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work as part of a team to deliver high quality products and maintain safety and quality standards.

Conocimientos

Manufacturing experience

Safe working practices

Team communication

Continuous improvement mindset

Descripción del empleo

Business Unit: Nestlé Purina

Location: Sudbury

Continental shift pattern of 2 days, 2 nights then 4 days off - average of 42 hours per week.

Position Snapshot

Business Unit: Nestlé Purina

Location: Sudbury Factory

Salary: £37,695.00

Continental shift pattern of 2 days, 2 nights then 4 days off - average of 42 hours per week.

Competitive salary of pay plus shift allowance

Position Summary

Our Sudbury plant has a number of exciting opportunities to join our Packaging operation, the whole factory team is over 200 colleagues, our packaging team is over 30 people but your direct team would be roughly 8-10 people that you would interact with during your shift. The ambition and exciting part of this role is your accountability for ensuring quality products being presented to our consumers in the best possible way.

The Line Operators work on a continental shift pattern of 2 days, 2 nights then 4 days off.

Example Shift Pattern

At Nestlé PURINA Pet Care, we're passionately committed to helping pets enjoy happier, healthier, and longer lives because we're pet owners too. As a world leading company in pet care and nutrition, Nestlé PURINA has been helping pet's live healthy, happy lives for over 85 years. We are proud to produce some of the UK's best loved brands including BAKERS®, GO-CAT®, WINALOT®, FELIX®, and BONIO, trusted and bought by millions of pet owners.

Manufacturing in Nestlé is all about ensuring the consumer receives a perfect quality product, at the right time and place whilst driving losses from our business in order to maximise efficiency & productivity.

This is particularly critical as we continue our journey towards being a LEAN Enterprise. This is the biggest change in the way we work that Nestlé have ever seen. It's worldwide. It is exciting. You could play a key part in it.

Impact

Reporting to the Shift Manager, your main accountability will be to achieve performance targets by following Standard Operating Processes and adherence to standards while operating machines and systems. In addition to this, you will be ensuring that the process runs at its optimum, producing high quality product and coordinating actions where necessary on your line.

Other key responsibilities will include:

• Ability to work as part of a team to delivery high quality products.
• Ensure high safety and quality standards are adhered to.
• Approach work with a continuous improvement mind-set.
• Support with factory activities to achieve Key Targets .

What will make you successful

• Proven track record in manufacturing ideally food but not essential
• Ability to demonstrate Safe working practices
• Good communication skills to be able to support the rest of the team and provide verbal direction
• Comfortable in using modern technology in a workplace

What you need to know

Advert closing date: 2 November 2026

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.

Right to work in the UK

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Nestlé sponsorship.