Production Operative

Finnebrogue; Downpatrick; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restaurant-style canteen

Free breakfast

Onsite parking

Electric vehicle charging points

Free product samples

Healthcare plan

Cycle to work

Electric car scheme

Birthday holiday

Job summary

Finnebrogue is hiring a Production Operative to handle, pack, and prepare finished products. You will contribute to quality, safety, and presentation standards across multiple facilities in Downpatrick.

The role is entry-level with full training, and requires a positive attitude, good teamwork and communication, plus a high level of manual dexterity. Day and night shifts are available with competitive hourly rates.

Qualifications

• Entry-level role with full training provided.
• Positive attitude and strong work ethic.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• High level of manual dexterity and speed.
• Food environment experience and understanding of food safety are desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Handle and pack finished products into trays and ensure quality and presentation.
• Ensure correct packing, labeling, and boxing for dispatch.
• Perform end-of-line checks to maintain packaging standards.

Skills

Manual dexterity

Teamwork

Food hygiene awareness

Willingness to train

Clear communication

Job description

A Production Operative is responsible for handling, packing, and preparing finished products, ensuring they meet quality, safety, and presentation standards. Duties can include some of the following:

Packer: Handle and pack finished products into trays, ensuring they meet quality, safety, and presentation standards.

End of Line: Ensure products are correctly packed, labelled, checked, and boxed ready for dispatch.

Roller: Rolling Pig in Blankets – wrap a slice of bacon around a chipolata.

Place of Work

DBP: Sausage facility, Down Business Park, Downpatrick

OTB: Vegetarian facility, Down Business Park, Downpatrick

FBR: Bacon Facility, Finnebrogue Road, Downpatrick

CGR: Seasonal Facility, Finnebrogue Road, Downpatrick

Hours of Work

We have roles across all sites on day or night shift.

Day Shift: 6:45am - 5:00pm, 5 days per week. Rate of Pay: £13.23 - £13.28 per hour

Night Shift: 6:00pm – 4/5am, 5 days per week. Rate of pay: £13.73 - £13.78 per hour

Requirements for the role

• This is an entry-level role and a commitment to training is essential. Full training will be provided.
• A positive attitude and strong work ethic.
• Good communication skills, ability to work as part of a team with self-motivation and initiative.
• Proven high level of manual dexterity and speed.
• Previous experience within a food environment and an understanding of food hygiene and safety is desirable but not essential.
• All candidates should demonstrate core values at all times and have an understanding of and commitment to the Equality and Diversity Policy and ability to promote this day to day.

Benefits

Working within one of our state of the art premises you will enjoy a range of benefits including the ability to relax during your break in a restaurant standard canteen with all meals subsidised. We even offer free breakfast options. You will enjoy free onsite car parking and electric charging points. You will be entitled to free products weekly (up to 5 free products per person) through our award winning “Shack Initiative.” We have a packed calendar of wellbeing, social and sport events.

After you have settled into the Finnebrogue family your perks will only increase including a Healthcare plan, cycle to work scheme, new electric car scheme and we won’t forget the days that are important to you, you will receive your birthday as a holiday day! Our list of benefits continue to grow and you don’t have to just take our word for it. We have been awarded Irish News and Grocer Gold Employer of the Year as testimony to the exciting culture and benefits we offer.

About Us

Finnebrogue is part of the Sofina Foods Group, a privately owned company with European headquarters in Malton, North Yorkshire, dedicated to providing great-tasting, high-quality food products, and generating more than £3.8 billion in revenue. Globally, the company and its wholly owned subsidiaries operate more than 40 sites and have over 14,000 employees in Canada, the UK, Island of Ireland, Germany and France.

We look at what is wrong with food to figure out how to make it the best it can be, without being bound by the way it has always been done. This kind of innovative thinking has led Finnebrogue to win multiple awards and has established the business as a leading food producer. In 2024, we were recognised as the UK's Employer of the Year by Grocer Gold and the Best Place to Work in Northern Ireland by the Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards. Our robust People Strategy offers career pathways and development opportunities for all employees, emphasising talent growth and wellbeing with generous benefits for all. We are proud to be the first food producer in the UK and Ireland to achieve the Diversity Mark accreditation and are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace.