Production Operative

Interaction Recruitment; St. Austell; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Production Operative to join their dynamic team. This role involves essential tasks such as packaging food products, maintaining machinery, and ensuring quality checks. The ideal candidate will possess strong time management and organizational skills, with an eagerness to learn and adapt within a fast-paced production environment. This temporary position offers an opportunity to gain valuable experience in food production while contributing to a team-oriented atmosphere. If you are passionate about quality and efficiency, this could be the perfect role for you!

Qualifications

• Basic understanding of Excel and some engineering knowledge required.
• Expectations for additional training in team building and production.

Responsibilities

• Efficient packing of food products and documenting production runs.
• General housekeeping and basic machine maintenance.

Skills

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Level 2 in Food Hygiene

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Title: Production Operative

Company: Interaction Recruitment

Location: [Location]

Posted: Feb 26th 2025

Closes: Mar 29th 2025

Sector: Distribution

Contract: Temporary

Hours: Full Time

General Responsibilities

Responsible for covering the tasks and duties as required within production such as packaging products, running and cleaning down machinery, general quality checks, practising good housekeeping to ensure a clean environment for food products and conducting basic machine maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

1. Professional and efficient packing of food products into bags and tubs
2. Documenting production runs accurately
3. General housekeeping and clean downs of machinery in the production area
4. Keep production supervisor updated on any consumables or base products which need reordering
5. Ensure safe stacking of palletised goods and ensure that all goods packaged are done so in a professional format
6. Carry out necessary stock movements as directed by the supervisor
7. Basic machine maintenance

Person Specification

Basic understanding of excel, some engineering knowledge, knowledge of metal detection in a food production environment. Expectation to undertake any additional training that the company may see appropriate such as team building, collaboration exercises and relevant production training and refresher courses.

Qualifications

Essential: No qualifications required for this role. Time management, organisation skills and problem solving. Basic hygiene and housekeeping.

Desirable: Level 2 in food hygiene, 1 year in a food production environment, 1 year as a production operative (entry level).