Join a leading food production team where your skills will directly contribute to delivering high-quality products to customers nationwide.
Basic rate of pay £13.87
Overtime applicable after 36.66 hours completed in a week
If you work nights, you will receive additional payment of £6.80 per every shift
Location: Sunderland, Bernard Matthews, SR2 9TE
Immediate start
No experience needed
Shift patterns: Sunday to Wednesday, Friday to Tuesday, Thursday to Monday; 6am till 2pm, 2pm till 10pm, 10pm till 6am
Temp to perm opportunity
Mach Recruitment is recruiting for several Food Production Operatives to work in a large food production and distribution site in Sunderland SR2 9TE.
The Role:
As a Food Production Operative you will be working within a food production environment and your duties will be as follows:
To carry out specific operator duties that are key to the production process. To carry out any and all factory duties assigned to you by the Production Team Leader or Production Shift Manager. To make sure work carried out is to the highest standards of quality, hygiene and accuracy.
- To work as part of the Production team and help drive and deliver the highest standards of operations/performance, quality, food safety, hygiene and health and safety. Basic Quality checks of product
- Ensure you are fully trained and do not operate any machinery or plant equipment, unless signed off to do so
- Ensure adherence to all site policies and procedures, Boparan and Bernard Matthews Site, local policies
- Ensure any reasonable management requests made in the workplace are followed, unless concern for food safety, quality, hygiene, health and safety or operations or where you have not been trained to undertake
- Make sure you effectively communicate with colleagues and managers
- Support new starters in the workplace (core staff or agency), if need to be shown tasks or need direction where you are competent and trained to do so
- When requested, perform key operator tasks that you have been trained to undertake, such as any CCP (Critical Control Point) or key tasks such as
- Ovens, CCP/metal detection/paperwork, mixing, x ray, tumblers, searer
- Have a positive impact in your role as production operative, to ensure team success by operating to high standard of work
- Ensure a good standard of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) by ensuring a good standard of housekeeping, CAYG (Clean as you go), in all production areas. Adhere to company hygiene procedures and site standards
- Adhere to all HACCP procedures, and to ensure highest level of food safety, legality, and quality of products
- Informing Management of faulty machinery or production issues
- Be thorough and have attention to detail
- Ensure you are open to change and be flexible when requested to change shifts, areas, or tasks
- Any other ad-hoc tasks that may be requested of you, if you have been trained and competent to do so
- Always ensure the wearing and correct use of PPE, following department standards
- Follow the site standard operating procedures once trained on all machinery and equipment
- Assist with the training and development of others where appropriate
- Ensure effective communication
- Undertake any additional responsibilities as required
- Promote and participate in Food Safety Culture
Requirements:
As a Food Production Operative you will have the following skills and experience:
- Have Basic Food Safety Knowledge or Food Safety Level 2 (Cert)
- Be able to clearly communicate
- Good standard of written and spoken English, to be able to communicate with managers and colleagues, follow direction/requests and be able to read any written instructions clearly
- Respect at work: Respect your colleagues and managers (treat others how you wish to be treated) and adhere to the site code of conduct
- Respect company property
- Adhere to Food Safety rules, policies, and procedures
- Adhere to Health and Safety rules, policies, and procedures on site. Report any near misses or hazards to your manager immediately (or as soon as safe to do so and within 15 minutes of the incident). Protect yourself and protect others…see it, say it, report it!
- Ability to work under pressure
Benefits:
- Excellent Hourly Rates
- Weekly pay
- Training given
- Temp to perm opportunity
- Friendly environment
- Free Parking