Production Operative

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Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain. Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:

Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain’s private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.

Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK’s leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.

We are recruiting at our Telford Dairy for Production Operatives to join their Production department.

Production Operatives play an essential part in the supply chain; they use their technical skills to drive a Safety, Quality, Service, Cost and People culture, using data to effectively improve machine performance.

The ideal candidate will have production experience within a food/beverage environment and strong skills in problem solving, fault finding and machine management.

Contract: Full time / permanent
Location: Telford (Donnington)
Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off, Days and Nights
Salary: £30,174 per annum plus 5% bonus*

Production Operative - Role & Responsibilities:

1. Operating state of the art filling line with a high level of personal safety and others.
2. Continually ensuring hygiene and housekeeping on your line consistently achieves target Good Manufacturing Practices score as a minimum.
3. Fully complete all paperwork ensuring it is legible, accurate and audit ready.
4. Achieving operational targets and being accountable for achieving all KPI’s.
5. Analyse and adhere to a live production plan.
6. Identify training needs for career advancement supported by a personal development plan.
7. Minimise the Cost of Non-Quality through adherence to right first-time production, reducing rework.
8. Working closely with colleagues in the supporting departments to align with the daily planning needs, new product launches and operational events.
9. Propose and implement solutions to continually improve.

Production Operative - Key skills & experience:

1. Health and Food Safety understanding.
2. Dairy knowledge awareness desirable but not essential.
3. Material and waste flow understanding.
4. Ability to build effective relations with colleagues and functions at all levels via excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
5. Good understanding and the ability to follow site wide procedures.
6. Technical/mechanical mindset.

Benefits:

1. Monthly Pay.
2. Overtime premiums 1.5.
3. Up to 5% bonus paid annually.
4. 2x life assurance.
5. Up to 4% company match pension.
6. Health care cash plan.
7. 282 hours holiday.
8. Müller Rewards discount scheme offering over 800 discounts online and instore and the potential to make savings across grocery and clothes shopping.

The process:
If you have the necessary skills and experience and would like to apply for the role of Production Operator, then we’d love to hear from you at www.mullercareers.co.uk.