Production Operative (Nights)

Hotel Chocolat; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% product discount

PPE provided

Subsidised vending

Free onsite carpark

Job summary

Hotel Chocolat is seeking a Production Operative to join our Manufacturing Team at Hadley Park, Huntingdon. This permanent role helps deliver the production plan, maintaining quality and KPIs while working the night shift from 22:00 to 06:00, Sunday to Thursday.

You will follow GMP and food safety rules, keep areas clean, support changeovers, and contribute to efficiency and continuous improvement. Strong English and attention to detail are essential.

Qualifications

• Food Safety Level 2 qualification required or preferred.
• Knowledge of KPIs and GMP best practices.
• Strong verbal and written English communication.

Responsibilities

• Follow GMP rules for tool and equipment handling with care.
• Ensure 100% compliance with product specifications and hygiene.
• Maintain food safety standards and PPE policies.
• Complete paperwork in line with technical requirements for Food Safety.
• Take responsibility for your own Health & Safety and that of others.
• Participate in changeovers and setup of assets/lines.
• Work with production control systems and KPIs to meet plan targets.
• Monitor material usage and escalate quality/quantity concerns.
• Identify opportunities for efficiency and productivity improvements.

Skills

KPIs knowledge

English proficiency

Education

Food Safety Level 2

Job description

As we continue our mission to make people happy through chocolate, we’re looking for a Production Operative to join our Manufacturing Team on a permanent basis. We don’t think there’s a better product to be working with than chocolate, and as a Production Operative, you will be responsible for delivering the production plan alongside your team, within agreed quality parameters to continuously manufacture world class chocolates. You will work closely with our Senior Machine Operatives to support in the improvement of performance against KPIs. If you are a Production Operative looking to develop your current skillset or simply just looking for the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you and see how we can support you in your journey.

Shift Pattern

A night shift pattern of 10pm to 6am, Sunday to Thursday.

Salary

As well as a competitive salary and a range of company benefits, including a 50% discount on all products to enjoy, we also offer:

• Full PPE (personal protective equipment) provided to you on your first day.
• Subsidised vending machines including sandwiches, pasta, snacks and drinks.
• Free onsite employee carpark.

Location

The onsite location for this role is at our Factory 'Hadley Park', in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, right in the heart of where our chocolates are made and where weekly, we can produce between 4 to 6 million of the chocolates we all know and love. Hadley Park is just 5 minutes off the A141 and 1.3 miles from Huntingdon train station, with direct rail links to London King’s Cross.

What you’ll be doing

• Make sure tool and equipment handling GMP rules are followed with care and ownership.
• Ensure 100% compliance with product specification. Clean as you go approach to working area and equipment.
• Ensure the asset / process removes risk of foreign body contamination proactively.
• Food safety standard compliance and hygiene, and PPE policies adhered to.
• All paperwork compliance in line with technical requirements for Food Safety.
• Take responsibility of your own Health and Safety and the Health and Safety of others around you and raise concerns to your line manager as quickly as possible.
• Proactively be involved in changeovers and setting up the asset/line.
• Work in line with the team with production control systems, KPIs to achieve plan target and cost.
• Understand and control material usage.
• Escalate material quality and quantity concerns to your line manager as soon as possible.
• Identify opportunities for efficiency, quality and productivity improvements.

Essential

• Food Safety Level 2 qualification.
• Knowledge of KPIs.
• Strong verbal and written English to clearly discuss performance of your asset / process.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement skills, with the ability to deploy critical thinking.
• HACCP trained.
• GMP knowledge.

Who are we?

We’re one of the UK’s favourite premium chocolate brands, with a range of products spanning luxury gifts, alcohol and our pioneering drinking chocolate system, the Velvetiser. A cacao pod takes years to grow – it can’t be rushed if it’s going to be just right for our products. The same can be said for Hotel Chocolat, which originally started as a mint production company before we realised it was luxury chocolate that we were really passionate about.

Now, we’re market leaders in the industry. What began as an online-only business grew to over 140 stores across the UK, and we’re still growing… Today, we’re multi-category, multi-channel, and multi-territory, and our customers, colleagues, cacao farmers and suppliers all benefit from the success we make together.

To learn more about us and read about our People Pledge – our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion – click here: hotelchocolat.com/uk/engaged-ethics/our-people.html