Production Operative PM - FTC

Riverford Organic Farmers Ltd; South Hams; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading organic food company in South Hams is seeking a Production Operative for a fixed-term contract. The role involves preparing and packaging ingredients for recipe boxes in a dynamic environment. Ideal candidates should have previous production experience and good communication skills. Join a friendly team that values quality service and offers various employee benefits, including a generous holiday policy.

Benefits

33 days holiday pro rata

30% off veg boxes

Company pension scheme

Annual profit share

Qualifications

• Ideally previous experience in a production or warehousing environment.
• Comfortable working in a cold environment.
• Ability to lift and maneuver crates of produce.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, weigh, and package ingredients for recipe boxes.
• Work across various departments during shifts.
• Maintain enthusiasm and professionalism while adapting to new areas.

Skills

Communication skills

Numeracy

Accuracy and attention to detail

Job description

Work with us at Riverford, and join a thriving employee-owned business as a Production Operative… Be part of a inclusive and friendly production team More than just a veg box…. Riverford are mad about organic veg. It’s at the core of everything we do. We love to grow it, pack it into boxes, and deliver it to around 70, 000 homes across the UK every week.

This takes loads of brilliant people – and working here makes you a ‘co-owner’, since Riverford is employee-owned. Success means much more than just profits; we want this to be a place people enjoy coming to work, and a business our co-owners feel proud of!

We offer a bucket load of benefits… 33 days holiday pro rata (including bank holidays), 30% off veg boxes and our online shop, generous company pension scheme, annual profit share (at least 10% of all our profits are split equally between all co-owners)

Delivering even greener veg - We’re in the process of swapping diesel vans to electric, with the ambitious goal of being 100% electric vans for low-emission deliveries to our customers!

This role is an 8 week fixed term contract, 16 hours per week - Working Saturdays and Sundays, which is inclusive of Bank Holidays.

Location: Wash Barn, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0JU

Pay: £12.65 per hour, plus an additional 67p per hour when hours exceed 8pm

What you’ll be doing…

Our Recipe Box department is now well established and is growing rapidly both in terms of the range of boxes we offer and the increase we are seeing in our weekly box sales.

Working in a very quick moving and exciting department; you will be trained to prepare, weigh and package all the ingredients required for each recipe, before carefully packing them to make up our finished recipe box.

Reporting to the team leader and skilled operatives, this role involves working in different areas and environments throughout the day from our high care ambient temperature ingredient preparation room, our main production line and our chilled preparation areas.

As the recipe box department strives to best meet our customers’ expectations and adapts to our new working areas we are looking for team members who can maintain an enthusiastic, flexible and professional approach.

This role will demand excellent communication skills, a strong level of numeracy and will require an eye for accuracy and detail.

What we’re looking for

• Ideally you will have previous experience of working in a production or warehousing environment
• Must be comfortable working in a cold environment
• You must be able to lift and manoeuvre crates of produce and veg boxes
• You should have good communication skills and be able to speak and understand English to a level that enables you to comprehend instructions and the daily requirements of the role
• Accurate and efficient

At Riverford, we value quality service and our production team play a key role in our mission. If you’re looking for a job where you can make a difference and join a friendly, supportive team, we’d love to hear from you!

Application Process - We'll be reviewing applications throughout the duration of the advert and may choose to bring the closing date forward; therefore, we'd encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience.