Production Operative - Team Member 1 (FTC)

pladis Foods Limited; Halifax; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retail discounts

Pension schemes

Cycle-to-work scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity packages

Health & Wellbeing: On-site Health

Hang out spaces & activities

Professional support

Job summary

pladis Foods Limited, a global biscuits and confectionery business, is hiring for a Team Member on a 12-hour shift pattern at Hopwood Lane, Halifax. The role involves overseeing the baking process on a production line, ensuring quality, maintaining equipment, and collaborating with colleagues.

Training provided, with no weekends and a two-week rotating pattern. Applicants should have GCSE English and Maths; prior factory experience helps but is not essential.

Qualifications

• Prior factory experience is beneficial but not required.
• Focus on values alignment and willingness to learn.
• Training and support are provided to help new team members succeed.

Responsibilities

• Oversee baking of loaf cakes, cake bars & flapjacks on a production line.
• Check product quality throughout shifts to ensure tastiness.
• Maintain equipment and machines according to guides.
• Communicate with colleagues and identify improvement opportunities.
• Train others once trained and maintain hygiene and safety standards.
• Own mixing responsibilities, process area, wrapping and transport after training.
• Review processes to maximise efficiency and minimise waste.
• Collaborate with colleagues to solve production issues.

Skills

Team player

Communication skills

Safety compliance

Education

GCSE English and Maths

Job description

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you. As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits. To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose‑led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact.

Role Title: Team Member 1 (FTC) Salary: TBC Working Hours: 2-week rotating pattern, 12hrs (06:00-18:00/18:00-06:00) No weekends! Location: Hopwood Lane, Halifax, HX1 4EY. Easily commutable from Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield (West Yorkshire areas) Education Requirements: We are more interested in the current skills of the person applying rather than their previous academic achievements however we would prefer applicants to have a GCSE pass in English and Maths.

What will this role achieve?

Overseeing the baking process for our fabulous products, on a production line (checking and monitoring their production, just like how you would bake at home...but easier in some ways)

What will be your key deliverables?

• Overseeing the baking process for loaf cakes, cake bars & flapjacks on a production line. (Checking and monitoring production, just like how you would bake at home...but easier in some ways.)
• Checking the product quality throughout the shift, to ensure its tastiness
• Maintaining our equipment and machines, in line with guides, to make sure we can bake at our best
• Communicating with colleagues
• Identifying opportunities to improve the way we do things
• Training others (once trained!)
• Maintaining our working standards, ensuring hygiene and safety to our people and products
• Once trained, owning the mixing responsibilities (ingredients), process area (baking), wrapping and/or transporting of the product we produce
• Reviewing processes to maximise efficiency, ensuring waste is minimised
• Collaborating with colleagues to problem solve against production issues which may crop up
• Bring your experience

Essential and Desirable

While prior experience in a factory environment is beneficial, what matters most to us is recruiting people who share our values. We provide training and support to help every new team member succeeds.

What does the recruitment process consist of?

Whilst we do ask for CV to showcase your skills and experience, if you would prefer to format this into a letter, or other format, this will also be accepted. Assessments – Swift Comprehensive Aptitude and a Workplace English assessment. These should take around 60 minutes to complete. Interview – 45-60 minute competency-based interview based on our company values and your experience. If you are an internal member of staff, you might not need to do all the assessments it is dependent on your current role.

What is Halifax McVities is like as a place to work

Who We Are: A positive and inclusive place who appreciate the diversity of our people. We love to support our colleagues and celebrate together with events such as Christmas, Ramadan, Pride, National Cake Day!

Growth & Development

On-the-job training, coaching, and mentorship to help you thrive. Formal learning opportunities for further professional development. We always look to invest in our talent. pladis is one of the world's fastest-growing snacking companies, and home to iconic brands like McVitie’s, GODIVA, and Ülker, alongside regional favourites such as Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz and more. There’s a wide variety of different roles on‑site both in the factory, and in our offices - Manufacturing, Engineering, Operational Excellence, Quality Assurance & Food Safety, Logistics & Planning, Learning & Development, Project Management & Human Resources. We have a Head Office in London and seven other locations around the UK.

Perks & Benefits

• Retail discounts
• pension schemes
• cycle-to-work scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity packages
• Health & Wellbeing: On-site Occupational Health, Physio & Mental Health & Wellbeing First Aiders
• Hang out spaces for TV, reading, garden time, arcade games, and pool
• Professional practical and emotional support

Our Promise

• Ethical, eco-friendly business practices
• Local charity partnerships across West Yorkshire
• Committed to accessibility and disability accommodations
• Support diverse voices through our Employee Resource Groups

Our Purpose

It’s a purpose that every one of our colleagues, all around the world believes in. And while we’re all unique, we also share the same values.

Our Values

• Purpose led – We’re energised and guided by our purpose to bring happiness with every bite
• Agile – We’re ever evolving, we never stand still, always improving for our customers and our consumers
• Positive – We’re highly motivated optimistic, courageous, and we inspire each other to be better
• Resilient – We’re persistent in the face of setbacks, quick to adapt, learn and move forward
• Collaborative – We gain strength from operating as one pladis, winning and succeeding together
• Best mix of ingredients pladis is an equal opportunities employer, like every great recipe we’re a thoughtful mix. A happy and inclusive place to work that’s as diverse as our consumers and the communities we support, live and work in, all around the world. Where every voice is heard, and difference is celebrated. Where fresh perspectives and new ideas help us grow and thrive. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform key job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law. We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business. We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.

pladis is an ambitious global snacking company and home to much loved brands including McVitie’s, GODIVA and Ülker. pladis also owns regional brands Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz, Turtles, BN, Verkade and many more products across sweet and savoury biscuits, wafer, cake and chocolate. Formed in 2016, pladis is the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. The expertise of our 15,000+ global workforce spans 26 bakeries and factories and is united by our purpose: to ‘bring happiness with every bite’. As a responsible business delivering the highest quality products and exceptional service, pladis’ products have the potential to reach more than four billion people across the world.

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