Production Operator - Kitchen

Wiltshire Farm Foods; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Wiltshire Farm Foods is seeking a production worker for the High Risk Kitchen department. This full-time role involves cooking, paperwork, and ensuring product quality while promoting teamwork. Ideal candidates should possess a Level 2 food hygiene qualification and a positive attitude to learn various tasks. Comprehensive benefits like a competitive salary, holiday options, and a pension scheme enhance this opportunity to contribute to a leading meal supplier.

Benefits

20 days holiday plus bank holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Pension scheme with employer matching

Life assurance scheme

Subsidised canteen

Free parking

Free turkey or voucher at Christmas

Retail discounts via apetito perks scheme

Qualifications

• Must have Level 2 food hygiene qualification.
• Good level of English required.
• Prepared to learn other tasks in the department.

Responsibilities

• Cook products following the supplied recipes.
• Complete relevant paperwork for product supply.
• Work on various kitchen equipment.

Skills

Positive attitude

Teamwork

Food hygiene

Education

Level 2 food hygiene

Job description

Overview

This position is 36 hours a week, working Saturday to Monday on a shift – 06.00 – 18.00

The High Risk Kitchen department is keen to promote excellent team work by employing people who have a positive (can do) attitude, who are prepared to learn a number of skills so that they are able to work in various positions within the department. By achieving this, the department is in the best position to produce quality products, in an efficient manner. We aim to not only achieve our targets but improve on them as well.

£13.85 per hour + Shift allowance + Bonus + Benefits

Who we are

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

Responsibilities

• Supply Kanban correctly with products from the sanitizer belt and complete the relevant paperwork
• Cook products following the recipes supplied and complete the relevant paperwork
• Empty pots and complete the relevant paperwork
• Clean pots between products
• Work on the Stephan and tumbler
• Ensure paperwork is correct and filled in at all times
• Work CCP temperatures from oven and pie cook fills

Qualifications/Personal Qualities

• Level 2 food hygiene
• Good level of English
• Help the business be environmentally friendly
• Have a positive attitude; will have try to learn other tasks in the department if required
• Promote good teamwork – help others
• Have a desire to help the team meet the department's targets
• Undertake any training made available/organized

Company Benefits

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 20 days holiday per year, inclusive of bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

Our Values

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we're on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.