Skilled Operator - Fruit Evening Shift (Mon-Fri)

Yeo Valley Organic; South Somerset; On-site; GBP 12,398,000 - 15,154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Life cover

Healthcare cashback plan

Cycle to work

Product subsidies

Partner discounts

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Yeo Valley Organic is seeking a Production Cleaning Operative at our Crewkerne site. The role focuses on maintaining high standards of cleanliness in production areas, following company procedures and health and safety requirements. Training is provided, with potential pay enhancements after further training.

The position is based on the Fruit evening shift (Mon-Fri 16:00-00:00) and offers a busy, hands-on environment where teamwork and attention to detail are essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Good numeracy and literacy.
• Ability to work in a physically demanding role.
• Highly engaged and a good team player.
• Able to work unsupervised and follow instructions.

Responsibilities

• Clean and sanitise production rooms.
• Scrub and clean vessels and production equipment.
• Run CIP cycles as required.
• Maintain hygiene and safety procedures across areas.
• Complete and sign cleaning and production documentation.
• Follow cleaning schedules and records precisely.
• Support overall cleanliness in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Excellent communication

Numeracy

Literacy

Team player

Self-motivated

Follow procedures

Job description

So, what will I be doing?

At Yeo Valley, we're about more than just making great food – we're here to Nurture & Nourish People & Planet by Making Great Food the Right Way. Forever. As a co-owned business, we invest in our people, encourage growth, and believe in doing things properly.

At an exciting time of growth at our Crewkerne production site, we are looking at candidates to join our Fruit evening shift (Mon-Fri 16:00-00:00) in the Production Cleaning Operative role. Please note locally this role is known as a Skilled Operator.

You will be responsible responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene throughout the production areas, ensuring all rooms, equipment and production facilities are cleaned in accordance with company procedures and health and safety requirements.

You will be happy to work in a fast-paced production environment. Full training is provided, although if you have worked in food manufacturing before, that would be an advantage. There is scope to increase the hourly pay once further training has been completed.

Key Responsibilities Will Include

• Cleaning and sanitising production rooms.
• Scrubbing and cleaning vessels.
• Running CIP cycles.
• Cleaning production equipment and areas.
• Washing and cleaning production trays/Buckets.
• Following all hygiene, health & safety procedures and cleaning schedules.
• Complete and sign all required cleaning and production documentation.

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Ability to work in a physically demanding role
• A personal commitment to maintaining the highest safety & hygiene standards
• Highly engaged, a good team player
• An ability to work unsupervised
• Able to follow instructions and procedures

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1900 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

• competitive holiday allowance
• non-contributory pension scheme
• life cover
• healthcare cash back plan
• cycle to work scheme
• subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
• preferential rates with our partners
• learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can.

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.