Skilled Operator & Fruit PM

Yeo Valley Farms (Production) Ltd; South Somerset; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dairy production company located in South Somerset is seeking production operatives to join their Fruit PM shift. Candidates will work in a fast-paced environment, assisting in food production and packaging. Essential qualifications include strong communication skills and the ability to maintain safety standards. The company offers competitive benefits, including a non-contributory pension scheme and learning opportunities. Full training is provided, with the potential for increased pay after further training.

Benefits

Competitive holiday allowance

Non-contributory pension scheme

Life cover

Healthcare cash back plan

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidised products and services

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Personal commitment to maintaining the highest safety and hygiene standards.
• Ability to work unsupervised.

Responsibilities

• Working in a fast-paced production area.
• Preparing ingredients for production.
• Assisting with the production and packing of food products.
• Carrying out hygiene and general cleaning duties as required.
• Accurately completing production records.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Good numeracy and literacy skills

Ability to work in a physically demanding role

Highly engaged, a good team player

Ability to follow instructions and procedures

Job description

Overview

At an exciting time of growth at our Crewkerne production site, we are looking for great people to join us as production operatives, making our great nutritious food within our fruit team. The site is split into different departments, including Dairy production, Fruit production, and Savory production, who make our hearty soups.

Role

We are looking for candidates to join our Fruit PM shift (Mon-Fri 1400-2200) in the Skilled Operator role. You will be happy to work in a fast-paced production environment. Full training is provided, although prior food manufacturing experience would be an advantage. There is scope to increase the hourly pay once further training has been completed.

Key responsibilities

• Working in a fast-paced production area
• Preparing ingredients for production
• Assisting with the production and packing of food products
• Carrying out hygiene and general cleaning duties as required
• Accurately completing production records
• Manual handling
• Operating MHE

Essential qualifications

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

Why 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. We recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!

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.