Skilled Operator - Goods in / Goods Out

Yeo Valley Production Ltd; Highweek; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Non-contributory pension

Co-ownership of the company

Annual bonus (Employee Benefit Trust)

Healthcare cashback plan

Free parking

PPE provided

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Yeo Valley Production Ltd in Newton Abbot is seeking an experienced Operator to join the Goods In/Goods Out Team on the days shift, 6:00 to 18:00, on a 4 days on, 4 days off pattern. This is one of our largest production sites and offers the opportunity to deliver high-quality yogurts, desserts and ice creams to customers across the UK.

You will work in a fast-paced production environment, operate a range of machinery and ensure GMP and health and safety requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Experience operating production machinery and GMP awareness
• Ability to complete paperwork accurately
• Strong health and safety and quality focus

Responsibilities

• Operate a wide variety of machinery (filling, packing, forming or CNC)
• Maintain health, safety and quality requirements
• Pack goods and manage goods in/out processes
• Complete paperwork accurately and efficiently
• Apply GMP and maintain hygiene standards
• Disassemble, clean and rebuild production equipment

Job description

We are on the lookout for an experienced Operator to join our diverse, friendly and passionate Goods In/Goods Out Team at Yeo Valley Newton Abbot. This is one of our largest production sites and offers the opportunity to play an important part in helping us to deliver our high-quality products to our customers across the UK. You will thrive in a fast-paced production environment, have a ‘can-do’ attitude and strong work ethic.

We are hiring for our days shift working 6:00 to 18:00 on a 4 days on days off shift pattern.

Also, you will become a co-owner at Yeo Valley, taking advantage of our benefits package that includes a non-contribution pension, co-ownership of the company that includes a yearly bonus and a healthcare cashback plan.

Key Responsibilities Will Include

• Embracing Health & Safety and Quality requirements.
• Packing of well-known products.
• Operating a wide variety of machinery (filling, packing, forming or CNC machines);
• Demonstrating a commitment to delivery, leading by example; Completing paperwork accurately.
• Application of current GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices);
• Taking apart, cleaning and rebuilding production equipment.

Any Other Duties As Reasonably Required.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer. It goes without saying that you'll have access to free parking, top of the range personal protection equipment (PPE) and your own locker. You'll also receive the following:

• 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
• Forklift and Reach Truck experience
• Stock control experience
• Good communication skills, effective use of numeracy and literacy for documentation and record-keeping
• Ability to work in a physically demanding role
• A personal commitment to maintaining high cleaning and hygiene standards
• Willingness to work 12-hour shifts;
• Highly engaged,
• A good team player;
• An ability to work unsupervised.

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 centers in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 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: 20 days’ holiday, including bank holidays non-contributory pension scheme life cover healthcare cash back plan cycle to work scheme subsidized Yeo Valley products and services preferential rates with our partners annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year) 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. So, 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