Skilled Operator Operations Day

Yeo Valley Organic; Paignton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive holiday allowance

Non-contributory pension scheme

Life cover

Healthcare cash back plan

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidised Yeo Valley products

Job summary

Yeo Valley Organic is recruiting a hands-on Skilled Operative for our Blagdon facility to support safe, accurate and efficient movement of packaging, stock and finished product. You will work across multiple core areas, maintaining hygiene and stock integrity in a fast-paced cold-food environment.

The role requires reliability, good attendance and the ability to move between tasks as needed. Training will be provided for the right candidate with a proactive, team-focused mindset.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, warehouse or food production.
• Ability to use handheld scanners and shop floor systems.
• Safety-first mindset with a focus on accuracy and quality.

Responsibilities

• Work to daily targets while upholding food safety and quality standards.
• Be trained to operate in core areas (boxroom, stores, despatch/yard, fridge/colddstore, production support).
• Support timely, accurate stock movement and downstream production requirements.

Skills

Handheld scanners

Shop floor systems

Stock accuracy

Attention to detail

Team working

Manual tasks

FLT licence (advantage)

Tools

Handheld terminal

FLT counterbalance licence

Job description

So, what will I be doing?

Join a team that helps create the foundation of everything we do. At Yeo Valley, we’re proud of our world-class products and the people who make them. We’re looking for a hands-on, reliable Skilled Operative to join our operations team at our Blagdon facility, supporting the safe, accurate and efficient movement of packaging, stock and finished product across the site.

As a key part of the production process, you’ll help ensure our products are prepared, packed and supplied to downstream production on time and to the high standards expected in a chilled food manufacturing environment. This is a hands-on, fast-paced role where accuracy, care and teamwork are essential.

At the heart of our business is a deep connection to nature and a commitment to nurturing our people. As a co-owned company, we believe in supporting every team member as both a sponsor and a co-owner. You’ll be part of a workplace that values care for our environment, our products and, most importantly, each other. We grow stronger together by creating a culture where respect, wellbeing and development are part of everyday life.

What you’ll be doing

Requirements

You’ll work to daily targets while maintaining strong food safety, hygiene and quality standards. Depending on operational requirements, you’ll be trained and signed off to work in at least one of the following core areas:

• Boxroom – Running the box machines, picking daily box orders, carrying out stock checks, and operating the pallet inverter and card and plastic balers.
• Stores – Picking, stock checks and returns using a handheld terminal, driving a reach truck, ordering goods in and operating the pallet inverter.
• Despatch and yard – FLT driving, loading trailers, receiving goods in, tipping dolavs, chemical handling, managing waste streams, environmental cleaning and company driving duties.
• Fridge and coldstore – Wrapping finished product, carrying out temperature checks using a scanner, and scanning stock to location.
• Production support – Operating equipment, monitoring quality standards, maintaining hygiene protocols and helping ensure efficient, on-time supply to downstream production.

About You

We’re looking for someone with experience in a manufacturing, warehouse or food production environment who is confident using handheld scanners and shop floor systems. You’ll take real care over the accuracy of stock, paperwork and processes, and bring a safety-first mindset to everything you do.

You’ll need good attendance and time-keeping, a flexible approach to moving between tasks as the operation needs, and a willingness to learn and develop. An in-date FLT counterbalance or reach truck licence and a full UK driving licence would be an advantage, but full training will be provided for the right person.

If you take pride in doing a job properly, work well with others and want to develop in a supportive, values-led business, we’d like to hear from you.

Essential

• Good team working skills
• Able to undertake manual tasks
• Attention to detail
• Effective communication
• Relevant work experience as a machine Operator in a production environment

Desirable

• Basic Food hygiene
• Knowledge of HACCP
• Engineering skillset

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.