Team Member 2

pladis Foods Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Staff shop

Long service awards

Free parking

23 days holiday increasing with tenure

Enhanced maternity & paternity benefit

Job summary

Team Member 2 at pladis is based in Manchester, working rotating 12-hour days and nights. The role offers a salary of £40,150.95 with responsibilities across our confectionery manufacturing site, focusing on safe, efficient operation and quality standards.

You will join a fast-paced production environment, supporting colleagues to keep lines running, ensuring food safety, and adhering to GMP practices while delivering on our brand promises.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, or the food industry.
• Ability to work across shifts in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to work in a team and adapt to change.

Responsibilities

• Operate within a variety of complex processes and equipment.
• Perform mechanical changeovers and machine setup as required.
• Monitor data to identify problems and take action.
• Maintain high standards of food safety, hygiene and housekeeping.

Skills

Food safety awareness

Job description

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you. As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits. To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact.

Role Title

Team Member 2 Salary: £40,150.95 Working Hours: Rotating 12-hour days & nights shift pattern (2 days, 2 nights, 4 off) Location: Manchester, 456 wellington Road N, Stockport SK4 5AU

Benefits

• Pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Staff shop
• long service awards
• Free parking
• 23 days holiday (increasing with service)
• Enhanced maternity & paternity benefit

Our Story

Here at McVitie’s we’ve been crafting the UK’s favourite biscuits and cakes since 1839. The Manchester factory proudly produce some of McVitie’s most loved products such as Jaffa Cakes, Seriously Chocolatey Digestives, Hobnobs and Penguin, to name a few! McVitie’s are owned by pladis who are one of the world’s leading snacking companies. We are the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. Our brands include McVitie’s, Ulker and Godiva. Family and ideas have always been our ingredients. Our founding families believed biscuits and chocolates could bring moments of happiness to the world. Their ideas have stood the test of time. Their spirit continues to inspire our future. It’s in the care and the craft we bake into biscuits and chocolates that have been loved for generations. And it’s in the fresh ideas, the new twists, flavours and textures we add to old and new favourites.

About the role

Our 16,000 colleagues across our global network of bakers, distribution sites and offices each with their own unique, diverse experience to bring happiness with every bite. If you’re a part of the pladis team, you know what it means to bring it. Whether it’s our resilience, team spirit or go-getting attitude. Our courage and compassion. Our ownership. Our whole selves. We Bring it. Day in, day out.

The key responsibilities of the role include

• Operating within a variety of complex processes and/or equipment.
• Use different skills like mechanical changeovers and machine setup.
• Look at data to solve problems and take action.
• Work across lines or areas.
• Maintaining the high standards of food safety, hygiene, health and safety and housekeeping

Essential Criteria

• Have experience working in manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, or the food industry.
• Have an understanding of good manufacturing practice and safety at work procedures.
• Will show a willingness to work in a team environment and own a positive attitude to change.
• Stay flexible and work well in a fast-paced environment

Desired Criteria

• An understanding of HACCP systems.

What does the recruitment process consist of

Assessments – Swift Comprehensive Aptitude assessment along with a Workplace English assessment. These should take around 45– 60 minutes to complete.

Interview – 45-60 minute competency-based interview based on our company values and your experience. If you are an internal candidate - depending on your current role, you may not be required to complete the assessment.

Best mix of ingredients

• Positive – Self-motivated, optimistic, adventurous, and inspiring.
• Resilient – Quick to adapt to change, fast learner, and persistent in the face of setbacks.
• Collaborative – Willing to work with others for mutual success.
• Purpose Led – Energised by our promise to deliver happiness to the world with every bite.
• Agile – Ever evolving, never satisfied and never standing still.

Equal opportunities

pladis is an equal opportunities employer, like every excellent recipe we’re a thoughtful mix. A happy and inclusive place to work that’s as diverse as our consumers and the communities we support, live and work in, all around the world. Where every voice is heard, and difference is celebrated. Where fresh perspectives and new ideas help us grow and thrive.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform key job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

pladis is an ambitious global snacking company and home to much loved brands including McVitie’s, GODIVA and Ülker. pladis also owns regional brands Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz, Turtles, BN, Verkade and many more products across sweet and savoury biscuits, wafer, cake and chocolate. Formed in 2016, pladis is the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. The expertise of our 15,000+ global workforce spans 26 bakeries and factories and is united by our purpose: to ‘bring happiness with every bite’. As a responsible business delivering the highest quality products and exceptional service, pladis’ products have the potential to reach more than four billion people across the world.

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