Chill Operative L2

Müller UK & Ireland; Stretford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-run dairy business seeks a production team member in Stretford, UK. The role involves operating complex equipment for production, maintaining high hygiene standards, and ensuring food safety compliance. Ideal candidates will have teamwork and adaptability skills. Benefits include weekly pay transitioning to monthly, pension matching, and generous annual leave. Join a company committed to sustainability and impacting nutrition positively.

Benefits

Weekly paid with planned transition to monthly pay

Salary sacrifice pension scheme with matching

Life Assurance

23 days annual leave

Enhanced overtime rates

Qualifications

• Previous manual packing work desirable, though not necessary.

Responsibilities

• Ensure production operates to plan using complex equipment.
• Operate processes effectively and safely.
• Maintain hygiene and food safety standards.
• Complete mandatory training in health, safety, and food hygiene.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities.

Skills

Teamwork & Collaboration

Capability & Accountability

Flexible approach to production changes

Good listener/communicator

Initiative and prioritisation skills

Effective team worker

Job description

Production Responsibilities

• Work within the factory using complex equipment to ensure production to plan.
• Operate equipment and processes effectively, including asset care, maximising output adhering to plan, waste reduction and cost saving.
• Replenish materials as required.
• Performance accredited chemical testing.
• Completion of operational documentation.
• Keep yourself and your team members safe.
• Maintain a positive attitude and communicate any issues.

Müller Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of hygiene
• Comply with food safety requirements and adhere to site quality procedures
• Constantly maintain health and safety of yourself and others, actively encourage positive safety behaviours.
• Complete all mandatory training in a timely manner, including but not limited to health and safety and food hygiene.
• Participate in Müller excellence and continuous improvement activity
• Complete chemical and environmental awareness training.

Required Experience

• Previous manual packing work desirable, though not necessary

Key Skills & Attributes

• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Capability & Accountability
• A flexible approach; able to adapt to changing daily production plans
• A good listener/communicator
• Able to demonstrate initiative and prioritisation skills
• Effective team worker

Company Overview

We're Müller UK & Ireland, a family‑run dairy business and we're experts at what we do. Dairy is a key part of a healthy and balanced diet and we're super proud to help meet the nutritional needs of millions of people, every, single, day. To do this, our business has been split into two areas: Müller Milk & Ingredients (MMI) and Müller Yogurt & Desserts (MYD).

Join MMI and step into a culture that's fast‑paced and full of opportunity. With great benefits, exciting challenges, a dream team of people, this is your chance to make a real impact. Over here, we're processing enough milk to make 66 billion cups of tea every year. And we're so much more than just milk. This is the place to come for cream, butter, milk drinks and ingredients products (a lot, we know), all made from milk from over 1,000 supplying farmers in Britain. Why Müller? Milk flows through everything at Müller - from farm to factory to fridge. But the true impact comes from our people, in each and every corner of the business, working hard and as a team to put smiles on faces everywhere, making each day delicious for our shoppers. As the UK's most popular dairy brand, we're always striving to make a real difference for our planet, our partners and our people, making sure we're helping to create a more sustainable dairy future. We're growing to keep up with the millions of people reaching for our branded and private label products on shelves everywhere.

Benefits

• Weekly paid with planned transition to monthly pay over the course of 2025/2026
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme with Müller matching up to 4%
• Life Assurance at 2 x your annual salary
• 23 days annual leave
• Enhanced overtime rates