Trainee Trimmer / Butcher (external)

UNAVAILABLE; England; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Transport from Bedford

Job summary

UNAVAILABLE is recruiting a trainee meat trimmer/butcher to join a leading meat processing plant in Bedfordshire. You will learn to bone, trim and prepare products to customer specifications in a busy production environment.

Working hours are 40 per week, Monday to Friday, 6am–3pm. Pay starts at £13.08 per hour plus bonus and increases to £13.82 after training. Transport from Bedford Town Centre is provided if required.

Qualifications

• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative while contributing to a team.
• Strong willingness to undertake all training.
• Experience in a similar role or in the food industry is advantageous, but full training will be given.

Responsibilities

• Use a knife safely in line with company procedures.
• Bone and trim beef products to customer specifications.
• Cut product to weight and thickness specifications.
• Advise production management on raw material quality/spec issues.
• Work as part of a team in a fast-paced environment to ensure smooth production.
• Maintain yields and quality standards.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Initiative

Willingness to train

Job description

Overview

Working hours: 40 per week Monday to Friday 6am to 3pm

Pay: £13.08 per hour plus bonus, rising to £13.82 per hour plus bonus after training completion.

Company provided transport from Bedford Town Centre is available if required.

We are actively seeking applications for the role of trainee meat trimmer/ butcher to join an industry leader that provides opportunities for training and progression to the right candidates. You will be working in a production environment within a meat processing plant in one of Europe's leading food companies; suppliers of choice to a range of leading local, national and international supermarket, foodservice and manufacturing businesses exporting to over 50 countries worldwide.

You will develop the skills to prepare, bone and trim product to meet customers specifications.

Responsibilities

• Using a knife in a safe manner at all times in line with company procedures.
• Boning and trimming beef products following customer specifications.
• Confidently cutting product to weight and thickness specifications.
• Advising production management on issues with raw material quality and/or specification.
• Working as part of a team in a fast-paced environment to ensure production runs smoothly.
• Maintain current yields and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Possess good communication and team working skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to work on your own initiative whilst working as part of a team striving to achieve high levels of customer service.
• A desire to progress within the business and demonstrate a strong willingness to undertake all training required for the role.
• Experience within a similar role or within the food industry would be advantageous – however, full training will be given.

INDLP

No company sponsorship is available to overseas applicants for this position