Weekend Food Production Operator

Gap Personnel; West of England; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidised canteen

Vending machines

Break-out areas

Free on-site parking

Discounted Yeo Valley products

Honesty fridges

Job summary

Gap Personnel is seeking Food Production Operator roles at the Yeo Valley site in Blagdon. The role covers day and night shifts (6am–6pm or 6pm–6am) with weekend work, supporting production and supply chain activities. You will help meet daily KPI targets while upholding food safety and hygiene standards.

You will work within a team, focusing on efficient use of materials and continuous improvement. Training and development are highlighted, with onsite facilities and benefits described by the

Qualifications

• Experience in a food production environment is desirable.
• Understanding of Basic Food Hygiene is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operate as part of a team to support production and KPI targets.
• Engage with daily challenges and collaborate to overcome them.

Skills

Teamwork

Proactive

Manual tasks

Effective communication

H&S awareness

Basic Food Hygiene

Job description

Food Production Operator

Site Location: Blagdon, BS40

Contract: Temporary ongoing

Hours: 6am-6pm or 6pm-6am - weekends only

Basic Pay Rate : £13.53ph days and £14.65 nights

Due to continual business growth, gap personnel are currently seeking new team members to join the diverse, friendly, and passionate team at Yeo Valley. Based at their stunning site in Blagdon, we have severalFood Production Operator positions available with immediate starts.

As aFood Production Operator, you will become an important part of a team supporting the production and supply chain teams on the site you are based. You willsupport the delivery of daily KPI’s and targets, ensuring high levels of efficiency and food safety standards, whilst working as part of the site’s operations team.

As a Food Production Operator, your role will include:

• Works well within a team, playing an active part in team and business successes.
• Engages with the daily challenges and opportunities and works effectively with others to overcome.
• Work with site teams to ensure effective use of raw materials and resources, active involvement in improvement projects, activities and events aligned to the team and site objectives.
• Demonstrate a commitment to H&S by working in a safe manner, role modelling our safety behaviours, challenging unsafe practices, rectifying unsafe conditions, and escalating to other team members when support is needed.
• Active involvement and commitment to the quality management system, ensuring all relevant controls and procedures are completed effectively to validate food safety controls.
• Escalate any food safety breach or quality issues and ensure that any product below standards is identified and held and the issues are escalated appropriately, resolved, and released.
• Understands and adheres to good manufacturing practices, company standards of hygiene, PPE, and dress code. Practices a 'Clean as You Go' approach, maintaining workplace organisation and visual management standards.

What are we looking for, from you?

Passion; Pro-active; Able to work well within a team; Able to undertake manual tasks; Work at pace; Able to communicate effectively; Abide by H&S; Understanding of Basic Food Hygiene, Experience within a food production environment (desirable)

Everything else?

Leave that to the team at Yeo Valley who will provide you with exemplary training programs and development.

All of this, AND superb onsite facilities:

Subsidised food canteen offering fresh hot and cold food; vending machines; creative break-out areas, free site parking; discounted Yeo Valley products; honesty fridges for further food discounts.