Wip Operative, Wip Operative

Pilgrim's Europe; Wigan; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production company located in Wigan is seeking a dedicated team member to ensure adherence to food safety and quality standards. Responsibilities include following lean principles, checking compliance with industry standards, and reporting issues to supervisors. The successful candidate will enjoy various benefits including life insurance, health support activities, competitive holidays, and an excellent working environment. Ideal applicants are proactive, possess strong interpersonal skills, and can work independently.

Benefits

Life insurance and pension

Wellbeing activities

Learning opportunities

Competitive holiday entitlement

Discounted staff shop

On site free parking

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of Health, Safety and Environmental issues.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Understanding of requirements for food safety, quality and legality.

Responsibilities

• Follow lean thinking principles for job improvement.
• Ensure compliance with BRC global standards for food.
• Report nonstandard conditions to supervisor.
• Organise work activities and ensure timely completion.
• Perform quality checks on products.

Skills

Proactive self-starter

Strong interpersonal skills

Prioritisation skills

Communication skills

Team player

Positive attitude

Job description

Responsibilities

• Follow lean thinking principles and make suggestions for improvement so that better ways of doing jobs are identified and implemented.
• Have a shared responsibility for the implementation and maintenance of the BRC global Standard for Food.
• To carry out other duties 'site wide' that may reasonably be requested to ensure the efficient running of the business.
• Always keep working area clean and tidy so hygiene and health and safety standards are maintained.
• Report nonstandard conditions immediately to your supervisor so they can be put right quickly to minimise waste.
• Ensure you adhere to the quality manual and follow the company's RAG attribute protocol.
• Unloading all raw meat delivery vehicles including temperature checks which must be recorded on the arolink system.
• Organise own work activities.
• Carry out a range of tasks and activities and ensure all tasks are finished within permitted time frames.
• Check products and materials against the required quality standards to ensure they meet specifications.
• Help solve problems and make suggestions for improvement so that better ways of doing jobs are identified and implemented.
• Accurately weighing, labelling and stock rotating all stock levels.
• Stock rotation. To be responsible for the defrosting of product.
• Clean and tidy work areas so that hygiene and health and safety standards are maintained and undertake straightforward hygiene tasks.
• Reports faults to the supervisor so they can be put right quickly to keep downtime to a minimum.
• Make sure stocks scan everyday /reported to manager supervisor if stock need any amendment.
• Fire register need to sign in the start of shift.
• All deliveries need to be intake on same day/make sure all paperwork of deliveries completed on same day and scanned in QUOR.
• Overtime required to cover weekend if needed.
• All tasks should be done to follow health and safety procedures.
• Understanding of requirements for food safety, quality and legality throughout the whole process and work to these standards.
• Responsible for daily production yields.
• Responsible for feeding five lines.
• Responsible for drip loss from the lines.
• be a proactive self-starter with strong interpersonal, prioritisation and communication skills.
• have demonstrable experience of Health, Safety and Environmental issues.
• be a team player.
• have positive attitude.
• have the ability to work with minimal supervision.

What We Bring To The Table

As an international organisation, we pride ourselves on creating high quality food and exceed many recognised industry standards. We care about our people and offer an excellent package including:

• Life insurance and pension to all of our employees.
• Wellbeing activities and support, including mini health MOT's, fruity Friday and more.
• Learning opportunities.
• Competitive holiday entitlement.
• Discounted staff shop.
• On site free parking.