Food Industry jobs in United Kingdom

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job requisition id R039603

Inspired to grow with your experience, learn and share with new colleagues?

Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.

We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy. We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.

Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet

We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.

You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together.

We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.

Your opportunity

We’re currently looking for a Despatch Operative on Continental Dayshift. Locally, we are based in Dollingstown, Co Armagh (30 minutes travelling time of Belfast) and manufacture molded fibre packaging products primarily for the food industry and are continually improving our knowledge and skills to be a world leader in manufacturing

What you’ll be doing

The Role

Reporting to the Despatch Cell Leaders and working with the Cell Coordinators, you will be required to provide a safe and efficient service, overseeing the despatch of goods to meet customer requirements.

Main responsibilities and duties will include:

• Strict adherence and cooperation with all company policies and instructions regarding Health and Safety, taking reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and other persons affected by your activities
• Loading all customer deliveries to Loading Card Instructions / WMS in order to optimise the volume of loads
• Servicing the Production Department by removing all finished product from the Production area in order to maximize available space and minimise downtime
• Providing packaging consumables for the Production Department
• Unloading deliveries for Despatch department in a safe and efficient manner taking into account the need to free up bays for loading
• Carrying out pre-checklist for forklift, shunter and pallet truck, completing documentation and
• reporting any faults to ensure trucks are maintained in optimum condition by adhering to schedules and checklists

What you’ll bring to the role

In order to be short-listed, candidates must ensure that they clearly state on their application form, how they meet the following criteria;

• Previous warehouse experience gained in a similar high volume manufacturing environment
• Current & valid Reach truck licence with at least 1 years’ recent driving experience
• IT literate with experience using WMS
• Excellent awareness of Health & Safety
• Good standard of education, must be numerate & literate
• Current & valid Counter Balance Licence
• Pallet Truck training and experience
• Shunter Licence

Hours of Work

12-hour continental day shifts, 0700-1900

Pay Rate

What we offer in return

We are looking for candidates with high aspirations, who strive to exceed goals and seeks ways to improve overall performance levels resulting in business success.

In order to be shortlisted, candidates must ensure that they clearly state on their application form, how they meet the criteria outlined above.

For the right candidate, this role represents a significant opportunity for collaborative team working, learning & development and career progression in a dynamic and exciting new environment.

Join us to shape the future together!

With over 100 years of history and a strong Nordic heritage, Huhtamaki operates in 37 countries and 103 locations around the world. Our team of around 18,000 dedicated professionals are working to deliver smart and sustainable next generation packaging. Our ambition is to become the first choice in sustainable packaging solutions.

As part of our 2030 Strategy, we are dedicated to building a high-performance workforce and striving to be the best workplace for our employees. We genuinely care about each other and are committed to helping our talent thrive and develop. We are on a journey to shape a sustainable future - join us to redesign the future of sustainable packaging solutions.