Coldstore Operative - WFF ROI

Apetito-Wiltshire-Farm-Foods; Leinster; On-site; EUR 14,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holiday allowance

Job summary

Wiltshire Farm Foods, part of the apetito group, is seeking a part-time Coldstore Operative to pick and pack frozen orders in a -20°C environment. The role offers 20 hours per week across 5 days in a 6-day cycle, with protective clothing provided and breaks to warm up.

You will work under the Driver Supervisor and Senior Freezer Operative and contribute to efficient dispatch. The position emphasizes accuracy, attention to detail, and teamwork, with a competitive hourly rate of €15.50 and

Qualifications

• Essential: good attendance and timekeeping
• Basic literacy and numeracy
• Team player with flexible attitude
• Willingness to learn other tasks around the business

Responsibilities

• Ensure customer orders are accurately picked and placed in the correct cage for the next morning
• Maintain customer confidentiality
• Identify and implement efficiency improvements
• Support office team as needed
• Report health and safety, stock quality and mechanical issues
• Role is multi-functional and can cover other duties as required

Skills

Attendance & punctuality

Attention to detail

Numerate

Literate

Basic secondary education

Team player

Outgoing

Flexible & motivated

Willing to learn

Team collaboration

Meet department targets

Education

Basic secondary education

Job description

Overview

This role is working 20 hours per week, any 5 in 6 days.

Reporting to the Driver Supervisor and Senior Freezer Operative, Coldstore Operatives are responsible for picking and packing customers frozen orders ready for dispatch in a timely and accurate manner.

The cold store runs at a chilly -20 degrees centigrade but don’t worry, protective clothing designed to deal with this temperature will be provided along with breaks to warm up and have a hot drink as needed.

You’ll need to be a hard worker with good attention to detail to ensure you pick accurately, to meet tight deadlines, and keepthe coldstore clean and tidy for maximum efficiency.

€15.50 per hour

Who we are

Wiltshire Farm Foods, part of the apetito group, is the UK’s largest ready-meal supplier, cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK primarily to the elderly, their family members and healthcare professionals.

We're dedicated to making a real difference to our customers' lives, by bringing sunshine to their doors through our commitment to provide good old-fashioned service.

Our intense pride drives us to continuously innovate and improve, ensuring our products and service exceed our customers' needs.

This is all whilst being an ethical and sustainable organisation that believes in doing the right thing.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring customers orders are accurately picked and placed of the correspondingcage ready for the next morning.
• Customer confidentiality
• Improve efficiencies and putting them into practice
• Helping the office team where appropriate
• Reporting health and safety, stock quality and mechanical issues
• The above is not an exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities of this role but aims to give a general overview of the position.
• Staff are employed and trained to be multi-functional and to be capable of carrying out numerous functions should this be required when a fellow member of staff is away or absent.

Qualifications/Personal Qualities

Essential:

• Good attendance and timekeeping
• Attention to detail
• Numerate and literate
• Basic secondary education
• Open and honest team player
• Outgoing
• Flexible, highly motivated and committed
• Have a ‘can do’ attitude; will need to learn other tasks around the business if required
• Promote good team work – help others.
• Contribute to help the team meet the department targets

Desirable:

• Health & Safety training
• Experience in a coldstore or chilled warehouse

Company Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Up to 4 weeks holiday per year + public holidays (pro-rated accordingly for part time workers)

Our Values

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer. Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we're on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.