Production Operative

Role Overview & Responsibilities

PRODUCTION OPERATIVES (Food Manufacturing)

**IMMEDIATE STARTS**

· As an operative you will be producing ready to cook meals, kebabs and BBQ products for high end retailers.

· You’ll be working on the production lines to make large batches of products which will then be sold and distributed to our extensive customer base.

What might I be doing?

There are lots of different product we produce here on site, what you’ll be doing could vary, but is likely to include some or all of the following:

• Preparing and skewering kebab/BBQ – goal 3 kebabs per minute
• Accurately weighing out raw materials
• Using modern machinery and technology throughout the process
• Ensuring packs meet the product specification
• Complying with health and safety standards on site
• Working on different areas of production including final pack
• Ensuring base labels are correctly aligned on packs
• Packing products
• Reworking products when necessary you’ll need to be able to read and understand instructions and also have a decent level of arithmetic so you can calculate weights and measures, raw materials.

We have the following shifts:

• AM: 6am-2pm (Mon-Fri), 6am-4pm (Alternate Saturdays)
• PM: Mon-Fri (2.30 – 10.30PM) 9.30am – 7.30pm (Alternate Saturdays
• 3 on 3 off 6am - 6pm

What about the pay?

£10 per hour after that there are numerous courses that you can take which will enable you to excel at your work – for instance, HACCP, Food safety Level 3 – these short courses provide an ideal starting point to enhance your qualifications and skills levels.

About Us:

Bernard Matthews Derby Ltd proudly employ more than 1100 colleagues just at the Derby site alone, drawn from a range of nationalities to help to make a mind-boggling array of some of the finest food in Britain – specialising in poultry.

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £10.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Store discount
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift

Work Location: One location