Overview of role Company: Allied Bakeries Location: Stockport There is currently a fantastic opportunity for a Traywash Operative to join our hygiene team at Allied Bakeries. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the bakery is continuously supplied with baskets for our finished products to be packed into. Key Accountabilities Safety always comes first at Allied Bakeries, so we are looking for someone to lead by example in ensuring that Health and Safety is our number one priority, and someone who is able to engage others to think and behave safely at all times. Key duties will include: • Management of basket stocks and stock rotation. • Assist in the unloading of baskets from trailers and rigids as they enter the site and rest at the dock area. • Take responsibility for the basket supply tracks from Traywash through to the bakery with the manufacturing team. • Regular removal and disposal of waste from bins from beside the S bend trash removal system. • Communicate with despatch and logistics when assistance and support is required. • Highlight basket supply issues to the relevant departments as soon as you are aware of a problem. • Report any problems or issues during the night shifts immediately to the Manufacturing FLM. • Operate within all work instructions and procedures. • Raise any suggestions for improvements with the hygiene FLM’s and Manager and take corrective actions as required. • Tidy as you go, ensuring work area is tidy and safe and meets the agreed standards in hygiene and housekeeping. • Undertake regular cleaning of equipment in compliance with internal standards. • Pest control awareness. • Carry out duties with due care and attention, using tools provided in a responsible and safe manner. Report any damage or unsafe tools/machinery to the Hygiene FLM ‘s or Manager • Wear and use all protective clothing as required. • Ensure there is always 2 staff at the traywash at all times.The Right Person • The successful candidate must hold an FLT counterbalance licence. • Experience of working within an FMCG or similar fast-paced industry would be desirable. • It is essential you are a team player and a good communicator and are able to remain calm and focused when working under pressure. • Able to work well on your own and use your time effectively to ensure all work is completed in the allocated time. Allied Bakeries are owned by Associated British Foods. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £13.9bn and 128,000 employees in 53 countries. It has significant businesses in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia Our sister companies in ABF UK Grocery produce products under many market-leading household brands, including Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon & Silver Spoon. We are proud of our brands: we make top 10 UK grocery brand Kingsmill as well as Allinson’s, Bürgen and Sunblest. You’ll know us best through our white, wholemeal and seeded market-leading loaves, as well as Kingsmill 50/50, the nation’s favourite Healthier White, and our delicious pancakes, crumpets, hot cross buns and other bakery products. The success of our business depends on us having the right people on the team. We are incredibly passionate about our business, but it isn’t for the faint-hearted – it’s pacey and demanding so our people need to have a positive attitude and to want to work inclusively. We take massive pride in what we do, not least in how colleagues based in our bakeries and depots have one of the best safety performance records in the industry. Our Grocery Service Centre, based near Liverpool, is a hub for transactional activity across multiple ABF companies within the ABF Grocery division. Supporting some of our well-known brands such as Kingsmill, Pataks, Blue Dragon, Jordans, Ryvita and Silver Spoon, amongst others. We deliver Shared Service activities across a wide range of disciplines including Customer Services, Consumer Care, Finance, Payroll, HR and IS. If you’re looking to join a business that is passionate, encourages you to be the best you can be, and values its people, we’d love to hear from you.