Overview
This role is 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday working (Apply online only).
The Meals department is keen to promote excellent teamwork by employing people who have a positive (can do) attitude, who are prepared to learn a number of skills so that they are able to work in various positions within the department. By achieving this, the department is in the best position to produce quality products in an efficient manner. We aim to not only achieve our targets but improve on them as well.
The successful candidate will be a key member of the production team supplying foils, lids, labels, and PPE. 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.
£13.19 per hour + Shift Allowance + Bonus + Benefits
Who we are
apetito is the UK's leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care, and education settings. Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness. Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK's largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.
Responsibilities
1. De-box & de-pallet all foils & lids.
2. Place all reels of film onto the relevant shelf.
3. Ensure the foil room is kept tidy & stocked sufficiently to meet production needs at all times.
4. Help in production areas when required.
5. Ensure all empty pallets & boxes are broken down ready to be collected for waste.
6. Check all deliveries from stores and Safeguard to ensure that the correct items have been received in the correct quantities.
7. Inform the supervisor if you think there is a potential issue arising from a shortage.
8. Follow correct personal hygiene procedures (e.g., changing procedure, hand washing procedures).
9. Operate to a clean (and tidy) as you go policy.
10. Work in a safe manner at all times.
11. Follow safe working practices.
12. Assist if required with risk assessments.
13. Report any accidents or dangerous occurrences.
14. Help the business be environmentally friendly.
15. Ensure that waste is segregated appropriately so it can be sent to the correct point of disposal/recycling.
16. Keep waste to a minimum (e.g., making products right first time).
About you
Essential:
1. Experience of working to set standards and KPIs.
2. Good standards in English and Maths.
3. Experience of working in a production environment.
4. Undertake Level 2 Food Safety training: a pass level must be obtained.
Desirable:
1. Experience of food safety / Level 2 food safety certificate.
Personal Qualities:
1. Have a can-do attitude and a willingness to learn new tasks within the department.
2. Promote good teamwork - help others.
3. Have a desire to help the team meet the department targets.
4. Able to work on own initiative.
Company Benefits
1. Competitive salary - accredited Living Wage employer.
2. 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays.
3. Option to purchase up to 5 additional days annual leave per year.
4. Discretionary annual bonus scheme.
5. Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%.
6. Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary.
7. Subsidised canteen.
8. Free parking.
9. Free turkey or voucher at Christmas.
10. apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts.
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. 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.
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