Chocolate Technician Huntingdon, England
Job description
Job Details
Location
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Contract Type
Full-Time Permanent
Salary
£28,411.50 per Annum
Closing Date
30/09/2023
As we continue our mission to make people happy through chocolate, we’re looking for a Chocolate Technician to join our Chocolate Manufacturing Team on a permanent basis.
Our Chocolate Technicians are vital in managing the production of our award-winning chocolate across several of our lines – including the infamous Velvetiser™. Responsibilities include ensuring that all machinery settings are correct, changing over equipment when needed as well as mixing and depositing chocolate alongside monitoring samples. All of this helps us to continue manufacturing world class chocolates in line with specification and agreed parameters.
So what are you waiting for? If working within an ambient chocolate-filled environment sounds like somewhere you’d like to be, why not complete an application!
Salary: £28,411.50 per annum
Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday on a weekly rotating shift pattern of 6am – 2pm and 2pm – 10pm.
As well as a competitive salary and a range of company benefits, you’ll receive:
- 50% discount on all Hotel Chocolat products.
- PPE and uniform provided.
- Subsidised vending machines (including soup and sandwiches).
- Onsite parking and bike sheds.
- 70% discount for you and your guests when you stay at our Rabot Estate hideaway on the paradise island of Saint Lucia.
The onsite location for this role is at our Factory ‘Hadley Park’, in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, right in the heart of where our chocolates are made and where weekly, we can produce between 4 to 6 million of the chocolates we all know and love.
Hadley Park is just 5 minutes off the A141 and 1.3 miles from Huntingdon train station, with direct rail links to London King’s Cross.
What you’ll be doing….
- Ensuring that all materials, equipment and resources are set-up before shift and are available throughout the day.
- Mixing and depositing chocolate and monitoring any samples.
- Communicating any shortages and discrepancies to your line manager.
- Running all assets / equipment on the line.
- Perform asset start-up checks and escalate any concerns.
- Ensure that Food Safety Standard compliance, hygiene and PPE policies are followed.
- Ensuring that plans are delivered on time and within budget.
- Taking accountability and control of received and sent produce. Ensuring clear communication to minimise disruption to either customer or supplier.
- Proactive asset care and hygiene work. Working closing with the Hygiene Team to ensure work area remains at high standards.
- Manage ‘Planned Preventative Maintenance’ (PPM) with the Engineering Team to ensure any asset downtime is minimal.
- Ensure that the asset / process removes risk of foreign body contamination.
- Ensure 100% compliance with the product specification.
- Completing and updating relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) / Standard of Work.
Who you are…
- Food Safety Level 2 qualified.
- HACCP trained.
- Knowledge of KPIs.
- Knowledge of continuous improvement tools.
- Good English language skills – both written and verbal.
Who are we?
We’re one of the UK’s favourite premium chocolate brands, with a range of products spanning luxury gifts, alcohol and our pioneering drinking chocolate system, the Velvetiser™.
A cacao pod takes years to grow – it can’t be rushed if it’s going to be just right for our products. The same can be said for Hotel Chocolat, which originally started as a mint production company before we realised it was luxury chocolate that we were really passionate about.
Now, we’re market leaders in the industry. What began as an online-only business grew to over 100 stores across the UK, and we’re still growing… Today, we’re multi-category, multi-channel, and multi-territory, and our customers, colleagues, cacao farmers and suppliers all benefit from the success we make together.
To learn more about us and read about our People Pledge – our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion – click here: hotelchocolat.com/uk/engaged-ethics/our-people.html
