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Machine Operator Salary - £10.83 per hour, paid weekly

What are the hours? 39 hours a week. Monday – Friday , 7.00am – 3:30pm (AM Shift)

What you’ll be doing…

As the Machine operator you will be supporting the Team Manager and skilled op packing in the region of 45,000 items a week. Items are checked for quality, then weighed and packaged by machine, ready for packing into our veg boxes or straight into dispatch.

You will frequently run our Newtec weighing machine and EMVE and assist the team manager to achieve our packing targets.

You will assist in taking responsibility for the quality of the items that come from your department prior to going into our box’s or dispatch and help the team manager instil a sense of pride in the team communicating to them the importance of accuracy, pace and a well presented items. You’ll establish a good relationship with your team, keeping them motivated and being an approachable point of contact for any issues.

Each day you will need to help with administration tasks which includes processing and closing daily works orders on AX, inputting data for your daily KPIs, your team attendance management, and planning for the following week.

More than just a veg box….

Riverford are mad about organic veg. It’s at the core of everything we do. We love to grow it, pack it into boxes, and deliver it to around 65,000 homes across the UK every week.

This takes loads of brilliant people – and working here makes you a ‘co-owner’, since Riverford is employee owned. Success means much more than just profits; we want this to be a place people enjoy coming to work, and a business our co-owners feel proud of!

In 2021, we were delighted to be awarded two-star Best Companies accreditation, recognising Riverford as an ‘outstanding’ place to work.

Co-owner benefits

Riverford is a be lovely company to work with filled with great people – and other perks too. Some of our benefits include: 33 days holiday pro rata (including bank holidays), 25% everything we sell, generous company pension scheme, annual profit share (10% of all our profits are split equally between all co-owners), free organic fruit and veg, time and half on bank holidays, and free parking.