Packaging Operative Faversham, England
Job description
Shepherd Neame is looking for 2 full-time Packaging Operative to join our production team. Based at our Brewery in Faversham, Kent, you will bottle, cask and keg our beers to the highest standard in a timely and safe manner on a high-speed production line.
Build your packaging and manufacturing experience in the production line of Britain's Oldest Brewery, focusing on bottling or casking and kegging activity. Get close to the action whilst learning a procedural role and be a part of our beer's final journey before leaving Faversham. You will thrive in working in a team-based and hands-on role, and are able to meaningfully navigate and contribute to standards and improvements in safety, quality, and process excellence.
The role involves working on a variable shift pattern between the hours of 6am and 10pm Monday to Friday, primarily based in either our Bottling team or Large Pack, but responsibilities and duties may be extended to the broader Packaging Department.
What's in it for you?
- Competitive pay
- Early wage withdrawal scheme
- 20% discount on food at Shepherd Neame Managed Houses
- 25% discount on overnight Managed House Hotel bookings
- 20% discount on select purchases from the Visitor Centre Shop at Faversham
- Access to a Workplace Mental Health Platform
- Company pension plan
- The opportunity to develop & move within our pubs, the Brewery & Support Office
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
The ideal candidate:
- Work to schedules and ability to be flexible to meet production requirements
- Follow Standard Operating Procedures for the highest level of safety, product quality and housekeeping
- Passion and drive to develop and become a multi-skilled team member
The following skills are not essential but would be advantageous:
- Ability to drive a fork lift truck / clamp truck
- PC literacy relating to email, MS word, excel (SAP would be advantage)
- Prior FMCG experience as well as knowledge of WCM
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Package beer into bottles, cask, keg and other process areas such as canning, ullage and co-pack)
- Start up, operation, changeover and shutdown of plant and equipment
- Follow Standard Operating Procedures
- First level maintenance practices such as cleaning and defect reporting
- Alignment with World Class Manufacturing (WCM) practices such as 5S and visual management
- Perform ‘Quality at Source’ checks to ensure a first-time-right culture
- FLT truck operation and loading / unloading of delivery vehicles
- Deliver the "daily production plan" in full
- Support plant and operating efficiency initiatives
- Report and action hazards and adhere to safe systems of work
- Input production data into IT based systems
- Maintain excellent housekeeping and hygiene standards
Shepherd Neame may be Britain’s oldest brewer but our approach is anything but old-fashioned. We are an authentic, independent business, yet flexible and agile, and that has enabled us to survive and thrive based on the following Sheps Skills:
Working Together- Pride and Passion
- Authenticity
- Sheps Spirit
WHO ARE WE?
Britain’s oldest brewer, Shepherd Neame, has been based in the market town of Faversham, Kent for over 300 years. An independent family business, we boast an award-winning visitor centre and more than 300 pubs and hotels throughout London and the South East, from the historic heart of the City to the Kent coastline. We employ around 1,500 team members across our pub estate and more than 270 at our Brewery and Support Office.
Diversity, equality, and inclusion matter to Shepherd Neame. If you think you would be suited this role we would welcome your application regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexual orientation. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all employees feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential.
