Packing Operative Preston, North West England, England
Job description
The right candidate will need to be fully flexible as this role will require working 12-hour shifts on a 4 on, 4 off basis, inclusive of weekend and Bank Holiday working.
Shifts will be 6.55am-7pm or 6.55pm-7am.
An exciting opportunity to join one of the UK's largest biscuit manufacturing company has arisen.
Fox’s Biscuits at Kirkham has over 600 employees, producing family favourites, including the Rocky Bar and Party Rings. As a site we pride ourselves on creating an environment that nurtures talent and allows people to grow. We have a long serving workforce which we are extremely proud of, as it demonstrates how much of a great place this really is to work.
We are recruiting for permanent process and machine wrapping operatives to support our growth in production.
All new employees will be trained on the packing end of the machines. You will rotate between packing, stacking and inspection. You will be responsible for picking and placing the biscuits at speed, packing the biscuits into boxes and stacking the boxes onto pallets. The role requires people to be able to work at a reasonable pace and to be able to easily read the date codes on packets and check the seal integrity.
You will play a key role in ensuring the efficient and safe start up, operation and shutdown of process equipment, whilst producing great quality products to our customers in a safe manner to agreed recipes.
Qualifications/ Experience
Experience of working in a high- speed food manufacturing environment is preferable but not essential as full training will be provided.
Skills
Ability to work as part of a team.
Ability to work with limited supervision after training.
Good standards of literacy and numeracy.
Requirement for heavy lifting, pushing and pulling within site manual handling limits.
Benefits
Free Car parking.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Assess to Physio services if required.
Staff shop.
Employee benefits.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £24,265.00-£26,804.00 per year
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
Shift availability:
- Day shift (preferred)
- Overnight shift (preferred)
- Night shift (preferred)
Work Location: In person
