Blending Team Member

Job Location	Adbaston
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	Salary negotiable
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent, full-time

Job Description

Company description:We live and breathe food at Premier Foods. And we love how much our consumers treasure our brands. Our much-loved brands include Ambrosia, Bisto, Batchelors, Loyd Grossman, Oxo, Sharwoods, Cadbury Cakes and Mr Kipling and you’ll find them in an amazing 95% of British households.Though our brands have a rich heritage, we continue to invest to make sure they stay front of mind and relevant for modern day life. We have more than 4,000 dedicated colleagues, at 14 locations across the country, all sharing the same obsession for our great food.Job description:Location:Knighton Foods Ltd, Adbaston, Staffordshire. ST20 OQJRole PurposeA Blender is responsible for blending ingredients to a specific recipe in order to produce a finished product ready to be packed. The role holder will be responsible for the operation and day to day running of a blending line. They will maintain correct throughput to achieve required production targets and completing necessary paperwork.Operators will be required to be flexible in their approach and undertake a variety of duties across a wide range of processes. Blending Operators should strive to support Shift Management to achieve the required output to meet our customer requirements. You will adhere to stringent Health and Safety, Food Safety, and Quality standards & procedures, ensuring allergen controls and efficiency targets are met.The role is subject to shift patterns that may change from time to time subject to operational requirements.What You’ll be Doing:

Responsible for leading, motivating and organising an individual production line to ensure daily production targets (efficiency & yield) are achieved and customer orders are fully satisfied to the highest quality standards

Ensure adherence to both Knighton Foods policy and all laws and regulations pertaining to Food Hygiene and Health& Safety.

Ensure that all finished product meets customer specifications, positive release product as required.

Accountable for product quality and to ensure that quality is everyone’s responsibility.

Maintain audit ready Food Safety & Quality Management System due diligence records

Promote a Health & Safety, quality focused and driven culture and to monitor your work area to ensure the workplace is safe and a ‘clean as you go’ policy is maintained at all times

Ensure all daily checks and documentation are completed in an accurate and timely manner. To include line safe start-up checks, handover and H &S.

Provide communication to all concerned as required, make sure detailed handovers are provided.

Monitoring equipment and outputs to minimise waste, improve reliability and increasing the efficient use of resources and limiting down time

Required to attend all training required for this role and demonstrates flexibility in being available to attend all training, supports department with carrying out varied tasks and ensures own knowledge and skills are kept up to date, deliver training to new and existing staff

Hours per week: ‘12 hour’ shift pattern, 3 week rotating, plus 10 scheduled Saturday shifts throughout the year. An example of the pattern (without the Saturday shift) is shown below:D = Days, N = Nights, R = RestWeek One =Mon (D) Tue (D) Wed (N) Thu (N) Fri (N) Sat (R) Sun (R)Week Two= Mon (N) Tue (N) Wed (R) Thu (R) Fri (R) Sat (R) Sun (R)Week Three= Mon (R) Tue (R) Wed (D) Thu (D) Fri (D) Sat (R) Sun (R)Length of shift = 12 hours 15 mins (11 hours 45 mins paid time plus 30 mins unpaid break time)Shift times = 05.45am/pm start and 06.00pm/am finish, with a 15-minute handover period.What we need from you:Essential

Understands responsibilities to work safely and considers the safety of others

Good understanding of written and spoken English, Maths & IT

HR Policies- understands own responsibilities to treat others fairly and equally

Minimum of 2-year previous production experience working within Operations / Production Environment

Good knowledge and understanding of quality systems and procedures.

Mechanically minded with a strong work history in production

Strong motivational skills with an ability to drive improvements in terms of machinery and performance

Good understanding of Health & Safety in the workplace

Desirable

Level 2 Food Hygiene

HACCP level 2

GCSE level and equivalent in Maths & English grade C and above

Experience of working within the food industry

Previous experience working within a food manufacturing / Packaging environment

Experience of SAP or other stock management system

What we can offer in return:

Salary of£26,508.88, has potential to progress up to £29,454.32 subject to skills and competency development over time.

Up to 7.5% Pension

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee discount scheme, with access to hundreds of nationwide retailers

Subsidised canteen

Free parking

Structured training and development programme

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