Are you looking for a new opportunity within a factory environment?
Read below to find out how you can join us as a cold store operative based in Irlam.
Company Overview
A rapidly expanding, successful group that encompasses all aspects of the meat trade is recruiting a cold store operative to join our day shift at our site in Irlam, Manchester.
Our business, which is a catering butcher, has over 100 years of experience in the meat and farming industries. All products are prepared in the factory daily to each customer's specifications, packaged and labelled to and above legislation, and delivered directly throughout the UK.
We pride ourselves on being a people-focused business. Our goal is to support our team in achieving their career goals. We do this by providing a working environment that offers opportunity, support, scope, and pace of change.
Our culture is the foundation of our business and is reflected in our mission, vision, and values statements.
About the Role
The purpose and main responsibilities of this cold store operative role are to ensure the movement of goods in and out of the cold store and manage the stock rotation.
Working closely with the purchasing, technical, and management teams, this role is key to delivering stock and managing the transit of stock throughout the business.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Stock rotation and stock management of all goods
- Stock replenishment
- Manually breaking down pallets
- Ensuring traceability systems are managed and controlled
- QA/QC of all deliveries, ensuring the quality/weight is to agreed orders and specifications
- Ensuring tempering systems are managed and controlled
- Be responsible for the health and safety of yourself and others involved in their working area.
We welcome applications for this cold store operative role from candidates with any of the following skills: production, FLT, factory, catering, time management, teamwork, data entry, organisation, health & safety, food safety regulations, reporting, and document control, as a warehouse operative, production operative or in a similar role.
Benefits
- Staff sales
- Free car parking
- Employee of the Month bonus
- Birthday vouchers
- Christmas hamper
Shift Information
- Dayshifts: 07.00-17.00, Monday to Friday. One Saturday every 6 weeks, 07.00-12.00, plus flexibility to meet business demands.
Essential Skills
No formal qualifications are required for this role, and full training will be provided.
Desirable Skills
- Experience working in a factory, production, and sausage production environment would be advantageous but not essential, as full training will be given.
- You should have good numeracy and literacy and be able to work individually and as part of a team in a very busy environment.
- You need to be able to work to tight deadlines.
- FLT Licence
About Company
Our business supplies to customers, including hotels, restaurants, public houses, the education sector, outdoor events, and food manufacturers. We also provide national distribution via our own fleet and transport partners.