Principal purpose of the role:
Using equipment and machinery to assist with manufacture and package food products
Main accountabilities:
- Follow Standard Operating Procedures and risk assessments for equipment and machinery
- To follow without deviation, food safety training and standards set.
- To follow company recipe's without deviation unless authorised by a manager in writing, to do so.
- Operating factory equipment and machinery
- Setting up equipment, carrying out changeovers, running checks, act in response to process deviations including shutting down machines
- Packing / Unpacking of product as well as other in process tasks such as lidding.
- Manual handling of raw materials and /or finished products
- Cleaning & maintaining work area
- Reporting machine difficulties and provide information to determine corrective action
- To take reasonable care of their own and other people’s health and safety.
- To inform line manager, or health and safety representative, if they think the work or inadequate controls are putting anyone’s health and safety at risk.
- To co-operate with manager on all aspects of health, safety and the environment.
Key Characteristics
- Reliable attendance and timekeeping
- Able to work quickly and accurately
- Good level of numeracy and literacy skills
- Good manual dexterity
- Good teamworking skills
- Awareness of Health & Safety
- Willingness to work flexibly
- Able to follow instructions
- Able to concentrate whilst doing repetitive tasks
- Able to work quickly and methodically