Skilled Fruit Production Operator

At an exciting time of growth at our Crewkerne production site, we are looking for great people to join us as production operatives, making our great nutritious food within our fruit team.

The site is split into different departments, including Dairy production, making great dairy products, Fruit production, supplying our business with tasty fruit to go into our yogurt and our new Savory production team, who make hearty soups, just in time for autumn.

We are looking at candidates to join our Fruit AM shift (Mon-Fri 0600-1400) in our Production team. Within the production team you will be prepping and cooking raw materials to make finished fruit and confectionary preserve.

Full training is provided, although if you have worked in food manufacturing before, that would be an advantage. There is scope to increase the hourly pay once further training has been completed.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Working in a fast-paced production area
• Preparing ingredients for production
• Assisting with the production and packing of food products
• Carrying out hygiene and general cleaning duties as required
• Accurately completing production records
• Manual handling
• Operating MHE

Some companies might refer to this role as 'Production Operator', 'Skilled Operator', Multiskilled operator or 'Production Operative'. This role is commutable by car from Yeovil, Chard, Ilminster, Taunton and surrounding areas.