Yeo Valley Organic
Facilities Operative
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What will I be doing?
At Yeo Valley, we're about more than just making great food – we're here to Nurture & Nourish People & Planet by Making Great Food the Right Way. Forever. As a co-owned business, we invest in our people, encourage growth, and believe in doing things properly. As a Facilities Operative at our Cannington Site you will be responsible for the cleaning & upkeep of all site facilities.
The shift pattern for this position is 4 on 4 off (06:00 to 18:00)
Key Responsibilities Will Include
- To ensure hygiene and housekeeping standards are maintained at the correct level to comply with company standards and expectation
- Management of all stock related issues
- Carry out cleaning of facilities areas including Canteens, Toilets, Locker Rooms, Offices and Reception areas
- Providing cover for colleagues absences
- Ensure all equipment and materials are safe and effective for the job required before, during and on completion of use.
What do I need?
- Good communication skills
- self motivated
- Be able to work autonomously with little supervision
- Be able to work as part of a team
- Committed to achieving a high standard of work
- Numerate
- C.O.S.H.H awareness
- Health and Safety awareness
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Why should I join the family?
We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.
Benefits
We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer. It goes without saying that you'll have access to free parking, top of the range personal protection equipment (PPE) and your own locker. You'll also receive the following:
- 20 day holiday allowance, increasing based on length of service
- Paid breaks
- Non-contributory pension scheme
- Employee Benefit Trust performance related bonus (if the business does well, so do you)
- Life cover (hopefully you will never need it but good to know)
- Healthcare cash back plan (well most people use the dentist and opticians, don’t they)
- Subsidised canteen
- Colleagues in the community charity fund
- Referral scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
- Preferential rates with our partners
- Learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow
- Free on-site parking
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Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.
Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.
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