Butternut Box
Production Lead Operator
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Production Lead Operator
Lead Operator
Team & Location
Location: Blyth, Doncaster Department: Operations (Production) Shift Pattern: 4-5-5 (rotating days, nights, and weekends) Pay: £17.19 per hour (£36,776 per annum)
📣 A Bit About Us
At Butternut, our mission is to deliver health and happiness to dogs and their humans across the world.
To achieve this, we need a hard-working team—and a huge kitchen. Our Rudie’s Kitchen in Doncaster is where we:
- Cook gentle, nutrient-rich meals using human-quality ingredients
- Package and box orders for customers across the UK
- Maintain a close-knit, family-friendly culture, ensuring work remains fun and rewarding
👋 About the Role: Lead Operator
As a Lead Operator in our Production Team, you’ll have a key leadership and hands-on role, with expectations including:
- Coordinating shift areas and responsibilities, collaborating with the Team Leader to improve productivity planning
- Conducting quality checks to ensure exceptional customer satisfaction
- Acting as the point person for all operatives on shift, supporting problem-solving and communication
- Leading daily review meetings, assigning duties, and managing staff role-changeovers
- Preparing for upcoming shifts—ensuring sufficient materials and stock are available
- Performing quality control checks to meet product specifications
- Managing machine and equipment hygiene, including changeovers and cleaning rotations
- Adhering to rehabilitation standards and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Embracing "hands-on flexback"—demonstrating humility by working alongside the team, jumping onto the production line, assisting with cleaning duties, and supporting other departments
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🐶 About You: Requirements & Persona
We’re looking for a hybrid of expertise and passion:
- Previous experience in a track record leadership role (e.g., Line Leader or Area Leader) within food manufacturing
- Strong English communication skills (verbal and written)
- Numeracy proficiency (comfortable handling data, calculations, and shifts schedules)
- Shift availability for a rotating pattern covering days, nights, and weekends
- A self-motivated, hard-working attitude with a strong desire to learn
- Comfort with working with raw meat ingredients (beef, pork, chicken, turkey, lamb)
- Flexibility, pragmatism, and resilience—capable of adapting to fast-paced demands
- Pride in food quality and adherence to safety protocols
- A passion for dogs (unsurprisingly)!
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Work-Life Balance & Engagement
- 33 days paid holiday (257.5 hours), +1 extra day per year of service (up to 5 days total)
- 39 paws days (pre-booked) for wellbeing and self-care (≈5 days)
- Unlock £500 annual budget for your learning and development
Financial & Reward Benefits
- Enhanced paid parental leave
- Discounted Private Medical Insurance through Vitality Healthcare
Wellbeing & Lifestyle
- Community fitness discounts via MyGymDiscounts
- Subsidised street food & pizza on payday
- Employee discount on Butternut Box for your furry friends
- Free parking and EV charging for team members at site
Culture & Team Spirit
- Regular team socials and events
- A vibrant office-with-pdogs culture—enjoy time with colleagues and our friendly workers:
- Cleo
- Paxo
- Cali
- Ronnie
- Harvey
- Milo
- Plus more!
Note: Holidays and Paws days are pro-rated for part-time or job-share roles.
❗ A Few Notes
✅ 100% site-based role at Rudie's Kitchen, Blyth. 📥 Due to high application volumes, we may not respond to every applicant. 🌱 As a sustainable business, we’re committed to improving our environmental, social, and community initiatives.
We look forward to meeting you—apply today! #LI-Onsite
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