Yeo Valley Production Ltd
Skilled Operator - Days & Nights Shift
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Skilled Machine Operator - Yeo Valley Newton Abbot
We are on the lookout for an experienced Skilled Machine Operator to join our diverse, friendly, and passionate Production Team at Yeo Valley Newton Abbot. This is one of our largest production sites and offers the opportunity to play an important part in helping us to deliver our high-quality products to our customers across the UK. You will thrive in a fast-paced production environment, have a ‘can-do’ attitude, and strong work ethic.
We have positions open on Days shift working 6:00 to 18:00 and Nights working 18:00 to 6:00.
Also, you will become a co-owner at Yeo Valley, taking advantage of our benefits package that includes a non-contribution pension, co-ownership of the company that includes a yearly bonus, and a healthcare cashback plan.
Key Responsibilities
- Embracing Health & Safety and Quality requirements.
- Packing of well-known products.
- Operating a wide variety of machinery (filling, packing, forming, or CNC machines);
- Demonstrating a commitment to delivery, leading by example;
- Completing paperwork accurately.
- Application of current GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices);
- Taking apart, cleaning, and rebuilding production equipment.
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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:
- Competitive holiday allowance
- non-contributory pension scheme
- life cover
- healthcare cash back plan
- 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
Requirements
- Experience of Operating machinery (filling, packing, forming, or CNC machines)
- Good communication skills, effective use of numeracy and literacy for documentation and record-keeping
- Ability to work in a physically demanding role
- A personal commitment to maintaining high cleaning and hygiene standards
- Willingness to work 12-hour shifts;
- Highly engaged,
- A good team player;
- An ability to work unsupervised.
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 centers in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt. We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:
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- 20 days’ holiday, including bank holidays
- non-contributory pension scheme
- life cover
- healthcare cash back plan
- cycle to work scheme
- subsidized Yeo Valley products and services
- preferential rates with our partners
- annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
- learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow
Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away - and don’t miss the opportunity to join us! 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.
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