Production Lead Operator

The role

The Lead Operative Production will coordinate areas and shift responsibilities to improve productivity. This person will conduct quality checks, manage staff role change overs, and perform machine hygiene within a food manufacturing environment.

What you will do

• Coordinate areas and shift responsibilities
• Work with the team leader to improve shift productivity
• Conduct quality checks to ensure a great customer experience
• Be the go-to person for all other operatives on shift
• Attend daily review meetings
• Appoint other operatives duties and staff role change overs
• Prepare for the shift ahead by confirming materials and stock
• Conduct quality checks to meet product specifications
• Perform machine/equipment hygiene and changeovers
• Work to relevant standards and Key Performance Indicators

Required qualifications

• Previous experience as a line leader or area leader within the food manufacturing sector
• Ability to read and communicate confidently in English
• Numerate
• Available for a rotating shift schedule
• Hard-working and diligent
• Comfortable working with raw materials such as beef, pork, chicken, turkey, lamb
• Flexible, pragmatic, resilient and humble
• Committed to food quality and safety

Nice to have

• Loves dogs

Benefits

• 257.5 hours of holiday per year (equivalent to 33 days holiday), plus an extra 8 hours for each year of service (up to 40 hours)
• 39 hours of pre-booked paws days
• Enrollment into EAP Telus offering financial planning, counselling, mental health support and more
• £500 annual budget for personal learning and development
• Discounted Private Medical Insurance and dental cover
• Discounted Gym membership with MyGymDiscounts
• Subsidised food from street food vans and pay day pizza
• Butternut branded uniform provided (fleece, footwear, hi-vis)
• Enrolment into the company pension scheme and sick pay
• Enhanced parental leave
• Private showers, changing facilities and dedicated locker space
• Employee discount on Butternut Box

Before you apply

• Initial call with a Talent Acquisition Partner carried out remotely
• Skills/Behaviours interview usually carried out in person

About the company

Butternut Box is a B-Corp certified company that makes fresh food for dogs. They feed hundreds of thousands of dogs across the UK and Europe.