**Role**:Blending Operative

**Role Purpose**: To assist with preparation of raw materials, which are needed for the product to be manufactured.

**About us**:
We are a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly successful business, operating in the Health and Wellbeing Market; a company that fosters a professional and innovative environment, where employees collaborate and share their knowledge, to deliver an unrivalled level of service to our clients.

We have our own, new, purpose-built site, with room to expand, where we make plant-based Protein Bars.

We value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees and all applicants. We believe that the more inclusive our environment is, the better our work will be. We want all our employees to grow with the organisation and be part of our future journey.

**Main Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for transportation of raw materials from warehouse to blending room.
- Responsible for checking all expiry dates and batch numbers align with the specific job sheet.
- Responsible for checking all ingredients for required mix against recipe card.
- Responsible for the reporting of any variances which occur in job sheet or on recipe card to Team Leader.
- Responsible for measuring all ingredients to recipe specification.
- Ensure all ingredients are mixed to required standard.
- On completion of QA check, transfer blends from blending room to the production line.
- Assist with clean downs of both machinery, and rooms, to the standard required to remove allergens/ pathogens on site.
- Undertake training to meet food legislation requirements
- Ensure all products which leave the blending room have full compliance with company quality and food safety requirements.
- Responsible for ensuring site health and safety protocols are always adhered too
- Support all site KPI’s including Food Safety Standards, Health and Safety and site Hygiene
- Perform additional duties as and when required

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: Up to £21,500.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Ormskirk, L40 8AF: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Manufacturing: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person