Chilled Foods Production Leader

6 months ago


Exeter, United Kingdom ISCA FOODS LTD Full time

**Job description**

**Passion for food?**

**Varied role within a family business.**

**Flexible Hours**

**Job description**

**IMMEDIATE START**

A long established, family owned, food wholesaler, located in Exeter, Devon.

We specialise in sourcing and supplying a broad range of Chilled, Frozen, Ambient products from across the Southwest. We also run a sister company called West Country Olives.

We slice, cut and pack the majority of products we stock.

Our business is now looking for a new members of staff to join our small friendly team ASAP.

38-40 hours a week approximately, seasonal overtime in our busier periods (Christmas as an example)

Typical hours being 6am - 3pm weekdays. Short day Friday

We are very much looking for someone who is **reliable**, flexible, enthusiastic who enjoys and thrives from a varied role and can be adaptable to work throughout our business within different areas.

Job perks include - Staff discount on all food products, Free on-site parking, flexible working hours (within the working day), overtime in busier periods.

Main Responsibilities
- Manage the busy & growing production for our sister company West country olives. Tasks include, production, stock management, strict recipe control & obtaining our current award winning standards.
- **Assist in our production rooms, hand cutting cheese, slicing meats & vacuum-packing foods, while ensuring good hygiene practices are adhered to.**:

- **Other tasks include assisting within our order picking room within the fridge to customer order. Label and package to company procedures.**:

- Cross check any batch/date information on label to product.
- Box products in to outer boxes. Placing in the correct location in the warehouse.
- Follow company policies and procedures; implement training and good practice in to working procedures;
- Become competent and implement the principles of Safer Food Better Business, HACCP and all other relevant legislative procedures and paperwork;
- Maintaining a clean and tidy working area throughout the working day. Sanitize work area at the end of each day;
- Follow all other policies & procedures set by the company.

The role will include:

- **Working with food: Olives, cheeses, meats & bacon.**
- **Standing for long periods of time**
- **Operating vac-packing machinery and other food process machinery.**
- **Working within a chilled environment of around 4 degrees**
- **Manual handling**
- Using touch screen scale equipment
- Working on your own and within a small team
- **Wearing protective over coats, gloves, hair nets. Female’s hair tied up, men clean shaven or beard net.**

**Experience and Skills**
- **Essential**_
- A Passion for food
- Proven ability of using own initiative whilst working independently and as part of a team
- Experience of working well under pressure whilst promoting a positive target focused attitude
- Understanding the importance of good personal and food hygiene
- Attention to detail
- Good level of English and mathematical skills
- Be able to self-motivate and manage own time over a variety of tasks
- Having pride in your work.
- _**Desirable**_
- Experience of working in a food production / manufacturing environment
- Up to date training certificate in Basic Food Hygiene
- Experience in Safer Food Better Business (food hygiene), Health & Safety, HACCP & COSHH
- **Communication ( **_**Essential**_**)**
- Ability to communicate well with colleagues, effectively handling difficult situations and being open to changes within the business
- Good verbal communication skills
- Good written communication skills
- **Customer Focus ( **_**Essential**_**)**
- Strives to reach a high level of customer satisfaction through product quality
- **Team Work ( **_**Essential**_**)**
- Helping colleagues when required, and confident to ask for help when needed.
- Work co-operatively with others to maintain a positive, fun and relaxed working environment.
- Work with others to achieve the teams aims and objectives.

Initial probationary period.

**Salary**: £11 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Discounted or free food
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday (Friday’s off if working longer hours in the week)
- No weekends
- Overtime

Supplemental pay types:

- Loyalty bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Exeter, EX2 7JG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Please confirm early starts would not be an issue

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

**Salary**: From £22,880.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
- Weekends only

Supplemental pay types:

- Loyalty bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Exeter: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person



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