Factory Operative

Kepak is an Irish owned food company, serving international markets, restaurants and household food service names with prime cuts of meat, on trend food service solutions and ready-for-market convenience foods.

With over 50 years’ expertise in the meat craft, we are still leading the way with bespoke innovations and highly successful, international food brands.

**Purpose of the Role**:
Work in Packing Area, performing precision functions involving the preparation of offal products for packing to customer specifications. Work may include specialized packing tasks, cutting of offal to customer specifications. Use of OCM labelling Scales and Scanning Operations.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Pick, pack, weigh, scan all offal products (red and green offal) to set out plan requirements
- Liaise with Slaughter Supervisor on Daily/weekly requirements
- Work with site Technical department to ensure compliance to site procedures and customer specification
- Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
- Control Precision — The ability to adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle quickly and repeatedly to exact positions.
- Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate

**Working Hours**:
12:00pm Start

Monday - Friday

**Pay**:
£10.50 per hour, increasing on a competancy bassed assesment

**Requirements**:

- **Commitment to Company Values; Passion for food, Ambition, Responsibility and Teamwork**:

- **Passion for Food** at forefront of day-to-day performance
- **Ambition** to develop self to achieve personal and business goals
- **Responsibility** for positive contribution to business
- **Teamwork** across all levels, departments and teams, willing to go the extra mile
- Previous knife skills is desirable
- Experience within a Factory environment
- Extensive understanding of Company’s SOP’s and customer specifications
- Consistent approach and strong work ethic
- High attention to detail
- Ability to lift and move heavy objects
- Able to work under own initiative and as part of a team
- Experience within the Food Industry
- Good Communication
- Good Numeracy skills
- Adaptable to change and production demands

**Benefits**
- 31 days Annual Leave (After Probation)
- Weekends Off
- Employee Benefits Platform
- Pension Plan
- Refer A Friend Scheme
- Training & Development
- On-Site Parking
- Cycle To Work Scheme
- Subsidised Canteen
- PPE And Work Wear Provided