Slaughter Hall Operative

At Scotbeef Ltd, we are a family-owned business with more than 100 years of experience in supplying high-quality meat products to the UK retail sector, foodservice and export markets. Our company was founded in 1920 and is now run by the 4th generation of the Galloway family.

We have an opportunity for a **Slaughter Hall Operative** to join our team at our site based in Inverurie.

Working pattern: Monday to Friday.

**Job Function**

To assist in all aspects of slaughter livestock slaughter in accordance with company and national law, to a quality standard, to deadlines, whilst complying at all times with company operating requirements.

**Main duties**:

- Slaughter livestock meeting company standards to planned volume and schedule.
- Ensure strict adherence to quality, HSE, animal welfare, food safety, hygiene, ethical, product labelling and handling processes.
- Follow traceability process and ensure product & labelling integrity at all times.
- Drive necessary kill efficiency through consistent and correct equipment operation.
- Keep and maintain appropriate records as required.
- Ensure own familiarity and compliance with company policies and procedures, standards of operation and safe operating procedures.
- Ensure consistent and timely attendance at work.
- Provide flexibility to meet company operating requirements.
- Provide pro
- and re-active and supportive verbal and written communication to team members, supervisors and managers.

**Essential skills/requirements**:

- Previous stunning and slaughter experience.
- Comfortable working within a slaughter environment.
- A full certificate of competence (compliant with WATOK).
- Speaking, writing and understanding basic spoken and written English language. (This is an essential health & safety, traceability and quality control requirement which will be tested as part of the recruitment process).
- Basic numeracy skills
- Attentive to detail
- Understanding of legislative and company animal welfare and slaughter processing standards.
- Working in a chilled environment
- Flexible, adaptable and keen to learn
- Learning and implementing new information quickly
- Strong team collaborator
- Accreditation Food Hygiene equivalent at minimum level 2 (preferable).

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

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Slaughter hall: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person