Foil Room Operator

Overview:
**The department and team**

**This role is 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday working 1400-2200**

The Meals department are keen to promote excellent team work by employing people who have a positive (can do) attitude, who are prepared to learn a number of skills so that they are able to work in various positions within the department. By achieving this, the department is in the best position to produce quality products, in an efficient manner. We aim to not only achieve our targets but improve on them as well.

Staff are employed and trained to be multi-functional and to be capable of carrying out numerous functions should this be required when a fellow member of staff is away or absent.

**Who we are**

We’re the leading food producer for the health and social care sector, providing delicious, nutritious and sustainable meals for people at home or in care.

We’re also the parent company of Wiltshire Farm Foods, the UK’s premier home-delivery service for ready-made meals.

Through our wide range of well-presented, nutritious meals to suit every taste and dietary need, we aim to make a real difference to lives of elderly and vulnerable people in care.

We’re proud to be a Living Wage employer and member of the Ethical Trading Initiative. We support British food and farming and operate a successful programme of waste reduction and resource efficiency across our whole business.

In addition to your salary you will receive a comprehensive training program, 25 days annual leave holiday entitlement, the ability to buy additional annual leave, retail discounts, free car parking, subsidised staff restaurant, free turkey (or voucher) at Christmas and much more

£13.19 per hour + Shift Allowance + Bonus + Benefits

**Responsibilities**:

- De-box & de-pallet all foils & lids
- Place all reels of film onto relevant shelf
- Ensure foil room is kept tidy & stocked sufficiently to meet production needs at all times.
- Help in production areas when required
- Ensure all empty pallets & boxes are broken down ready to be collected for wasteCheck all deliveries from stores and Safeguard to ensure that the correct items have been received in the correct quantities
- Inform the supervisor if you think there is a potential issue arising from a shortage
- Follow correct personal hygiene procedures (e.g. changing procedure, hand washing procedures)
- Operate to a clean (and tidy) as you go policy
- Work in a safe manner at all times
- Follow safe working practices
- Assist if required with risk assessments
- Report any accidents or dangerous occurrences
- Help the business be environmentally friendly
- Ensuring that waste is segregated appropriately so it can be sent to the correct point of disposal/recycling
- Keeping waste to a minimum (e.g. making products right first time)

Qualifications:
**Essential**:

- Experience of working to set standards and KPIs
- Good standards in English and Math’s
- Experience of working in a production environment
- Undertake Level 2 Food Safety training: a pass level must be obtained

**Desirable**:

- Experience of food safety / Level 2 food safety certificate

**Personal Qualities**:

- Have a can do attitude and a willingness to learn new tasks within the department.
- Promote good team work - help others.
- Have a desire to help the team meet the department targets.
- Able to work on own initiative.