Food Packer

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**Food Packer **Fixed Term Until 31**st** October**

**Job Overview**

Regular roster of 4 on 2 off shift, availability for 10:00 - 18:00, Overtime rate of 1.5, Free onsite parking, complimentary meals and refreshments, free uniform, free life insurance, company sick pay, pension scheme. Start dates ASAP.

As a Food Packer you will support the operations by completing all assigned tasks in a timely manner while ensuring quality and meeting the required targets.

**What will life as a Food Packer in the Gategroup Team look like for you.**
- £11.44 per hour
- 4 on 2 off pattern 10.00 - 18:00
- Inhouse training and development
- Complimentary meals & beverages
- Free Uniform
- Company sick pay
- Free on-site parking
- Paid Holiday
- Regular shift patterns
- Pension scheme to help you save for your future
- Bespoke employee support programme, including free counselling sessions
- Refer a friend scheme with generous bonuses for each successful referral
- Access to a great discount platform, saving you money on everyday purchases and so much more
- Cycle to work scheme

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**
- To follow all operating procedures in the course of your duties to the best of your abilities.
- To ensure the work area is kept safe and as clean as possible.
- Maintain high standards of quality, hygiene, health and safety in line with customer/company specifications
- To ensure that the standards of cleanliness and house-keeping are within the guidelines laid down in the Company procedures.
- To report all accidents and take the necessary preventative action.
- To be able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally at all levels.
- To ensure that relevant entries are made in the diary log and that the log is checked at the beginning of each shift.
- To be totally flexible within the role and within the unit departments.
- Carry out quality checks with improvement action when required.
- Assist in follow-up of Quality Assurance/Health & Safety reports.
- To take on any other duties as and when required

**SPECIFIC DUTIES BY DEPARTMENT**

**PRODUCTION**
- Pack food liners in accordance with written specification.
- From specification, accurately make up sample and product for all classes.
- Conduct temperature, quality, and product date checks.
- Seal flight canisters, trolleys and record numbers.
- Ensure correct marshalling of flights to Dispatch bays in assigned stowing order

**BOND**
- The receipt, handling and appropriate storage of all incoming goods and coordinating / managing stock.
- Sort and assemble bars into flights, working as a team to achieve targets
- To check trolley seals and cross check with customs paper work

**DISHWASH**
- General washing, sorting, assembling, packing and positioning of the aircraft equipment
- Process and strip trolleys and deliver to relevant department
- Off loading and sorting equipment/food and ensuring it is delivered to the correct processing area

**STORES**
- To load / off-load lorries, stack shelves and replenish equipment/food items.
- From specification, accurately palletize shipments.
- Conduct quality, and product date checks.
- Daily stock count of the list
- Stock rotation
- Clean the area

**Qualifications**:
**Education**
- Educated to High School level.

**Work Experience**
- Good standard of English both written and verbal
- Working knowledge of of Basic Hygiene
- Ideally some experience in a production/manufacturing/stores environment
- Experience of working in a fast-paced deadline driven environment.

**Skills & Knowledge**
- Good understanding of English both reading and writing
- Good Customer Service skills
- Positive attitude to work
- Able to work to tight deadlines
- Team worker.

Previous experience in a catering or hospitality role is desirable but not essential. You must be able to work shifts and be keen to learn. In addition to job - related training, you will develop your skills in team work, time management, multi-tasking, communication and attention to detail.

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK, undertake a CRC (Criminal Record Check) and provide 5 years of checkable referencing history. For anytime spent outside the uk exceeding 6 months, you must be able to provide a CRC (Criminal Record Check) for that country.