Factory Operative

Neve Fleetwood is a passionate fish and seafood supplier who have been delivering local, quality fish and seafood since 1984. We have grown into a very reputable supplier delivering to chefs in the North West of England and in surrounding regions.

Ethical Sourcing, animal welfare, sustainability, provenance and traceability are all paramount to everything we stand for. We work closely with NGOs such as MSC maintain the highest standards within our industry. Not only that we BRC accredited and are managed by passionate people with many years of experience in the seafood industry.

Neve Fleetwood also forms part of Direct Seafood’s within the Bidfresh Group, a principal British supplier of fresh meat, fish and produce to the catering industry; a national supplier with strong local heritage. The spectrum of our client base reaches from care homes to Michelin star restaurants, and our vision to be every chef’s first choice for fresh ingredients.

We are looking for a night shift factory operative to join our team.

**This role includes**:
Reporting to the factory supervisor and factory manager you will be part of the night shift team, preparing orders for our wide range of customers.

The salary for this role is negotiable and dependent on experience. Full training is provided.

**Main duties include**:

- Picking fresh fish/frozen orders
- Packing products in line with customer specifications
- Reducing waste through quality checking and reducing packing/picking errors
- Following all food hygiene and health and safety policies
- Assisting the Factory Management as required

**Required skills**:

- Previous food factory/warehouse experience would be advantageous, preferably in fresh produce / chilled environment
- Good time management, punctual and reliable
- Accurate, with good organisational skills
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Demonstrates drive and positive approach to work
- Team player
- Flexible approach
- Willingness to learn new processes
- Able to work well independently, enthusiastic and self-motivated

**What we can offer you**:
It is really important to us to make sure we are focused in making things happen in the right areas for our employees. We have a diverse team and we are proud at being receptive to everyone’s different needs and priorities. With this in mind we offer a great range of employee benefits that focus on wellbeing and financial needs:

- Health care cash plan which gives you money back on everyday medical costs such as Prescriptions, Opticians, dentists, 24/7 access to a digital GP and more
- Access to free confidential support and counselling
- Discount to a number of high street brands
- Employee saving scheme
- Pension scheme which offers 3% employer contribution and 5% employee with the option for you to increase your contributions
- 28 days holiday (Including Bank holidays)

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

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Free flu jabs
- Store discount

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

- Fleetwood (required)

Work Location: In person