Fish Filleter

**This is a brilliant opportunity for anyone who has filleting (fish monger / blockman / butcher experience)**

Shield Foods is an independent seafood distributor, specialising in high-quality frozen and fresh produce. **We are currently seeking enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our dedicated night production team.** Whether working independently or as part of a group, **you’ll play a key role in helping us deliver exceptional seafood to our customers.**

**As a Fish Filleter / Blockman,**your main responsibility will be to cut whole fish into precise fillets, portions, and other specified cuts, ready for next-day dispatch. Working with sharp knives at a filleting block, **you’ll ensure our products remain fresh, safe, and visually appealing.**Adherence to strict food safety and hygiene standards is essential in this role.

**Key duties (not limited to)**:

- Fillet and portion many kinds of fish by hand to customer requirements
- Keep yield high and waste low
- Check freshness and report any problems promptly
- Sharpen knives often and store them safely
- Keep your block clean and follow the cleaning plan
- Follow our food safety, HACCP procedures including temperature checks every shift
- Follow our fish and allergen segregation procedures
- Weigh, label and pass finished cuts to the packing team
- Record and label fish correctly including batch number
- Rotate stock and ensure fish is iced correctly and quality is maintained
- Record yields and waste on the handheld scanner
- Help train new starters on safe knife work
- Work with the team to hit shift targets
- Be able to work in chilled environment (0 - 4 °C) with occasional wet floors
- Be able to manually handle fresh fish and boxed products
- Wear PPE: waterproof jacket/trousers, gloves, hairnet and safety footwear

**What We Need from You**:
**Must‑have**:

- Good knife skills in fish or meat
- Good time‑keeping and can-do attitude
- Able to lift to 20kg and stand in a cool, wet area for long periods
- Willing to follow food‑safety and hygiene rules at all times
- Be able to reliably commute to South Ruislip

**Nice‑to‑have**:

- Past work as a fishmonger, filleter or sushi chef
- Level 2 Food Safety or knife‑skills certificate
- Know basic computer data entry
- Experience with workplace organisation techniques

**Personal Qualities**:

- **Accuracy** - cut neat, even pieces every time
- **Cleanliness & high personal hygiene** - keep yourself and your work area clean and follow all hygiene rules
- **Flexibility** - swap between fish types, cuts and shift times
- **Teamwork** - share tips and help others when needed
- **Problem solving** - spot issues and suggest fixes fast
- **Stamina** - keep pace and quality in a busy line

**Expected Behaviours - Food‑Safety Culture**:
To protect our customers and maintain a best‑in‑class food‑safety culture, you are expected to take pride in your work and ownership of your responsibilities, as well as champion a culture of food-safety at all times.

**What We Offer**:

- Competitive salary plus unsocial hours premium pay
- Overtime opportunities
- Personal Development opportunities
- Workplace pension, and discounted seafood staff sales
- Clear progression paths into skilled filleter, team‑leader or supervisor roles
- Free parking on-site
- Discretionary performance bonus

**Your Schedule: 9pm - 6am**
**Shield Foods operates on a 5 + 2 rota,**this means that you will work 5 nights one week, and 6 nights the following week.

**Your expected days of work will be: Monday (night) - Friday (night) & Every other Sunday (night), from 9pm - 6am with 1 hour unpaid lunch break.**

**You will therefore get every Saturday off, and**_**every other**_ **Sunday off.**

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

Pay: From £32,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Employee discount
- On-site parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Ruislip HA4 0JA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

**Experience**:

- filleting / butchering: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: FF0725