Dry Goods Operator

Vacancy Name

Dry Goods Operator

Employment Type

Permanent

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Erith

Business Area

Edible Oils Limited

Workplace Type

Onsite

About Princes

The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

Job Purpose
To assist Production Management in all aspects of carrying out daily Dry Goods and Production tasks within EOL Ltd to ensure its continued success. Dimensions Specification, Volume, Condition of Packaging Principal Responsibilities

• Loading and unloading lorries including manual handling using Forklift Truck, Pallet Truck and roller cages.
• Working as part of the team to ensure KPI’s are achieved.
• Maintain plant to the required 5’s standard.
• Conversant with the cleaning and hygiene requirements of the operation tasks and demonstrates a clean as you go attitude.
• Involvement in Continuous Improvement Projects.
• Completing all documentation associated with the operation tasks in a manner as described in the relevant procedure manuals.
• Keeping to environmental and occupational safety regulation.
• Undertake continuous training and development, actively helping in achieving company business goals and vision.
• Responsible for general warehouse and site waste management.
• Ensure that all team activities meet both internal standards and external regulatory requirements with respect to Health & Safety, finished product quality, food hygiene, Good Manufacturing Practice and environmental impact. To ensure that the Company’s obligations and policies in these areas are fully complied with.
• Maintain personal hygiene standards in accordance with company standards.
• Correctly offloading deliveries and dealing with documentation accordingly. Any quality issues or concerns are immediately brought to the attention of the Shift Operations Manager.
• Ensuring all trailers are loaded in accordance with procedures and loaded and unloaded on time.
• Ensuring materials are safely offloaded to storage and supplied to production on time.
• Maintain the correct stock levels for pallets, labels, PPE, preforms and empty boxes and carry out continuous stock checks.
• Assemble product into allocated loading areas.
• Responsible for mechanical handling equipment safety checks.
• Able to work various shifts
• Always wear correct PPE and report any accidents or hazards.
• Ensure that raw and packaging materials are controlled in line with production plan.

Role Requirements

Qualifications, Skills and Experience The role-holder must demonstrate the following:

• Co-operation within teams, supporting others both own team and across both internal and external customers.
• Understanding of production procedures.
• Responsible for personal development.
• High level of attention to detail, working accurately and acting quickly when a problem arises.
• Must plan daily activities to ensure best use of time and resources to meet daily production target.
• Able to perform job with a limited supervision
• Computer Skill: Microsoft Office 365, SAP.

As well as:

• The job holder must be fully conversant with the relevant legal standards concerning health and safety and other law governing food safety.
• Adopts a positive and energetic approach, be proactive, flexible and keep good attendance at work