Location
Cannington
Position
Operations
Advertising Salary
£32,279 P/A (£14.78 P/H)
Advert Closing Date
28 Apr 2025

So, what will I be doing?

Are you passionate about quality and efficiency? do you thrive in a fast-paced environment? We're looking for Technical Operators with engineering experience to join our team at our Cannington site, where you will play a crucial role in the maintaining and the running of machinery.

 

As a Technical Operator you will ensure the team are able to meet their daily Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) with optimal utilisation of our assets and raw materials.  You will be the go-to person for all in the team that need that need support with complex operational processes.

 
This Role will be on a 4on 4off shift pattern Working 06:00-18:00

 

Key responsibilities: 

 

  • Demonstrating a commitment to Health & Safety by working in a safe manner, role modelling our safety behaviours, challenging unsafe practices, rectifying unsafe conditions and escalating to other team members when support is needed.
  • Undertaking routine checks to validate and maintain equipment safety control systems to maintain statutory compliance. 
  • Active involvement, commitment and governance of the quality management system, making sure all relevant controls and procedures are completed effectively to validate food safety controls and the products we make exceed customer and consumer expectations. 
  • Understanding, adhering to and leading good manufacturing practices and company standards of hygiene, PPE, and dress code. Role modelling a 'Clean as You Go' approach, leading workplace organisation and visual management standards with the team.
  • Effective operation and optimisation of equipment and priorities to meet the production demand and delivery of the highest quality of products.
  • Working across the team and ensuring there are effective handovers to understand common challenges and opportunities seeking to identify where investigations may help most.
  • Training and validating understanding to the highest standard, coaching and mentoring others to build capability. 
  • Energising the team and demonstrating a consistently enthusiastic approach, taking action quickly and encouraging others to do the same. 

Sounds interesting, what do I need?

Essential:

  • Engineering Skillset
  • Good team working skills
  • Able to undertake manual tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Effective communication
  • Relevant work experience as a machine Operator in a production environment

Desirable: 

  • Basic Food hygiene
  • Knowledge of HACCP

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

  • competitive holiday allowance
  • non-contributory pension scheme
  • life cover
  • healthcare cash back plan
  • cycle to work scheme
  • subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
  • preferential rates with our partners
  • learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.

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