This role is 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday working 06:00am – 14:00pm.

The Meals department are keen to promote excellent team work by employing people who have a positive (can do) attitude, who are prepared to learn a number of skills so that they are able to work in various positions within the department. By achieving this, the department is in the best position to produce quality products, in an efficient manner. We aim to not only achieve our targets but improve on them as well.

The successful candidate will need to be a key member of the production team slicing meat to the correct weight specification in a safe and hygienic manner.

£12.95 per hour + Bonus + Benefits

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

• To be able to use a meat slicer at the planned slicing speed
• Set up the meat slicers, collect meat and fill out all paperwork
• Slice meat to the required weight and number of slices
• Change overs - wash the meat-slicers and set up
• Change overs – Clean the area, remove waste bags
• It is also expected that person in this role can ‘weigh’ on the multi-portion and twin portion line at the required speed.
• Sliced meat must be right first time. Ensure you carry out tasks to the required standard – if you are unsure you must check with the person running the area (or on the fill card)
• Inform the person running the area if you think there is a potential issue with the quality of the product
• Follow correct personal hygiene procedures (e.g. changing procedure, hand washing procedures)
• Operate to a clean (and tidy) as you go policy
• Carry out efficient and effective clean downs when changing over products
• Undertake ‘Basic Food Hygiene’ training: a pass level must be obtained
• Work in a safe manner at all times
• Follow safe working practices
• Assist if required with risk assessments
• Report any accidents or dangerous occurrences
• Help the business be environmentally friendly:
• Ensuring that waste is segregated appropriately so it can be sent to the correct point of disposal/recycling
• Keeping waste to a minimum (e.g. making products right first time)

Essential:

• Experience of working to set standards and KPIs
• Good standards in English and Math’s
• Experience of working in a production environment
• Undertake Level 2 Food Safety training: a pass level must be obtained

Desirable:

• Experience of food safety / Level 2 food safety certificate

Personal Qualities

• Have a can do attitude; will have try to learn other tasks in the department if required
• Promote good team work – help others.
• Have a desire to help the team meet the department targets
• Undertake any training made available/organised

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.
Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

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