Job Description
Meridian is seeking a Production Operative who will work as part of a team and report to the Line Supervisor. You will be tasked with working in the production area and packing lines in a safe and productive manner, ensuring that all products produced are safe, legal and meet the company’s specifications. You will maintain a health & safety culture within Meridian Foods to deliver best practices in site safety, while proactively contributing to all area/department health & safety and food safety initiatives.
Key Responsibilities/Duties
- Ensure that food safety, quality, and the environment are not compromised.
- Work with the Line Supervisor to identify and eliminate health & safety risks to all staff.
- Meet daily production plans/targets and accurately report on issues and successes.
- Ensure all products are produced to customer specifications, within company HACCP and BRC systems.
- Safely operate all equipment and machinery.
- Follow SOPs and comply with requirements to deliver GMP, ensuring there are no quality deficiencies.
- Clean equipment and workspace as required, following the Clean as You Go principle.
- Ensure correct methods are employed in stripping, cleaning, and assembling equipment in accordance with respective SOPs.
- Perform all hygiene duties across the site, ensuring the cleaning of the production facility and processing equipment to the highest standard as defined by the company.
- Carry out product changeover activities as required.
- Complete relevant documentation accurately and in a timely manner.
- Adhere to stock control systems.
- Ensure all materials are available for each production run prior to the run commencing.
- Work with the Line Supervisor to reduce the number of quality customer complaints.
- Escalate any potential issues that pose a risk to food safety or product quality to the Line Supervisor.
- Contribute to delivering the requirements of health & safety, quality, people, delivery, and cost.
- Work with the Line Supervisor to proactively raise/resolve issues that arise.
- Work with the Line Supervisor to reduce waste in your department/area.
- Proactively work with the Line Supervisor to eliminate unplanned lost time events.
- As and when required, play a proactive role in continuous improvement initiatives within your department/area.
- Deliver the site KPIs.
- Deliver agreed objectives on time.
- Perform additional duties as and when required that are relevant to the department and/or the site.
- You may be required to work and support the production/warehouse team at our Bryn Lane site.
Experience / Qualifications
Key Skills Required:
- Previous experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrable ability to operate within a process-driven environment.
- Good understanding of, and commitment to, SOPs.
- Food hygiene awareness.
- Manual handling.
Additional Information
Key Attributes:
- Self-motivated.
- Organised, reliable, and responsible.
- Good attention to detail, especially within a repetitive environment.
- Able to follow instructions.
- Good communication skills and teamwork abilities.
- Safety-focused.
