Production Operative- Night Shift Nantwich

Job Title: Production Operative
Location: Nantwich, CW5 6DN
Working Days: Monday to Friday Fixed night shift 10pm-6am
Grade: Up to £13.65 per hour (For candidates with relevant Food Manufacturing skills and experience)

Who are we?
Ornua Ingredients Europe, Nantwich, formerly known as F.J Needs, is a Cheshire-based cheese ingredients company in the UK. The facility includes a well-invested cheese cutting, grating, and slicing facility and is home to the Spinneyfields® cheese brand. The business serves the rapidly expanding foodservice and food ingredient markets in the UK and Europe.
Proudly supplying dairy ingredients into Great British high street restaurants and quick service restaurants, the likelihood is you that you’ve eaten our high quality products without realising it.
Now you have a chance to be part of the team to help produce and supply these quality ingredients to many household names.
Our Approach…

An innovative and dynamic company who offer great opportunities.

Our recruitment strategy is to select and grow the best talent to enable us to achieve our vision. We are therefore constantly on the lookout for hard working, committed and talented people to join our team.

In return, we are dedicated to providing a safe and informative environment for our employees. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice with regular training programs and we actively provide opportunities for our employees to build on their skills whilst at Ornua. Our existing teams are full of examples where people have joined the company and progressed quickly through the ranks into more senior roles.

Key Areas of Responsibility:
Daily operation of the (Ilpack and Sandicure) machinery safely and efficiently to produce top quality products.
Report and/or correct safety issues. Maintain safety conditions of equipment and surroundings.
Perform quality inspections on materials and finished product. Quality checks to include, codes, seals and weights.
Responsible for accurate product/package/code changes.
CIP duties and surface foaming with mechanical cleaning for all other areas in accordance with specified cleaning schedules.
Carry out, Pre-start up checks and monitor equipment and process performance and correct /raise issues before they become problem.
Following GMP SOP’s and procedures. To achieve the right first time and GMP std's
Machine set up and changeovers for manufacturing operations. This includes following work instructions for equipment set up/ changeovers and following all work standards and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Work as a team member with other members of the Noumed operations team to meet and/or exceed quality and production set goals.
Set up & replace tooling on various equipment.
HACCP and Food Safety level 2
Coaching and mentoring team
Audit ready for any un-announced Customer audits

Key requirements

You should possess a can-do attitude, be willing to work and enjoy being part of a team. In return you can expect the opportunity to work with a market leading company that encourages internal promotion by offering development opportunities to all.
Ideally, candidates should have experience of working in a Food Manufacturing environment, including, setting up Production lines and providing regular progress updates using internal systems
Good verbal, written and numerical skills are essential.
Good understanding of Food Hygiene, quality and safety standards.
Able to work to strict standards of quality and accuracy in line with procedures alongside working in a methodical, systematic and precise manner.

Benefits…

As an employee of Ornua, you can expect to receive a competitive salary along with the following benefits:

Skills grading structure with pay increases in line with becoming a multi-skilled Operator – reviewed regularly
Generous Holiday Allowance
Enhanced Family Leave Policies and Benefits
Company Pension
Company Shop (offering discounts on products)
Paid time off for volunteer/charity work
Confidential Employee Assist Programme.
Refer a Friend scheme paying up to £750 for referring new employees to Ornua
Values in Practice/employee recognition scheme
Tech scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
Various events / incentives throughout the year (Free BBQs, picnics, pizza events)
Free on-site Parking
Employee outdoor area for breaks including table football, table tennis and darts equipment
The factory is set within 22 acres of beautiful Cheshire countryside and includes a nature trail walk

More about Ornua…
Ornua is a dairy co-operative which sells dairy products on behalf of its Members; Ireland’s dairy processors and, in turn, Irish dairy farmers. It is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, exporting to 110 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Dublin, it has annualised sales of over €2.3 billion and a global team of 2,850 employees. Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.
Our brands include Kerrygold and Pilgrim’s Choice cheese.
Ornua Ingredients is responsible for the procurement of Irish and non-Irish dairy products and for the sale of dairy ingredients to food manufacturing and foodservice customers across the world. Ornua Ingredients is also responsible for managing volatility through de-risking and trading strategies. The business is supported by production facilities in Saudi Arabia, Spain, the UK, the US and by in-market teams in Africa and the Middle East.

Key competencies:

• OWNERSHIP: Clarifies accountabilities, overlaps, and gaps. Helps others remain motivated through difficult times.
• WORKING TOGETHER : Encourages co-operation in own team and supports cross-functional working
• COMMUNICATIVE: Communicates confidently, adapting style for different situations.
• CUSTOMER FOCUS: Pays attention to customer satisfaction levels and builds good relationships.