Production General Operative

🐕 The woof-tastic stuff

Join the paw-some team at Rudie's Kitchen, part of Butternut Box, where we cook up tails of success and wagging tails. 🐾  
We're looking for hard-working dog lovers (and animals) like you to join our manufacturing and fulfilment team in Blyth, Doncaster. In return for your tail-wagging dedication, we offer a competitive wage of £11.67 per hour plus a shift premium of 20% (£14.01 per hour) base salary is £24,964, with 20% (£29,957)

🐾 A bit about us

At Butternut, our mission is to deliver health and happiness to dogs and their humans all over the world. In order to do just that, we need a hard-working team. And we need quite a big kitchen too. Which is precisely why we have built one. Rudie's Kitchen is the place where we lovingly cook our Butternut meals using only the finest human-quality ingredients. Rudie's is also where we package our meals and box them for our customers all over the UK and beyond. We are a close nit team, with that family feel, looking to welcome more like minded people to our lovely team and keep work life fun and enjoyable.

Location - Located in Blyth, Doncaster, (just off the Junction of A1(M) and A614 Hill Top Roundabout, Blyth S81 8HG) 

We are pleased to say, this is a full-time permanent contract, you will be working a rolling average of 41 hours per week working on a shift rotation with a mixture of days / nights and some weekend working. The working shifts days consisting of 7am to 7pm and nights consisting of 7pm-7am.

Such as:

• 4 on, 4 off = 2 day, 2 nights
• 5 on, 5 off = 3 days, 2 nights
• 5 on, 5 off = 2 days, 3 nights

🐕‍🦺  A bit about the role

• Work in a safe way following all appropriate safety procedures and wearing protective equipment correctly at all times
• Conduct quality checks ensuring that we meet product specifications
• Unpack, packing, loading and unloading (boxes, finished goods, raw materials), monitoring production lines etc.
• Cover for Skilled Operator
• Other general tasks waste processing, order packing etc
• Work to relevant standards and Key Performance Indicators
• Occasional attendance and contribution at the daily review meeting and regular attendance/contribution at online performance reviews
• General facility hygiene - floors, walls and conveyors etc. and working in a manner that epitomises ‘clean as you go’
• This role could work in our Production, Warehouse or Fulfilment team

 

🐶  A Paw-fect Candidate

• Previous relevant experience in a food manufacturing environment (Preferred)
• Hard-working & diligent with a hunger to learn
• Committed to food quality & safety
• Comfortable working with raw materials such as beef, pork, chicken, turkey, lamb
• Flexible, pragmatic, resilient & humble
• Good level of speaking English
• Loves dogs (naturally)

🥳What's In It For You?🥳

• Enjoy 257.5 hours of holiday per year, plus an extra 8 hours for each year of service (up to 40 hours).*
• 39 hours of pre-booked paws days to support good wellbeing and self care.*
• Unlock a £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.
• Get discounted Private Medical Insurance and dental cover.
• Satisfy your taste buds with subsidised food from a variety of street food vans, and of course, pay day pizza!
• Butternut branded uniform provided (fleece, footwear, hi-vis)
• Enrolment into the company pension scheme and sick pay
• Enhanced parental leave
• Private showers, changing facilities and dedicated locker space
• Treat your furry friend with an employee discount on Butternut Box.
• Comfy, bright and airy kitchen space with lunch making facilities and large screen TVs
• Free tea, coffee, and fruit (and pay day pizzas)
• Opportunity to grow, develop and learn with internal training programmes
• Be part of an energetic and high performing team
• Team socials & events
• Say goodbye to parking woes with free parking and electric car charging.

 🦴A Few Things to Chew On:

• This role is 100% based in our kitchen in Blyth, Doncaster (just off the Junction of A1(M) and A614 Hill Top Roundabout, Blyth S81 8HG)
• We don’t use external recruitment agencies for assistance on roles
• We aim to respond to all applicants personally, however, due to the high volume of applications we receive we are sometimes unable to respond to everyone
• We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career, if it makes your application easier for you please feel free to complete the application form in your native language, we are really happy to translate it afterwards.
• At Butternut, we are passionate about building a diverse & inclusive team that cares for one another. We expect all team members to live by our values.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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