Overview – Kepak Group
Kepak is a global food company serving international retailers and food service household names with prime cuts of meat, on-trend food concepts and ready-for-market convenience foods. Our meat is sourced primarily from quality assured farms and our beef and lamb are pasture-grazed for most of the year.
Be it fresh meat crafted by our master butchers (such as McIntosh Donald and St. Merryn) or our famous brands (such as Rustler’s, Big Al’s and John Stone), we offer a total foodservice solution with the premium quality our customer's demand.
Kepak Mclntosh Donald are looking for Positive Release Operatives to join our team on part-time basis.
Working Pattern: 27.5h/week, Monday to Friday, 12pm-6pm.
Starting Pay Rate: £11.44/h
Role Purpose
Working as part of the positive release team, ensuring products are checked in accordance with client specifications.
Requirements
- Ability to identify individual vacuum-packed cuts of meat and placing them in to specified containers/boxes.
- Recognition of different cuts of meat that legally must be weighed and labelled correctly.
- Placing trays/boxes on correct pallets to customer specification.
- Recognising and placing selected cuts of meat into correct customer specified bags.
- Remove out of specification product, and store as required.
- Straightening prepack bags that are already on production line..
- Identify and work with production to correct defects in products.
- Inform and guide production operatives on food safety and customer specifications.
- Maintain accurate and legible documented records.
- Maintaining good understanding and knowledge of customer specifications.
Attributes, Skills and Experience
- Commitment to Company Values; Passion for food, Ambition, Responsibility and Teamwork.
- Passion for Food at forefront of day-to-day performance.
- Ambition to develop self to achieve personal and business goals.
- Responsibility for positive contribution to business.
- Teamwork across all levels, departments and teams, willing to go the extra mile.
- Previous experience working in a high-volume meat processing factory highly beneficial.
- Able to work in chilled environment · Manual handling ability and awareness.
- Fluent English, communicate well in written and oral form with multi-nationals on all levels.
- Flexibility to meet daily production targets.
- Consistent approach and strong work ethic.
- Able to work under own initiative and as part of a team.
- Adaptable to change and production demands.
Benefits
- 31 days annual leave per year (after probation)
- Subsidised canteen
- 25% Discount in our Butcher Shop
- Values awards program
- Refer a friend scheme
- Employee assistance program
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounts in well known retailers
- Pension plans
- Life assurance
