Production Operative (Customer Supply) - 7 Months FTC

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British Sugar is hiring a Production Operative (Customer Supply) for a seven-month fixed term in King's Lynn onsite, with a salary of £37,159.02 p.a. You’ll be a key member of the production team, keeping packing lines and the warehouse safe and efficient to meet quality and despatch requirements. Key duties include following health and safety and food safety procedures, basic fault finding with shift engineers, and supporting production plans while driving continuous improvement. Essential: current forklift licence, experience in FMCG or food packaging, HACCP and GMP awareness, and clear communication with accurate records. Apply and tailor your CV to highlight packaging experience, safety discipline and problem solving; agencies on a preferred list only.

Salary and Contract Information

Salary: £37,159.02 per annum

Contract: 7 Months Fixed Term Contract up to end of August 2026

Job Purpose

To be an active member of the production team, ensuring that you comply with all the site procedures. Maintaining the safe operation of site packing lines and warehouse to effectively and efficiently manufacture, store and despatch sugar products which meet all quality standards and customer expectations.

Core Accountabilities

All Roles:

• To comply with site and business operational, health, safety & environmental and food safety procedures, work instructions and safe systems of work.
• To carry out basic fault finding and problem solving, working with shift engineers to resolve.
• Ensure the production and despatch plans are met, to service customer requirements.
• Escalate issues in a timely manner to Supervisor/Line Manager.
• Demonstrate to auditors (internal & external) as well as customers the food safe manufacture of finished products.
• Proactive approach in identification, communication and achievement of continuous improvement.
• Maintaining housekeeping standards ensuring no food safety risk.

Skills, Knowledge & Competencies

• A current Forklift Licence is required
• Experience working within a FMCG environment, preferably food. 
• Experience of operating food packaging machinery - bag in box / form & fill / bag & stitch.
• Awareness of HACCP and GMP practices.
• Good communication skills including the accurate, legible recording of information.

We are committed to creating an environment where all our people are treated with respect and given the opportunities to succeed. We want British Sugar to be a great, inclusive place to work for everyone.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

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