Job Description

Job description; Temporary Christmas Staff

Donald Russell is a family-owned, quality food business with a heritage in butchery. We supply direct to family homes as well as to luxury hotels and restaurants around the world and have been the proud holders of a Royal Warrant for almost 40 years.

Our team of employees are incredibly passionate about delivering quality food and a friendly service, with our exacting standards and attention to detail driving everything we do.

There has never been a better time to join Donald Russell as we celebrated 50 years in 2024. With this came a new brand, a new website and plans to celebrate our heritage and look forward to the future.

The Role:

These are temporary fixed term positions starting early October until late December 2025 at our Inverurie site, working Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week, 6am - 2pm

This is a varied role involving working across both our food production and fulfilment departments to help ensure that fresh and frozen food orders are picked, packed and dispatched on time. This will involve working in a chilled environment, for which appropriate Personal Protective Equipment will be provided.

Due to the location and start time, you must be able to reliably commute to Inverurie. Overtime may be expected, which will involve afternoon/weekend working.

The Duties:

There are a variety of general operative roles across our different operational departments. Some of the main duties include the following;

Assist with production and packing of meat and added value lines.

Apply labels to final products in production and fulfilment.

Prepare and pick trade orders to be dispatched.

Box final order, chilled and frozen.

Add ice to orders.

Operation of any machinery required (full training will be provided).

Counting, checking, moving, lifting, and stacking product.

Updating of computer data where necessary for labels.

Ensure full understanding of and adhering to all procedures relating

to task(s) undertaken.

Ensure all personal equipment is kept good and safe working order

Maintain quality and hygiene standards.

Ad hoc duties to enable efficient delivery of any given process.

Involvement with traceability paperwork.

Essential Skills & Experience:

Previous experience within a food dispatch environment would be beneficial but not essential as full training will be provided

Ability to follow written procedures

High attention to detail

Able to work as part of a team, but also on own initiative

About you:

To be successful in this role you should have;

An excellent track record of attendance and timekeeping Strong communication and organisational skills Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with the ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines, whilst maintaining a high standard of work Flexible, proactive individual with a positive 'can do' attitude
Over and above these requirements, it is hugely important that you share our values and behaviours; Treat every as your own, Honesty, Integrity, Unity and Customer focused.

Working for Donald Russell

We offer some great perks and benefits including:

Casual dress

Company pension

Employee discount

On-site parking

Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 3 months

Pay: 12.25 per hour

Benefits:

Canteen Company pension Employee discount Free parking On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:

Inverurie AB51 4FR: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person