Job Description

Job Introduction

How would you like to work in a real-life chocolate factory? Well here is your chance because our

Chocolate Manufacturing Team

are looking for

Machine Operatives

to come and join the team on a permanent basis.


You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with our production plan to ensure that our well-loved product is delivered on time, in full, within agreed quality and health and safety measurements.

Salary:

31,044.00 per annum.

Shift Pattern:

a rotating weekly shift pattern of 6am to 2pm and 2pm to 10pm, Monday to Friday.

As well as a competitive salary and a range of company benefits including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and Company pension contributions, you'll receive

50% discount on all products, we also offer:

Full PPE (personal protective equipment) provided to you on your first day.*
Subsidised vending machines including sandwiches, pasta, snacks and drinks.*
Free onsite employee carpark.*


The on-site location for this role is at our Distribution Centre 'Alpha', in St. Neots, Cambridgeshire. Whether it's a bustling event, online order or keeping our store shelves fully stocked, our team at Alpha provide the support network that makes this happen.


Alpha is just off the A1 (Wyboston Interchange) and 3.4 miles from St Neots train station. With free parking on site.

What you'll be doing....

Proactiveness

Set up of manual packing lines, management of paperwork packs, ensuring that it is completed to requited standard. Management of Label Room processes, ensuring that all materials are delivered to the line in a timely manner. Working closely with other departments to ensure that all required items are available i.e. machinery / ingredients / packaging. Shortages and discrepancies communicated to your line manager on time to support plan completion. Plan delivered on time and to costed expectations with targeted quality loss of less than 1% and delivering 'right first time' products. Performing an in-depth handover with the incoming shift.

Ownership

Owning the start up of the production line, ensuring that the correct staffing is in place. To own the clean down of the line between products and carrying out line start up inspections, ensuring that the line is free from any cross-contamination. Driving a culture of asset specific standards and settings across all shifts. GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) compliance in your work area. Ensure compliance with all Health and Safety systems. Ensure all piranha requests are submitted to engineering for downtimes. Ensuring diligence with reporting e.g. SIC sheets, live Knobel updates in time to handover to the next shift.

Leading

Running the day-to-day management of the line. Ensuring that the team is adhering to set requirements for the product. Reporting any breakdowns in a time manner to the relevant managers / team. Ensuring that any team training is up to date.

Supporting

Training and mentoring new starters within the business on your asset / process. Supporting the team in all PMR activity on the line per product group. The ability to talk an external auditor through your process / procedure around utilising your asset. Proactive care and targeted work with the Hygiene Team to ensure that the work area and asset stays at the best standard.

Who you are...

Essential

Food Safety Level 2 qualification. Good knowledge of KPIs. Good verbal and written English to clearly discuss performance of your asset / process.

Desirable

HACCP trained. Knowledge of continuous improvement tools.

Who are we?

We're one of the UK's favourite premium chocolate brands, with a range of products spanning luxury gifts, alcohol and our pioneering drinking chocolate system, the Velvetiser(TM).


A cacao pod takes years to grow - it can't be rushed if it's going to be just right for our products. The same can be said for Hotel Chocolat, which originally started as a mint production company before we realised it was luxury chocolate that we were really passionate about.


Now, we're market leaders in the industry. What began as an online-only business grew to over 100 stores across the UK, and we're still growing... Today, we're multi-category, multi-channel, and multi-territory, and our customers, colleagues, cacao farmers and suppliers all benefit from the success we make together.


To learn more about us and read about our People Pledge - our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion - click here: hotelchocolat.com/uk/engaged-ethics/our-people.html