Machine Operative

Position Title: Machine Operative

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 41714

There’s nothing beige about McCain…

Except our potatoes — and we’re extremely passionate about them. When you join McCain, you’ll be joining the biggest player in the frozen potato game, bringing people together around the nation for over 60 years by sharing simple, delicious planet friendly food.

We’ve partnered with thousands of the country’s supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, hospitals, and schools to change the way people see the humble spud. It’s all about elevation and creating something better. So, come and make your career at McCain Foods.

About The Role Whilst working as part of a team within the Chilled department, the Machine Operator is responsible for driving performance, operating packing and weighing machines to Company standards of hygiene, quality and safety.

Key tasks of the role include, but are not limited to:

• To assist in the operational training of team members within the area of responsibility.
• Ensure the daily plan is communicated to all team members and acted upon.
• Ensure that any shortage of materials is reported promptly to prevent any impact to achieving daily targets also ensuring that stock levels are maintained through the correct SAP transactions and reporting processes.
• To be knowledgeable on the weighers to ensure correct operation ensuring efficient operation of weighers to set standards, informing the maintenance technician of any problems.
• Ensures correct set up on the production lines, maintaining standard settings, line efficiency targets and loading the correct materials to the line, according to production requirements.
• Changes date codes on bags and cases as required, checking position and clarity and rectifying any faults to suit production requirements.
• Checks and sets up taper units and case coders to meet production requirements ensuring case coders are correctly programmed and codes are legible.
• Carry out maintenance and service inspections of all machinery, rectifying minor faults and liaising with department maintenance technician to ensure maximum performance and availability is achieved.
• Ensures regular checks of Metal detector and X-Ray using test pieces to ensure correct operation and report faults to QA and Chilled manager, filling in required company documentation.
• Continuously monitors for faulty seals and cartons, completing seal and carton checks and where applicable to take corrective action if needed and service sealing mechanisms at stated times with production programme.
• Changes date codes on bags and cases as required, checking position and clarity and rectifying any faults to suit production requirements
• Ensure that all wastage including giveaways is kept on or below target on all lines making adjustments as necessary.

What We’re Looking For… The ideal candidate will be someone who has experience of working in a similar role in a food manufacturing environment, coupled with excellent attention to detail and the ability to use your own initiative.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you’ll be pleased to know we don’t pay you in chips. For working hard, you’ll also get a great hourly rate and some pretty good benefits including:

• An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
• Optional health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• ‘Chips In’ Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the long-term development of McCain communities across the globe

And of course, being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an impressive 5 year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out.

WHAT HOURS WILL I WORK?

The shift pattern is 5 days on, 4 days off, 4 days on, 5 days off, 7am – 7pm.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK?

You'll be based at our Whittlesey plant in Peterborough. If you’ve spotted our three wind turbines, then you’ll know where we are! With about 350 employees on site, we’re one of our largest plants across the GB business. Our Whittlesey plant is where we make our famous French Fries as well as our chilled products, such as our Shake Shake Fries.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions. Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy , as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here . Job Family: Manufacturing

Division: GB Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Department: Chilled A

Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Whittlesey

Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd