Dairy Operative

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Fixed Term Contract – 3 months
Haverfordwest Creamery

Are you enthusiastic and eager and ready to start a career in food manufacture? If so, this is a superb chance to gain valuable experience and develop a range of vital skills.

About Us

First Milk is a wholly British farmer-owned dairy co-operative with a vision to create value for members by delivering long-term prosperity in the form of success, profitability, security and wellbeing.

Owned by the family farms that supply us with milk and invest capital in the business, we produce award-winning cheddar, regional cheeses and dairy ingredients, as well as marketing fresh raw milk to many other UK dairy processors.

We work together as one team, with a relentless focus on efficiency and quality, to deliver competitive total returns to our farmer members. We put customers at the heart of our business, creating value through strong, long-term partnerships.

We’re currently looking for a Dairy Operative to join our team at our Haverfordwest Creamery on a two month fixed-term contract, working on a full-time basis.

The Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 18 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Pension

This is a great chance to become an integral ingredient in the production of our award-winning dairy products.

We’ll provide great training and support as well as a host of benefits to ensure you are enabled and motivated to learn and undertake your best work.

So, if you want to move on to cheddar and brighter things, we want you to unlock your potential with our leading company. Don’t hesitate, apply today!

The Role

As a Dairy Operative, you will play a key supporting role in our cheese manufacturing process.

Specifically, you will move 20kg blocks of cheese around our manufacturing/chilled warehouse environment using appropriate equipment.

Your role will also involve:

• Ensuring we have adequate stock
• Completing quality control checks and documentation
• Maintaining hygiene and housekeeping standards

About You

To be considered as a Dairy Operative, you will need:

• Qualified to GCSE level (or equivalent), in Maths and English
• A good level of IT literacy
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team

Please note, this role involves working 12 hour shifts on a 4 on/4 off rota.

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