Production Operative Ornua Ingredients

Job Description

Job Title: Production Operative
Reports to: Night Shift Manager
Location: Ornua Ingredients Europe, Hazel Park, Dymock Road, Ledbury
Hours: 10pm- 6am
Salary: Starting at £13.50 an hour, up to £15.80 (depending on grade and experience)
Benefits: Discounted company shop, Cycle and Tech Scheme, Paycare, Pension, Occupational Health Support plus many more

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Company Overview

About Ornua

Ornua is an Irish dairy co-operative that markets and sells dairy products on behalf of its members, Ireland’s dairy processors and, in turn, Irish dairy farmers. Ornua is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products and has annualised sales of over €3.4bn. Headquartered in Dublin, Ornua has a strong global team of 3,000 employees, operating from 9 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities. Ornua’s core purpose is to build profitable routes to market for Irish dairy products.
The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.
Ornua Foods is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua’s consumer brands including Ireland’s most successful food export: Kerrygold, as well as Kerrygold Dubliner, Pilgrims Choice, Forto and BEO milk powders. Markets are served by production facilities and in-market sales and marketing teams in Africa, Asia, Germany, Ireland, the UK, the rest of Europe, the Middle East, and the US.
Ornua Ingredients is responsible for the procurement of Irish and non-Irish dairy products, for the sale of dairy ingredients to food manufacturing and foodservice customers across the world, and for managing volatility through de-risking and trading strategies. The business is supported by production facilities in Saudi Arabia, Spain, the UK, the US and by in-market teams in Africa and the Middle East.

Ornua’s Values

At Ornua, our Values guide us as we work together and care for each other to achieve great things. Our five values, and their underlying behaviours, encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care and Achieve Great Things Together.

Key Areas of Responsibility:
In this role, you will be working as part of a team on one of our state-of-the-art Production lines. You will carry out all Production-related tasks to produce high quality and great tasting products for our well-known customers.
We utilise some of the latest interactive technology to monitor our product quality and measure our efficiency levels.
Successful candidates will need to be able to operate within a challenging but rewarding factory environment that is physically demanding and can entail repetitive tasks.
The role will be based within a chilled environment (less than 8 degrees) and will involve heavy lifting (The required PPE is provided by Ornua).

Key requirements:
Essential:
You should possess a can-do attitude, be willing to work and enjoy being part of a team. In return you will have the opportunity to work within a market leading company that encourages internal promotion by offering development opportunities to all.
Good verbal, written and numerical skills are essential.
Good understanding of Food Hygiene, quality and safety standards.
Able to work to strict standards of quality and accuracy in line with procedures alongside working in a methodical, systematic and precise manner.

Desirable:
Ideally, candidates should have experience of working in a Food Manufacturing environment, in particular, setting up Production lines and providing regular progress.

Key competencies:
Working Together: Is supportive, co-operative, and inclusive.
Communicative: Communicates openly and clearly.
Ownership: Takes responsibility for and pride in delivering quality and results. Is tenacious.
Customer Focus: Gives high priority to customer needs and delivers to their standards.