So, what will I be doing?

We are seeking General Operators to join our diverse, friendly and passionate Production Team at our Cannington site.  These positions are for the night shift (6pm until 6am).

The ideal candidate will be happy working in a fast-paced production environment and have a ‘can-do’ attitude and strong work ethic. Training will be provided as appropriate, although if you have worked in a fast paced industry such as food manufacturing before, that would be an advantage. There will be opportunities for training and further development.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Embracing & maintaining Health & Safety culture.
• Quality Assurance procedures and practices.
• Operating and working on machinery (operating/cleaning/sanitizing)
• Completing required documentation.
• Application of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices);
• Any other duties as reasonably required
• Clean as you go.

Sounds interesting, what do I need?

The important things:

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent numeracy skills.
• Excellent literacy skills.
• Ability to work in a physically demanding role;
• A personal commitment to maintaining the highest safety & hygiene standards.
• Highly engaged, a good team player;
• An ability to work unsupervised.
• Planning of workloads.
• Challenge the norm. Don't stand back, step forward to help make improvements. 

• You’ve worked in the dairy or FMCG business previously

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

• competitive holiday allowance
• annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
• non-contributory pension scheme
• life cover
• healthcare cash back plan
• cycle to work scheme
• subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
• preferential rates with our partners
• learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.