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Job Purpose

Dawn Farms is currently seeking for General Operatives to join our Production Teams.

You will play an integral part of the team in ensuring the highest level of hygiene, food safety and health and safety standards are met.

  • Working hours: Day, Evening or Nightshifts available, 24/7 production facility. Overtime opportunities available.
  • Shift rates: from €11.50  - 14.90 per hour.

Core Responsibilities

Food safety and health and safety are everybody’s responsibility. Food Safety policies, H&S policies, standard operating procedures and good hygiene practices should always be adhered to, to ensure the safety of the food being produced and the safety of you and your colleagues.

Role Responsibilities & Duties

 

  • To familiarise oneself with the daily production plan and product specification and working as part of the team to set up the line ensuring the correct materials for each product are available and ready to use and checked before using.
  • Perform pre-start checks and record legibly reporting any issues before starting production.
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  • Ensure the machinery/equipment is not locked out by maintenance and is in good working condition to start producing.
  • Ensure that during production if there is an equipment or processing fault that it is managed immediately and full documentation and communication of issues occurs to prevent re-occurrence and trouble shoot for future.
  • Ensure the line output is efficient and stoppages and downtime are minimized.
  • Changeovers need to be managed in a smooth and time efficient manner adhering to all production clean down policies, food safety policies and health and safety policies, working with maintenance and following the machine operation SOP in a team effort.
  • Employees need to manage and use stock in rotation i.e. First in First Out, and report any shortages to prevent waiting time for production.
  • All records and checks sheets to be completed accurately and filled in so all the information is legible.
  • All issues need to be reported as soon as they occur so the issue can be managed. Please ensure clear communication and full details are given.
  • Employees need to recycle at all times allocating recyclable materials to the correct locations.
  • Communicate openly with full details daily to your team, the maintenance team, the quality team, H&S and all managers ensuring you are responsible for your work and your work area and product at all times.
Job requirements

Skills & Experience

  • Conversational level of English.
  • Be a team player.

  • Be comfortable working with meat & in a chiller environment.

  • Highly motivated and enthusiastic.

  • Ability to take instruction but also ability to work on own initiative.

  • Be health and safety conscious.

  • Flexible to the needs of the business.

Nice to have
  • Previous experience working within a food manufacturer.
  • Fluency in English.
Benefits

What we can offer you?

  • Annual leave 171.60 days.

  • Attractive rates & overtime opportunity.

  • Pension at 3%.

  • Subsidised health insurance.

  • Subsidised canteen.

  • Employee assistance programme (EAP) - this programme offers expert wellbeing support 24 hours a day 365 days a year access to counselling, financial information, consumer information, life coaching, health information, autism support, parent coaching, International employee support, all free for you and your family.

  • Free English classes.

  • Wellness programme.

  • Maternity/Paternity leave benefits.

  • Training & Development, Career progression: Apprenticeship Programme.

  • Christmas Hamper.

  • Christmas Savings Scheme.

  • Bike to work scheme.

Job restrictions
  • Must have the right to work full-time in Ireland.
Job details
Work experience:
Work experience is not required
Language skills:
  • English
  • Good
Salary range:
Not provided
Date of expiry:
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About company

Dawn Farms is Europe’s leading dedicated multi-species cooked meat ingredients company. We also offer the most comprehensive range of fermented and dried sausage products (pepperoni, salami and chorizo) for the pizza, sandwich, snack and prepared meal sectors. Our extensive product range is further complemented by a growing selection of plant-based cooked protein options under our Plant… Find out more