General Operative

Job Introduction

Are you diligent, dedicated and looking for a door to open providing you with many opportunities to; earn a good living, have a secure safe job, develop your career?

If this is you, we are looking for General Operatives to join our state-of-the-art poultry factory. This role is the perfect opportunity to get your foot in the door with one of the biggest employers in the area! We have a proven track record of recognising and developing our workforce. With many opportunities to progress, this is the perfect role to invest in and advance your career today. With a starting rate of £450 p/w!

Working with raw meat is not for everyone, but if you’re not sure and only half interested then why not contact us and we can show you around.

• This post is working a rotating shift pattern - Monday to Friday; 06:00-14:30 / 14:30-23:00

• The rate of pay is £11.70 per hour

Main Responsibility

As a General Operative with 2 Sisters, you will be handling raw chicken products for top tier customers within a busy chilled factory environment. You will:

• Work as part of a team
• Be responsible in terms of hygiene; regularly cleaning your hands
• Be aware of the surrounding environment and potential hazards that could cause harm to yourself or your peers
• Work at a consistent rate to ensure that daily production targets are met
• Ensure that waste is kept to a minimum by following set standard operating procedures 
• Be responsible for ensuring no foreign bodies enter the product
• Ensure products on the production line are fit to purpose
• Report any issues to your line manager to ensure the success of the team 

We have two main departments that you could work in:

• Cutting - involves cutting the bird into set portions, such as breast meat, wings, thigh fillets which will then be packed into the appropriate size packaging
• Whole Bird - involves dealing with the unportioned bird, seasoning and packing the whole chicken, packing the product into baskets that will then be stacked onto pallets

No experience is necessary as full training will be provided.

The Ideal Candidate

As our ideal General Operative, you will have passion for delivering our customer orders whilst making sure our high Health and Safety, Food Safety and Product Quality standards are met.

You will be comfortable working in a chilled food processing environment.

We are a fast-moving business so you need to enjoy working at pace and have the motivation to take action and achieve results.

Package Description

Package Description

Some of our benefits include:

• Exclusive 2 Sisters employee discount platform available via an app offering savings on many brands including Asda, Morrisons, M&S and Tesco
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free bus service
• Wellbeing and occupational health support on site
• £100 refer a friend scheme
• Fantastic development opportunities available for promotion and career development
• In-house training that includes L1 and L2 Health and Safety Certification
• Opportunities for overtime
• Subsidised canteen with hot, affordable food
• Free onsite parking
• Employee recognition awards
• Seasonal Events and Family Fun Days
• Staff Sales
• Discounts on Boparan Restaurant Group restaurants including Carluccio's, Gourmet Burger Kitchen and Slim Chickens

About the Company

We are one of British business's most compelling success stories of the past 20 years. More than 15,000 colleagues drawn from 36 nationalities help to make a mind-boggling array of some of the finest food in Britain - From poultry to pizza to pies, from ready meals to ranges of soup. We started out from very humble beginnings in the early 1990s, and from there 2 Sisters has grown to become one of the leading food manufacturing companies in Europe, producing great quality, great value food.

We have a strong UK presence in poultry, chilled and bakery food categories, as well as a brand favourite with Holland’s pies. We are also committed to delivering the highest quality products to the British public and to our retail and food service customers. Our customers include Aldi, Asda, Co-op, KFC, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrison's, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose.