Senior Machine Operative Nights

Job Introduction

We don’t think there’s a better product to be working with than chocolate, and as a Senior Machine Operative, you will play a vital role in that by supporting in leading an effective team and taking ownership for our production lines and change overs. You will also play a key role in empowering the team in the completion of any required plans whilst taking into consideration cost, quality and efficiency.

If you are a Machine Operative looking to develop your current skillset or simply just looking for the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you and see how we can support you in your journey.

So what are you waiting for? If working within a warm, chocolate-filled environment sounds like somewhere you’d like to be, why not apply?

SHIFT PATTERN

Night shift pattern of 10pm to 6am, Sunday to Thursday.

SALARY 

£39,117.00 per annum

As well as a competitive salary and a range of company benefits, including a 50% discount on all products to enjoy, we also offer:

• Full PPE (personal protective equipment) provided to you on your first day.
• Subsidised vending machines including sandwiches, pasta, snacks and drinks.
• Free onsite employee carpark.

LOCATION

The onsite location for this role is at our Factory ‘Hadley Park’, in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, right in the heart of where our chocolates are made and where weekly, we can produce between 4 to 6 million of the chocolates we all know and love.

Hadley Park is just 5 minutes off the A141 and 1.3 miles from Huntingdon train station, with direct rail links to London King’s Cross.

As well as a competitive salary and a range of company benefits including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and Company pension contributions, you’ll receive 50% discount on all products, we also offer:

• Full PPE (personal protective equipment) provided to you on your first day.
• To help keep things affordable, Hotel Chocolat pays towards food in our canteen - this includes sandwiches, pasta, snacks and drinks!
• Free onsite employee carpark.
• A full days Induction Day and training in order to support you through your new starter journey. 

What you’ll be doing….

• Setting up machinery, including but not limited to, changing over change parts of on the lines. You will work with equipment such as Wolf/Copper Panners, CAD, Auto-Demoulding, Shell Depositor and Cold Press.
• Working collaboratively with other departments to ensure that all required items are available and ready to support the smooth efficient running of the lines i.e., Machinery/ ingredients / Packaging.
• Communicating any shortages and discrepancies to your line manager on time to support plan completion.
• Ensuring that plan delivered on time and to costed expectation or better with targeted quality loss of less than 1% and delivering Right First-Time products.
• Owning the start-up of the production lines, ensuring that the correct staffing is in place to hit required targets or PMR’s in place on the production lines.
• Leading the team to successfully complete plan to required specifications, owning the clean down of the line between products and line start-up inspections to ensure that the line is free from any cross-contamination of the last run. Owning the sign-off and completing the paperwork checks.
• Continuously driving a culture of asset specific standards and settings across all shifts.
• Ensure 100% compliance with product specification.
• Conducting GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) compliance in your work area.
• Ensure compliance with all Health and Safety systems and to be always responsible for your own Health and Safety and the Health and Safety of others around you.
• Food safety standard compliance and hygiene, and PPE policies adhered to.
• Production is right first time to set specifications and requirements of our customers.
• Ensure all Piranha requests are submitted to engineering for downtimes.
• Training and mentoring new starters within the business on your asset / process.

Who you are…

Essential

• Food Safety Level 2 qualification.
• Knowledge of KPIs.
• Strong verbal and written English to clearly discuss performance of your asset / process.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement skills, with the ability to deploy critical thinking.
• HACCP trained.

Who are we?

We’re one of the UK’s favourite premium chocolate brands, with a range of products spanning luxury gifts, alcohol and our pioneering drinking chocolate system, the Velvetiser™.

A cacao pod takes years to grow – it can’t be rushed if it’s going to be just right for our products. The same can be said for Hotel Chocolat, which originally started as a mint production company before we realised it was luxury chocolate that we were really passionate about.

Now, we’re market leaders in the industry. What began as an online-only business grew to over 100 stores across the UK, and we’re still growing… Today, we’re multi-category, multi-channel, and multi-territory, and our customers, colleagues, cacao farmers and suppliers all benefit from the success we make together.

To learn more about us and read about our People Pledge – our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion – click here: hotelchocolat.com/uk/engaged-ethics/our-people.html