Waste Champion

Posted 30 January 2025
Salary £14.48
LocationWarrington
Job type Permanent - Full Time
Discipline Production Management
Reference027087
Job FunctionOperations
Contact NameWarrington Recruitment
Expiry date 28 February 2025

Job description

You may not have heard of us, but we’re sure you’ve tried our products because we supply food for the all the major supermarkets in the UK.

Our **Warrington **site is also known as the Italian centre of excellence, recent expansion and investment make this site a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit! We produce high quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco & Co-Op.

What you'll be doing

Predominantly High Care based reaching out into Packing / Low Risk as and when required.  Monitor and support all waste process workstream controls and feedback to the team directly to drive positive results in addition to escalating through the leaders within the area (Line Co-ordinators/Zone Managers/Factory Managers) 

Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off 06:00am – 17:10pm Pay Rate: £14.48 per hour

Waste champion responsibilities are across three departments High Care, Low Care and Packing:

High Care

       Bag emptying & Cut offs*: Target 150g

       Giveaway management*: Target 0.8%

       Sauce spills*: Visual inspection

       Controlled stops

       End of run waste

       Excess spillage*: All components

       Capcold bag filling*: Target 8kg per bag

       First bags / End of drop waste*: Target 0

       Garnish usage*: Line weight checks

       Pack contamination*: Visual checks

       Scales*: Clear from debris and correct tares

       Waste bins*: Correct usage

       Tumbler mods*: Followed

Packing

       No finished goods on the floor

       Light weights re-check*: Follow average weight guidelines

       Manual handling*: Ensure presentation is not affected

       Waste bins*: Correct usage

Low Care

       Dairy/Cheese areas*: Flow meters & scale usage

       Tomato bags emptying*: Within target

       Yields*: Reference tracker

       Oven loading trays*: Follow recipe control sheets

       Waste bins*: Correct usage

       Pan bins*: Visually empty

 

What we’re looking for

*       Educated to GCSE or equivalent

*       Computer literate

*       Attention to detail

*       High level of accuracy with attention to detail

*       Team player

*       Comfortable working in a chilled environment

*       Reliable

*       Good Literacy and Numeracy skills (assessed at interview)

*       Good verbal communication skills

*       Previous experience of working within a similar role would be advantageous

*       If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

*       Competitive salary and job-related benefits

*       Holidays

*       Subsidized canteen

*       Refer a friend scheme

*       Pension up to 8% matched

*       Life insurance up to 4x salary

*       Company shares save scheme

*       Greencore Qualifications

*       Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make everyday taste better.

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make everyday taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.