General Operative / Egg Packer

Do you want to be part of a growing business with over 25 years of experience behind it?

Based at our Packing Centre site in Smithboro, Monaghan, this individual will work as part of our existing grading team, ensuring the smooth running of our equipment on-site through routine maintenance & repair, as required.

Greenfield Foods, now has over 1.4 million birds on 74 family-owned farms, producing, packing and distributing 7 million eggs per week for the Irish marketplace.

Sustainability is at the heart of what we do and we are committed to the protection and preservation of our environment by ensuring that our operations do not have a negative impact on the environment. Our Environmental Management System is based on the ISO14001:2015 and Origin Green Sustainability Charter.

Our Eggs are Bord Bia Quality Assured and we are very proud to be awarded Gold Membership in Bord Bias Origin Green Programme and Grade A in the BRC Global Standards.

Our key aim is to be our customers' most valued partner, whilst creating and providing healthy and reliable products.

A career with Greenfield Foods offers you an opportunity to shape the future of the egg industry while providing you with opportunities to explore and grow in an exciting environment. Why not join our team?

Job Description

Job Title General Operative – Egg Packer

Contract type Full Time Permanent (on passing 6 months’ probation period)

Reporting to Production Manager

Location Greenfield Foods, Mullandava, Smithboro, Co. Monagahan H18YY33

Pay Terms Wages are paid on a weekly basis

Duties Include

• Ensure packs are boxed quickly and correctly. E.g. bar code and box are correct for product.
• Switch off machine when printer lights flash and inform Supervisor/Manager.
• Check dates on eggs and packs to make sure they correspond.
• Place label on pallets of shrink/wrap.
• Keep overflow lane cleared.
• To help out at lanes that are under pressure
• Put full pallets of shrink-wrap out in despatch as soon as possible.
• To ensure that breakages are cleaned.
• To keep pans and areas at back of grader clean.
• Keep rubbish and cardboard under control.
• Put a dated Seconds label onto seconds pallet and remove out to correct area (if not busy).

Desirable Skills & Experience·

• Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to take direction
• Ability to work well in a team
• Ability to challenge others in a professional and constructive manner
• Knowledge and experience in a food manufacturing environment an advantage, but not essential
• Have a ‘can do’ attitude.

Benefits

• Employee Well being Initiatives
• Opportunity to earn overtime
• Cycle to work scheme

Working hours

• GeneralOperative employees core hours are 8am to 4:15 pm Monday to Friday, however, you are expected to be co-operative in working outside these hours if necessary.
• General Operative employees are required to work Sundays from 8am-11am in rotation with the other grader staff (generally one Sunday each month)
• Public Holidays – General Operative employees are required to work Public Holidays in rotation with the other Grader staff

Greenfield Foods is an equal opportunities employer

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