Trainee Production Machine Operator in Cheltenham

You will be working with a small and friendly production shop floor team, helping and learning from specialist machine operators how to put coffee related products together from a green bean to finished high quality product, ready for customer despatch.

The Role

• Load materials and products into package processing equipment, ensuring all equipment, machines and production areas always comply with health and safety and personal hygiene rules.
• Examine and inspect containers, materials, and products to ensure that packing specifications are met, removing completed or defective products or materials, placing them in designated locations.
• Move finished packaged items using pallet trollies to designation holding area ready for despatch.
• Train and supervise a packing line of staff to ensure maximum efficiency and product quality to ensure all coffee products are packed to the customers specification by ensuring all machines are set-up and working well.
• Keep waste to a minimum and ensure all machine problems are reported timely to the Shift Manager to maintain maximum machine efficiency.
• Ensure all clean downs for decaffeinated and organic products are adhered to in line with work instructions and that the corresponding paperwork is completed.
• Complete quality tests as stated in work instruction to ensure coffee is within specification and packed out as per online job sheet instructions.
• Complete any other tasks and duties deemed to be reasonable requests to ensure daily team targets are met.

The Person

• Some manufacturing experience is preferred but not essential as full training will be given.
• Motivated self‑starter who enjoys working under pressure.
• Confident communicator and an avid problem‑solver.
• Willing to learn new skills and operate equipment in an autonomous role.
• Displays a mechanical aptitude and works in an organised and methodical manner.
• Enjoys working as part of a team, or on their own as required.
• Demonstrates basic numerical, reading, analytical and computer skills.
• Able to follow strict health and safety guidelines and quality procedures consistently.
• Double shift pattern on rotation: Weekdays 6am to 2pm or 2pm to 10pm.

Starting salary starting salary £25,700 (after probation £26,460)