Cherry Grading Machine Operative
| Posting date: | 14 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.50 to £14.50 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2025 |
| Location: | Ledbury, Midlands, HR8 2JL |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Meridian Business Support |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 56678337 |
Summary
Cherry Grading Machine Operative – Seasonal Role- Location: Ledbury/Newent
Full-Time | Fixed-Term - 48 hours per week
Pay - £12.50 - £14.50 per hour
Start Date - Immediate
Are you ready to be part of an exciting and fast-paced team during the busy cherry season? We’re looking for motivated and proactive individuals to join our client as Cherry Grading Machine Operatives.
In this hands-on role, you’ll be responsible for setting up, operating, and maintaining cherry grading machinery, ensuring the high quality and safety standards are met. You’ll play a key part in the smooth running of the packhouse operations, working closely with various departments to deliver top-quality products to our customers.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Setting up and operating grading and packing machinery
- Monitoring machine output and maintaining product quality
- Carrying out minor troubleshooting and quick label changes
- Keeping work areas clean, safe, and hazard-free
- Supporting and training junior machine operatives
- Collaborating with teams across operations, QC, and dispatch
- Recording downtime and machine performance data accurately
What We’re Looking For:
- Proven experience operating machinery, ideally in a fresh produce packing environment.
- Previous experience working in a packhouse as a Line Leader or Machine Operator is highly desirable.
- Competent in machine setup, operation, and basic maintenance tasks, including cleaning and maintaining the machinery to hygiene and safety standards.
- Strong practical skills, with a high level of common sense and a proactive approach to problem-solving
- Ability to multitask and stay organised in a busy environment
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Certified (or willing to be trained) to operate a metal detector
Why Join Us?
- Be part of an exciting, multicultural team
- Develop valuable skills in a dynamic production environment
- Support from experienced managers and a friendly team culture
If you are interested please apply today or give us a call on 01432 261444
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.
Full-Time | Fixed-Term - 48 hours per week
Pay - £12.50 - £14.50 per hour
Start Date - Immediate
Are you ready to be part of an exciting and fast-paced team during the busy cherry season? We’re looking for motivated and proactive individuals to join our client as Cherry Grading Machine Operatives.
In this hands-on role, you’ll be responsible for setting up, operating, and maintaining cherry grading machinery, ensuring the high quality and safety standards are met. You’ll play a key part in the smooth running of the packhouse operations, working closely with various departments to deliver top-quality products to our customers.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Setting up and operating grading and packing machinery
- Monitoring machine output and maintaining product quality
- Carrying out minor troubleshooting and quick label changes
- Keeping work areas clean, safe, and hazard-free
- Supporting and training junior machine operatives
- Collaborating with teams across operations, QC, and dispatch
- Recording downtime and machine performance data accurately
What We’re Looking For:
- Proven experience operating machinery, ideally in a fresh produce packing environment.
- Previous experience working in a packhouse as a Line Leader or Machine Operator is highly desirable.
- Competent in machine setup, operation, and basic maintenance tasks, including cleaning and maintaining the machinery to hygiene and safety standards.
- Strong practical skills, with a high level of common sense and a proactive approach to problem-solving
- Ability to multitask and stay organised in a busy environment
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Certified (or willing to be trained) to operate a metal detector
Why Join Us?
- Be part of an exciting, multicultural team
- Develop valuable skills in a dynamic production environment
- Support from experienced managers and a friendly team culture
If you are interested please apply today or give us a call on 01432 261444
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.
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