Packing Operative - Day Shift
| Posting date: | 02 September 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 October 2025 |
| Location: | Kirkham, PR4 3AX |
| Company: | Reed Talent Solutions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | FBC00337-341644 |
Summary
Reed are delighted to be recruiting on behalf of Fox’s Burton’s Companies (FBC UK)!
FBC UK bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge). FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.
FBC UK are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few, as well as a proud manufacturing partner to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names.
The key ingredient to FBC UK’s success is people, and the passion they have for their brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox’s or the choc-chip to our Maryland?! We need people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success.
FBC UK are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming UK Market Leader.
About the role:
You will rotate between packing, stacking and inspection. You will be responsible for picking and placing the biscuits at speed, packing the biscuits into boxes, and stacking the boxes onto pallets. The role requires people to be able to work at a reasonable pace and to be able to easily read the date codes on packets and check the seal integrity.
You will play a key role in ensuring the efficient and safe start up, operation and shutdown of process equipment, whilst producing great quality products to our customers in a safe manner to agreed recipes
Key responsibilities:
- Pack biscuits into boxes following quality and safety standards.
- Stack packed boxes onto pallets securely and in line with operational procedures.
- Inspect packets for correct date codes and verify seal integrity to maintain product quality.
- Operate process equipment safely during start-up, operation, and shutdown phases.
- Ensure adherence to agreed recipes and production guidelines to deliver high-quality products.
- Maintain a reasonable working pace while upholding safety and hygiene standards.
- Contribute to a safe working environment by following all health and safety protocols.
- Experience of working in a high- speed food manufacturing environment is preferable but not essential as full training will be provided.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to work with limited supervision after training.
- Good standards of literacy and numeracy.
- Requirement for heavy lifting, pushing, and pulling within site manual handling limits.
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