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Machine Operator

Job details
Posting date: 20 March 2026
Salary: £12.80 per hour
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 19 April 2026
Location: Freuchie, Cupar
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Taskmaster
Job type: Temporary
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Summary

Machine Operator – Food Production

Near Cupar

£12.80 per hour

Overtime paid at £16 per hour

Temp to perm for the right candidate after 12 weeks

Must have Machine Operator experience

Own transport required due to location and start time

Full time – NO part time hours available

Join a family-owned business with nearly five decades of agricultural excellence, growing fresh produce across 2800 hectares of Scottish farmland.

Freuchie or Balmalcolm
£12.80 per hour
Rota - mix of dayshift and backshift and every second weekend

Our client has been in business since 1976, when two farming families in Fife started growing vegetables in partnership. They grow approximately 2800 hectares of vegetables and salad crops across Scotland.

About the Machine Operator Role:

Ensure all machinery is operated, controlled, monitored and maintained in order to maximise operational efficiency. Machine Operators should carry out their tasks to ensure both Food Safety and Health & Safety standards are complied with at all times.

Responsibilities:

Operating Machinery
· Changing film

· Selecting programmes

· Monitor machine hourly performance

Communication
· Raise all machine faults with Machine Controller/Technician so a Shire request can be submitted

· Raise any Health & Safety issues or concerns with Machine Controller/Technician

Quality/Compliance
Complete all appropriate paperwork associated with the machine and legal compliance including product check sheets
Ensure product quality meets the required specification
Regularly check seal & print integrity
Maintain housekeeping standards
Objectives
· Continually deliver a high standard of work output which does not compromise our quality and health and safety standards

· Achieve consistently the product quality standard required for each customer and be alert and communicate any raw material or finished product quality issues to your supervisor or Team Leader

· Maintain a positive attitude towards your duties and cooperate with the business to improve its operation and cost effectiveness

· Proactively communicate issues to the Supervisor/Team Leader seek clarity of instruction where required do not assume/guess

· Be a team player and demonstrate willingness to support colleagues and the business

· Continually deliver a high standard of work output which does not compromise our quality and health and safety standards

· Achieve consistently the product quality standard required for each customer and be alert and communicate any raw material or finished product quality issues to your supervisor or Team Leader

· Maintain a positive attitude towards your duties and cooperate with the business to improve its operation and cost effectiveness

· Proactively communicate issues to the Supervisor/Team Leader seek clarity of instruction where required do not assume/guess

· Be a team player and demonstrate willingness to support colleagues and the business

What Taskmaster can offer you as a Machine Operator:

A simple registration process
Accrued holiday pay
A named Recruitment Consultant
Temp to perm for the right candidate
Weekly pay, paid in arrears
If you have Machine Operative experience, please apply with your most up-to-date CV and contact number and we will call you.

Taskmaster Resources LTD acts as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers and an employment agency for permanent recruitment.

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