Job Introduction
As a Packing Team Member at Charlie Bigham's, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring our delicious meals are packed with care and precision. You'll work in a fast-paced environment, focusing on quality and efficiency to meet production targets. Responsibilities include accurately packaging meals, checking product quality, and adhering to health and safety standards. You'll be part of a collaborative team, contributing to our mission of delivering top-quality meals to our customers. Attention to detail and a strong work ethic are essential in this role.
Our Packing Monday to Friday is full time hours (40)
- Monday - Friday - 5.30pm - 1.30am
Role Responsibility
As a Packing Team Member, you will be:
- Using the speciality equipment to help identify and remove dishes that don’t meet the Bigham standards
- Carefully measuring and adding toppings to finish off our dishes and make them extraordinary.
- Re-filling our packing machines with new carboard sleeves or boxes
- Accurately stacking boxed dishes onto pallets and moving any filled pallets into logistics
- Maintaining high hygiene levels and keeping a tidy workspace
- Maintaining food preparation records and logs
- Carrying out effective and accurate shift handovers
- Flagging any issues with the equipment within your area
- Work as part of a fast paced team towards the completion of the daily plan
The Ideal Candidate
What you’ll need
At Bigham’s we pride ourselves in doing things the right way and showing real care and attention. We are looking for like-minded people who demonstrate:
- The ability to work with various technology including packing and quality check machinery, so computer literacy is important. Previous experience in a machinist-based role is desirable but not essential
- High attention to detail and a strong quality focus
- The ability to repetitively lift 20kg boxes
- The ability to work in a fast paced environment
- The ability to learn how to use existing and newly introduced packing equipment
- A positive approach to work
- A desire to develop their skills and work as part of a team
Package Description
What you’ll receive
This is a role for hard workers; those who take real pride in their work and enjoy working in a challenging but rewarding environment. When you start your career with Bigham’s you’ll receive:
- A competitive salary of £13.93 per hour
- A pay increase to £14.55 per hour following the successful completion of 3 months’ probation.
- Overtime payments, paid at 1.5x the hourly base rate
- 28 days annual leave, increasing each year
- Quarterly bonus
- Paid breaks
- Free Bigham’s meals to take home
- Pension scheme
- Discounts with popular high street retailers
- Access to our Simply Health app and an online GP service
- Life assurance benefit
- Free on-site parking
- Subsidised canteen
About the Company
Inspired by his travels and love of cooking, Charlie Bigham set up shop in 1996 with the sole aim of creating really delicious dishes. Twenty-five years later Bigham’s is now the number one brand in the chilled pre-prepared meal category. With over 50 dishes available in major supermarkets.
