Job Description:

Job information Yard & Stores Operative from the Company Kepak Group, this latest Yard & Stores Operative job vacancy is located in the city Portlethen located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Yard field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Kepak McIntosh Donald are a globally recognised brand and the largest red meat producer in Scotland; raised on open pastures, sourced from local farmers and hand-selected by our master butchers, we produce beef and lamb products with integrity and unmatched quality assurance.

Kepak McIntosh Donald are looking for Yard & Stores Operative to join our team.

Working Hours: 40h/week, Monday to Friday, 6am (need to be flexible with finish time)

Pay Rate:£12.37 per hour.

Role Purpose

To support the operations and production teams by maintaining an organised and safe yard area, ensuring general upkeep of external factory/grounds/site areas.

Main duties and role requirements:

• Ensuring all delivery/collection vehicles are loaded/unloaded in an efficient and safe manner.

• Load containers with cattle hides and sheep skins.

• Ensure the yard is in a clean, tidy, and organised state at all times, being audit ready.
• Organise and stock check trays, packaging etc, working with Purchasing and Operations to maintain required stock levels.
• Deliver packaging to departments as required.
• Waste management including the transport of waste containers and proper disposal in accordance with procedures and policies.
• Liaising with third parties for waste collection.
• Clean and remove evidence of pest behaviour.
• Advise of any pest control risks and issues on site.
• Assist production colleagues when required, with tasks as instructed, i.e., lifting/moving items around yard and covering for production forklift drivers as required.
• Understanding and monitoring the traffic management system and working plan of the yard
• Support with Forklift maintenance program, reporting any forklift defects.
• Support animal by-product management by preparing the trailers with correct categorisation of by-products, arranging removal of trailers during periods of non-production or low production, arranging the rendering of by-products.
• Arrange hay and straw orders for lairage, maintaining weekly stock levels via Livestock Procurement.
• Monitoring identifying potential environmental hazards and appropriate corrective actions
• Any other duties as required by management and within the competency of the post holder.

Requirements

• Commitment to Company Values; Passion for food, Ambition, Responsibility and Teamwork
• Passion for Food at forefront of day-to-day performance
• Ambition to develop self to achieve personal and business goals
• Responsibility for positive contribution to business
• Team Work across all levels, departments and teams, willing to go the extra mile
• Commitment to good practice and quality products
• Communicate well in written and oral form with multi-nationals on all levels
• Ability to complete tasks and work under own initiative to deliver required tasks
• Good communication skills
• Forklift license essential
• Forklift train the trainer qualification preferred

Benefits

• 31 days annual leave per year (after probation)

• 25% Discount in our Butcher Shop
• Eligibility for a daily bonus.
• Subsidised canteen serving multiple hot food options for breakfast and lunch
• Discounts in well known retailers
• Values awards program
• Refer a friend scheme
• Employee assistance program
• Training and development
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension plans
• Life assurance

Keywords : Portlethen jobs

Closed Date : 2025-03-12