Multi Skilled Operator - Logistics Nights; INTERNAL

At Yeo Valley, we’re passionate about nurturing and nourishing people and the planet by making great food the right way, forever. We are on the lookout for a reliable Multi Skilled Logistics Operative to join our busy distribution team at Isleport, Somerset. This is a fantastic role for someone who enjoys working in a fast‑moving warehouse environment and has solid hands‑on experience operating Reach Trucks, Counterbalance Forklifts and other Material Handling Equipment (MHE).

• Demonstrating a commitment to Health & Safety by working in a safe manner, role‑modeling our safety behaviours, challenging unsafe practices, rectifying unsafe conditions and escalating to other team members when support is needed.
• Active involvement, commitment and governance of the quality management system, making sure all relevant controls and procedures are completed effectively to validate food safety controls and the products we make exceed customer and consumer expectations. Escalate any food safety breach or quality issue and ensure that any product below our standards is identified and held and the issues are escalated appropriately, resolved and released.
• Understand, adhere to and lead good manufacturing practices and company standards of hygiene, PPE, and dress code. Role models a ‘Clean as You Go’ approach, maintaining workplace organisation and visual management standards with the team.
• Effective operation and optimisation of equipment and priorities to meet the production demand and delivery of the highest quality of products.
• Through the ownership of performance and yield in your area/asset you will optimise running conditions and actively participate in improvement activities that ensure effective use of resources.
• Ownership of the changeover activities and material replenishment in your area/asset, optimising resources and raw material yields.
• Analysis and interpretation of operational machine parameters to support your effective decision making and drive improvements.
• Ensuring the accurate and timely recording of downtime and raw material usage in an area.
• Undertaking basic fault‑finding and rectification on equipment and actively support the identification of root cause when escalating to the wider support team when required.
• Ensuring all equipment is properly cared for by the completion of effective cleaning and basic maintenance tasks.
• Making decisions to support improvement to the area KPIs and making recommendations for the continual improvement to equipment or processes with the Lead Operator or Line Manager.
• Energising the team and demonstrates a consistently enthusiastic approach, taking action quickly and encouraging others to do the same.

• Good team working skills
• Able to undertake manual tasks
• Attention to detail
• Effective communication
• Relevant work experience as a machine operator in a production environment

• Basic food hygiene
• Knowledge of HACCP
• FMCG experience

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yoghurt.

• Competitive holiday allowance
• Non‑contributory pension scheme
• Life cover
• Healthcare cash back plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
• Preferential rates with our partners
• Learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow