Position Title: Technical Operator - Packing Operations
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Whittlesey
Requisition ID: 38027
There’s nothing beige about McCain…
Except our potatoes — and we’re extremely passionate about them. When you join McCain, you’ll be joining the biggest player in the frozen potato game, bringing people together around the nation for over 60 years by sharing simple, delicious planet friendly food.
We’ve partnered with thousands of the country’s supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, hospitals, and schools to change the way people see the humble spud. It’s all about elevation and creating something better. So, come and make your career at McCain Foods.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Whilst working as part of an integrated team, the Technical Operator (Packing Operations) is responsible for providing day to day running and maintaining machinery, as well as fault finding. They are to ensure company standards are met at all times.

Key tasks of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Collecting and disposing of all waste materials in the correct manner.
• Within Quickchips, packing cartons of finished product into cases, according to product specification.
• Operating the flow wrap, collator, machine minding and running the tipper.
• Completing metal detector checks in a timely manner.
• Operating, fault finding and maintenance on the multiheads.
• Inspecting filled cartons for foreign bodies and raise any non-compliance to the Area Shift Manager.
• Carrying out carton check weighing according to company procedure, completing any relevant documentation where necessary.
• Operating the carton erector and loading flat packed cartons onto the magazine feed, ensuring manual handling and health and safety practices are followed at all times.
• Reporting any faults or malfunctions to the Area Shift Manager.
• Conducting appropriate daily and weekly cleaning is carried out and ensures that hygiene, Health and Safety and Food Safety standards are met.
• Responsible for settings and maintenance on change overs, ensuring the process runs smoothly with minimal downtime.

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you’ll be pleased to know we don’t pay you in chips. For working hard, you’ll also get a great hourly rate and some pretty good benefits including:

• An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
• Optional health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• ‘Chips In’ Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the long-term development of McCain communities across the glob