Machine Operator

Machine Operator

Orchard Farm, Salford Priors, Worcestershire
Fixed-Term Contract (6 Months) with Permanent Opportunities
Guaranteed Minimum 32 Hours per Week (4 Days), Including One Weekend Day
Reporting to: Team Leader

Join a Market-Leading Berry Business

Do you enjoy working with machinery, solving problems, and being part of a fast-paced production environment?

At Angus Soft Fruits, we're looking for motivated Machine Operators to help deliver the high-quality berries enjoyed by customers across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia. This is an exciting opportunity to work with advanced grading, packing and robotic technology while developing your skills within a growing and supportive business.

You'll play a key role in ensuring our production lines operate safely, efficiently and to the highest quality standards, helping us delight customers every day.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Machine Operator, you'll be responsible for the smooth operation of key production equipment, including:

• Pro Seal packing machines
• BBC Blueberry Graders
• Unitec Graders
• Robotic packing equipment

Key responsibilities include:

• Operating and monitoring production machinery to maximise efficiency and minimise downtime.
• Completing machine checks and line inspections to ensure safe and effective operation.
• Setting up packaging materials and preparing production lines for daily operations.
• Carrying out tool changeovers and working closely with our Maintenance Team to ensure smooth transitions between product runs.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity and reduce waste.
• Ensuring food safety, quality, health and safety standards are maintained at all times.
• Supporting colleagues to achieve daily production targets and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Maintaining accurate production records and reporting information.
• Ensuring production lines are cleaned and closed down correctly at the end of each shift.

Upper Level Machine Operators

For experienced operators, there is an opportunity to take responsibility for our BBC and Unitec grading systems, including:

• Optimising grader settings to maximise product quality and minimise waste.
• Conducting machinery checks and performance monitoring.
• Ensuring accurate reporting and data integrity.
• Working with equipment suppliers and external stakeholders to support continuous improvement and equipment optimisation.

What We're Looking For

You'll thrive in this role if you have:

✅ Previous experience working in a packhouse, food production or manufacturing environment

✅ Experience operating production machinery and troubleshooting issues

✅ Strong understanding of health and safety and food hygiene requirements

✅ Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a multilingual team

✅ Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines

✅ Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality

✅ A proactive, positive attitude and a willingness to support colleagues

✅ A passion for teamwork and continuous improvement

Why Join Angus Soft Fruits?

We're proud to offer a great place to work where people can develop, grow and make a real difference.

Our benefits include:

Competitive rates of pay

Birthday leave

Generous holiday entitlement that increases with service

Enhanced family-friendly benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Learning and development opportunities

Reward and recognition schemes

Employee Voice initiatives

Perks at Work employee discounts

A friendly, supportive and inclusive team culture

About Angus Soft Fruits

Angus Soft Fruits is one of the UK's leading berry businesses, breeding, growing and supplying premium berries to retailers around the world.

Our mission is simple:

"To deliver great tasting berries which delight our customers every day."

Everything we do is guided by our values of Excellence, Innovation, Collaboration, Curiosity, Efficiency and Integrity.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and valued. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer.

Ready to grow your career with us?

Apply today and become part of our One Team as we continue to deliver world-class berries to customers across the globe.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £13.25-£13.75 per hour

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Experience:

• packhouse production: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person