Food Packer

Gate Gourmet is the world's largest independent provider of catering services for airlines. We provide more than 200 million meals a year to our 270-plus customers at some 120 airport locations around the globe.
Job Summary As a Food Packer you will support the operations by completing all assigned tasks in a timely manner while ensuring quality and meeting the required targets.

SPECIFIC DUTIES BY DEPARTMENT

PRODUCTION

• Pack food liners in accordance with written specification
• From specification, accurately make up sample and product for all classes
• Conduct temperature, quality, and product date checks
• Seal flight canisters, trolleys and record numbers
• Ensure correct marshalling of flights to Dispatch bays in assigned stowing order

BOND/PICK & PACK

• The receipt, handling and appropriate storage of all incoming goods and coordinating / managing stock
• Sort and assemble bars into flights, working as a team to achieve targets
• To check trolley seals and cross check with customs paperwork

DISHWASH/E&P

• General washing, sorting, assembling, packing and positioning of the aircraft equipment
• Process and strip trolleys and deliver to relevant department
• Off loading and sorting equipment/food and ensuring it is delivered to the correct processing area

STORES/WAREHOUSE

• To load / off-load lorries, stack shelves and replenish equipment/food items
• From specification, accurately palletize shipments.
• Conduct quality, and product date checks
• Daily stock count of the list
• Stock rotation
• Clean the area

Qualifications:

• Educated to High School level.

Work Experience

• Good standard of English both written and verbal
• Working knowledge of Basic Hygiene
• Ideally some experience in a production/manufacturing/stores environment
• Experience of working in a fast-paced deadline driven environment

Skills & Knowledge

• Good understanding of English both reading and writing
• Good Customer Service skills
• Positive attitude to work
• Able to work to tight deadlines
• Team worker

About the role:

• £10.02 per hour + benefits
• Rotating Shift Patterns to cover earlies and lates
• Early shift: 06:00am – 14:00pm, Late shift: 14:00pm – 22:00pm

Benefits:

• Free meals whilst on shift
• Free on-site parking
• Uniform provided
• 37.5 hours per week with opportunity for overtime
• Opportunities Immediate start
• Various training and development opportunities

Experience:

• This would also suit anyone who has worked within dispatch, hygiene services or a warehouse related role.
• Experience as a catering assistant, hospitality assistant, kitchen staff, picker, packer, or any catering related role is desirable but not essential.

All successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK, undertake a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) and provide 5 years referencing history.