Machine Operator
McCain Foods
Date: 12 hours ago
City: Peterborough
Contract type: Full time

Position Title: Machine Operator
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Whittlesey
Requisition ID: 37106
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 Machine Operator 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:
The ideal candidate will be someone who has experience of operating machinery in a food manufacturing environment, who is self-motivated with excellent attention to detail.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
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:
WHAT HOURS WILL I WORK?
The shift pattern is 2 days 7am-7pm, 1 day off, 2 nights 7pm-7am followed by 3 days off.
WHERE YOU’LL WORK?
You'll be based at our Whittlesey plant in Peterborough. If you’ve spotted our three wind turbines, then you’ll know where we are! With about 350 employees on site, we’re one of our largest plants across the GB business. Our Whittlesey plant is where we make our famous French Fries as well as our chilled products, such as our Shake Shake Fries.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Manufacturing
Division: GB Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Department: Specialities - A Shift
Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Whittlesey
Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Whittlesey
Requisition ID: 37106
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 Machine Operator 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.
The ideal candidate will be someone who has experience of operating machinery in a food manufacturing environment, who is self-motivated with excellent attention to detail.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
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 globe
WHAT HOURS WILL I WORK?
The shift pattern is 2 days 7am-7pm, 1 day off, 2 nights 7pm-7am followed by 3 days off.
WHERE YOU’LL WORK?
You'll be based at our Whittlesey plant in Peterborough. If you’ve spotted our three wind turbines, then you’ll know where we are! With about 350 employees on site, we’re one of our largest plants across the GB business. Our Whittlesey plant is where we make our famous French Fries as well as our chilled products, such as our Shake Shake Fries.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Manufacturing
Division: GB Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Department: Specialities - A Shift
Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Whittlesey
Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd
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