Slaughter Operative | Cookstown

The Role

Are you an experienced Slaughter Operative? Or are you looking to kickstart a rewarding career as a Slaughter Operative?

Sofina Foods are seeking motivated individuals to play a vital role in our production team, where you’ll be involved in various aspects of meat preparation across different departments in slaughter.

As a butcher at Sofina Foods, you’ll enjoy a rewarding career with plenty of opportunities for growth and development, you’ll also benefit from a competitive salary and a friendly and supportive work environment.

Pay: £12.16 – £16.78 per hour

Company Information

Sofina Foods is more than just a food company. It’s a place where you can grow your career, learn new skills, and make a positive impact on the world.

With a wide range of meat and seafood products that delight consumers worldwide, Sofina Foods is always looking for talented and passionate people to join its team of over 13,000 employees across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, including Young’s Seafood and Karro Food Group.

At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. You will also have the opportunity to work with diverse and delicious products that are sourced responsibly and sustainably from over 50 different protein sources from 5 continents.

Sofina Foods has a 25 year history of excellence in the food industry and provides over 500 million meals for the global market every year.

Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the world If you are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.

Key Accountabilities

Typical activities will vary according to the specific department where you’ll work but may include:

• Dressing and trimming of carcases against strict specifications, while comfortably keeping pace with the speed of the line and maintaining hygiene / quality standards within departmental timings.
• Clean removal of all internal organs.
• Working with FSA in the rectification of carcases
• Packing and processing guts/offal by products
• Ensuring hygiene and cleanliness procedures are followed at all times (e.g. hand-washing, knife sterilising and kit wash-down)
• Operation of machinery used in the dressing process (splitting saws, electric trimmers).
• Maintaining own knife and keeping it sharp
• Working as part of a team to meet production targets.
• Identifying errors/faults and taking appropriate steps to rectify these.
• Competently performing any other tasks for which training has been completed and signed off.

Skills and Experience Required

• Previous experience of slaughter work, preferably gained in a production environment is preferential although full training is provided.
• Attention to detail/good observational skills.
• Self motivation and reliability.
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to change, occasionally at short notice.

Benefits

• Competitive rates
• Online Benefits Hub
• Canteen
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Company pension
• Referral programme
• Health & wellbeing programme