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Job Description: 📍 Melton Mowbray 💷 £36,500 - £37,000 (including shift allowance, DOE) 🎁 + Performance Bonus & Exceptional Benefits 🕒 39 Hours per week -Rotating 12-hour shifts: 7-7, 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off 💼 The Role As a Production Operator, you will be responsible for operating and optimising production processes, troubleshooting equipment issues and driving continuous improvement. Working as part of a high-performing team, you will help deliver safety, quality and efficiency targets while supporting the development of colleagues through coaching and knowledge sharing. ⭐ What’s in it for you? Hot food restaurant on site Career growth opportunities with structured development & Mars University Private healthcare + equal parental leave Generous pension (up to 9% contribution) Life assurance (4x salary) Gym membership & wellbeing support Annual leave starting at 24 days, rising to 32 with service Free parking on site ✅ What We’re Looking For Proven Manufacturing Expertise: You have experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and are skilled in operating and troubleshooting production equipment. A Continuous Improvement Mindset: You have a track record of identifying and eliminating waste. Direct experience with the Manufacturing Excellence pillars (AM, FMOS, E+T, FI) is a major advantage. Natural Coaching Skills: You enjoy sharing your knowledge and seeing others succeed. You have a collaborative spirit and the ability to train and mentor your teammates effectively. Data-Driven Problem Solving: You use facts and data to make decisions. You are skilled in root cause analysis and can focus a team on the most critical priorities. Unwavering Commitment to Standards: You hold yourself and others to high standards of safety, quality, and performance with rigorous discipline. 🔧 Key Responsibilities Champion Process Excellence: Go beyond simply running equipment. You will master our production processes, establish critical centrelines and CIL’s, and be the first line of defence in troubleshooting to ensure we meet our quality and performance targets without fail. Drive Continuous Improvement: Be the engine of our Manufacturing Excellence culture on the floor. You will facilitate Daily Management System (DMS) Process’s, use data to dig into the root cause of problems, and spearhead focused improvement activities that eliminate waste and boost efficiency. Uphold a World-Class Safety Culture: Set the example as a champion for safety. You will proactively identify and mitigate risks, coach your peers on best practices, and ensure everyone on your team goes home safe, every single day 🌍 What You Can Expect from Mars Work alongside 130,000+ Associates worldwide guided by our Five Principles Be part of a purpose-driven company shaping “the world we want tomorrow” Access world-class training & development from day one Join a company with an industry-leading salary and benefits package Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL®, and COCOAVIA®. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCA™ and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our 140,000 Associates into taking action every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.
Mars
MEL-Mars Petcare, United Kingdom
Production Operator.
REMOTE$36.5K–37K/YR