Production Manager (Chocolate/Cocoa)

Just Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a well-regarded business on the outskirts of Colchester to recruit a Production Operative to their existing team.

Working within a busy manufacturing facility, you will be required to work with the wider team to ensure production and business targets are met and that clients receive the required products on time.

You will come from a manufacturing or production background — used to handling large, heavy products, although if you have no experience and have a great attitude, you will be considered.

Working days: Monday to Friday on a shift basis (6.00am to 2.30pm and 1.30pm to 10.00pm) — overtime is available as per business needs.

This employer believes in investment and training.

An uplift in the basic salary will be offered with every machine you are trained on once you have met the required standards.

Free parking is available on site.

Just Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent roles.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

Just Recruitment is partnering with a growing business on the outskirts of Colchester—an industry leader in its sector—to recruit a Stock Administrator for a 12-month fixed-term contract covering maternity leave.

Please note: this is a part-time role—25/30 hours per week and is fully office-based.

The key purpose of this role is to manage the stock administration throughout the business, from start to finish.

Key duties include:

• Stock management
• Overseeing the regular stock counts and reconciling differences
• Processing stock adjustments in the system
• Processing of stock transfers between sites
• Monitoring levels of stock, raising quotes, and placing orders as required
• Assisting with the year-end stock count
• Ad-hoc queries
• Reviewing of invoices—ensuring profitability of all jobs and flagging jobs that fall outside of expected profit ranges
• General administration related to raising credit notes, creating new stock codes and moving costs between jobs
• Reconciling and transferring time between two internal systems
• Running monthly reports
• Building good working relationships with the Warehouse Manager and all business teams

Key role requirements include:

• Well organised with the ability to multitask
• Attention to detail
• Ability to problem solve, working through queries in a logical manner
• Able to communicate clearly and concisely
• Aware of at least basic Excel functions, such as pivot tables and lookups
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Confident and positive attitude

This role offers a competitive pay rate and excellent company benefits as well as a good working environment. This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation on a 12-month fixed-term contract basis.

Free parking is available on site.

Just Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent roles.
The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

Just Temps is looking for Counterbalance Forklift Drivers on a temporary ongoing basis for a company based in Hadleigh, Suffolk.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a prestigious manufacturing company on a temp-to-perm opportunity position.

The working hours are 9.00am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.

You will be responsible for supporting the Warehouse Supervisors with a range of key tasks, including order picking, loading and unloading vehicles, operating a counterbalance forklift, put away stock, and stock control/management. You will play an active role in ensuring the warehouse operates efficiently, safely, and professionally. This position involves working closely with the line manager and the wider warehouse team, providing assistance across all aspects of warehouse operations.

Skills, knowledge and expertise required:

• You should have a strong work ethic, take pride in delivering high-quality work every day, work well as part of a team, and be flexible with tasks.
• You will have previous experience in a warehouse.
• Hold a valid Counterbalance FLT / Forklift licence.
• Be conscientious and pay attention to detail.
• Communicate politely and efficiently with clients and internal staff.
• Be self-motivated and able to work without supervision.
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Be enthusiastic and driven to achieve targets, objectives, and procedures relating to health and safety within the company.
• Take ownership of problems that may arise with a plan to tackle them as deemed appropriate by the business.

Essential:
You must have your own transport.
Have experience as a Counterbalance Forklift Driver.
Energetic, enthusiastic and flexible personality.
You must be eligible to work full time in the UK.

Just Temps acts as an Employment Business for the supply of Temporary Staff.
The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. 
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

Just Recruitment is partnering with a large manufacturer on the outskirts of Halstead to recruit a Hygiene Manager on a fixed-term contract for 6 to 9 months.

The key purpose of this role is to:

• Lead and implement all the necessary guidelines to manage the overall Hygiene inside the site.
• Activate all necessary levers to guarantee and monitor hygiene levels, according to the standard defined, in compliance with all the standards of Health & Safety and Food Safety in the food industry.
• Ensuring that all hygiene personnel are adequately trained.

Key duties include:

• Deliver auditing functions and corrective action programs around the management of the contracted hygiene team to ensure the daily cleaning of all areas is done in a safe and efficient manner.
• Plan and implement deep cleaning and overhead cleaning schedules, working closely with the Engineering and Production requirements.
• Manage the Hygiene Team, ensuring correct levels of staffing and training.
• Provide the highest possible hygiene standard and food-safe environment for the site and its customers.
• Manage the ordering and stock control of hygiene consumables and chemicals.
• Manage the hygiene budget and ensure all expenditure is authorised and recorded.
• Maintain detailed cleaning instructions and schedules for every hygiene activity that meet the requirements of the BRC food safety standard.
• Manage the provision of hygiene chemicals and dosing equipment on site - to include regular reviews with chemical supplier, periodic chemical dosing checks, maintenance of equipment and to oversee the safe storage, decant, transport and use of chemicals on site.
• Be responsible for the effective delivery of the site laundry service.
• Monitor ATP, environmental and allergen swabbing results for corrective actions and improvements.
• Provide training and awareness for all hygiene and waste handling staff in all procedures relevant to their role.
• Ensure achievement of KPI targets.

Audit and documentation requirements:

• Conduct compliance audits/inspections of internal hygiene standards and documentation.
• Write work instructions and hygiene procedures.

Health and safety requirements:

• Control COSHH management and associated training across all functions.
• Ensure all hygiene staff are trained and competent in all procedures relevant to their role.
• Ensure material safety data sheets for all chemicals used on site are maintained, updated regularly and are accessible to all staff.

Key role requirements:

• Professional and proven experience of managing and leading a hygiene team in a food manufacturing environment.
• SAP knowledge.
• Knowledge of cleaning systems and methodology.
• Highly motivated with good organisational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• HACCP (Intermediate).
• COSHH.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing organisation, looking to add a Hygiene Manager on a fixed-term contract basis (6-9 months).

Just Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent roles.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

Just Temps seeks a Production Operator for a temp-to-perm assignment based in Ipswich.

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm.

Responsibilities include:

• Cable preparation; conformal coating; manual soldering of components according to product requirements.
• Manual handling.
• Packing, weighing, and labelling completed items for shipment or storage.
• Inspect surface mount assemblies as they go through the line and rectification of any faults found.
• Undertaking a variety of mechanical assemblies.
• Identifying and disposing of defective items.

Skills required:

• Communicate with other employees and managers to relay information about the production line or about issues that arise during testing.
• Using problem-solving skills to troubleshoot issues; using these skills to identify and resolve safety concerns.
• Team player; works with other team members to complete job duties.

Qualification/experience includes:

• Experience in electronics/mechanical assembly environment.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Good general health and safety awareness.
• Familiarity with basic hand tools.
• Attention to detail.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

Just Temps acts as an Employment Business for the supply of Temporary Staff.
The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.