Production Assistant - plant-based meal kits (Some heavy lifting)

For this specific production assistant role, you'll need to be okay with getting your hands dirty and some heavy lifting. When not packing/picking, you'll be supporting our food depositing operations carrying items back and forth & ensuring the production runs smoothly. You will be proactive, accurate and organised with your work. You must be passionate for ensuring that all customers receive a first-class and memorable Planthood experience at home.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Supporting the Food depositing team, carrying up to 15-20kg gastros of food and transported sealed goods into the fridge/freezer.


• Accurately preparing food items for delivery, ensuring correct specifications are followed, closely adhering to company food hygiene standards and in a timely manner ready for collection times


• Picking items for dispatch, constantly maintaining a good eye for detail and working within target times.


• Working to improve processes at Planthood, striving to make efficiency savings where possible
  
  Previous experience picking and packing items with high attention to detail, at speed


• Comfortable carrying up to 20kg


• Experience packing fresh food in a commercial kitchen environment is a bonus


• Hardworking, enthusiastic and with extremely high attention to detail


• Solutions-mindset and adaptable to the many demands of a fast-paced food startup


• Excellent oral and written English
  
  We're looking for new full & part-time production assistants to help pack a variety of different fresh ingredients, and prepared meals for our nationwide meal kit delivery service.


Planthood (www.planthood.co.uk) is a fast-growing 100% plant-based meal delivery startup, providing restaurant-quality, finish at home meal kits across the UK, with a strong focus on health and sustainability

We're growing fast so this is a great opportunity to get into an exciting and progressive company at the beginning of its journey, with lots of opportunities for growth and development.