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BEDMAX

Location: near Belford, Northumberland (14 miles from Berwick-upon-Tweed and 17 miles from Alnwick)

Bedmax is the UK’s foremost equine and animal bedding production company. As a progressive, family-owned business, we are looking for a full-time Production Operative to join our manufacturing team at our Northumberland plant. In addition to producing high-quality bedding products, we manufacture Hotmax, a fuel log created from the by-products of our bedding production process.

Job Summary:

This is a varied and rewarding role, requiring the successful candidate to perform a range of manufacturing tasks, using complex equipment to ensure the plant runs smoothly and safely. The role offers excellent training opportunities, with support from an experienced manager and team leaders.

Key Requirements:

• Experience of working in a similar role

• Mechanically-minded

• Forklift driver’s licence (essential)

• Perform daily checks on factory equipment

• Experience with high standards of Health & Safety

• Focus on producing consistently high-quality products

Main Responsibilities:

• Safely operate large 360-degree loading equipment, forklifts, and telescopic loaders

• Operate BEDMAX’s bagging and drying machinery

• Troubleshoot basic issues to maintain factory operations

• Maintain a clean, safe working environment

• Ensure product quality standards are met

• Carry out preventative maintenance on factory equipment

Personal Attributes:

• Proficient in written and spoken English, numerate, and highly responsible

• Initiative-driven, eager to undergo training, and committed to team support

Salary: £13 per hour, with increases based on experience and successful completion of the probationary period. This includes a shift premium, with shifts rotating between mornings and late shifts. Overtime is available and paid at time and a half.

Note: Due to the location of the plant, own transport is essential.

Location: near Ellingham, Northumberland

A full time general farm worker/tractor driver is required for a mixed beef, sheep and arable farm near Ellingham, Northumberland.

Ideally you should be a skilled individual with a can do attitude who can work both alone and within a team. The work will primarily be based with store/fat lambs and cattle enterprises, taking on the day-to-day tasks involved with caring for stock and may include tractor work during busy times of the year.

Applicants must have a full UK driver’s license.

JobResponsibilities:

• Feeding and bedding cattle
• Mucking out sheds
• All aspects of getting store lambs ready for sale including dosing, jagging, foot trimming, weighing and grading lambs (Please note there is no lambing involved within this role)
• Tractor aspects may include leading corn, bales, muck and moving stock between sites, help with silage etc

Full in-house training will be provided on all the above and any external training where necessary.

Hours:

The typical working week is 08.00 to 17.00 Monday to Friday. Weekends are rotated on a shared basis between other workers while stock is housed during the winter.

Salary is negotiable based on experience. Please note there is no accommodation currently available with this job.

All applications are dealt with in strict confidence, please contact BMR for more information.