Mill Operator

Job Title: Production Operative 

Location: Enstone, Oxfordshire, UK

Contract: Full time, Permanent.

Shift pattern: Days 6am to 6pm and Nights 6pm to 6am. Example pattern 6 nights, 6 off, 2 days, 1 off, 4 days, 2 off. 

Reward: Attractive salary, bonus, pension and a range of health, financial and wellbeing benefits. 

Have you got experience working in a Production environment operating automated plant machinery? Are you looking for a role with autonomy, great training and where you will be welcomed as part of a small and friendly team? If so, we could have the ideal role for you. 

As an Operative at our Enstone site you will work as part of a team performing tasks that support the efficient and safe production of high-quality animal feed that is supplied to Farmers throughout Great Britain. 

Your work will involve following standard processes to maximise production volumes, adhering to feed safety legislation, and ensuring all tasks are completed accurately and on time. You will also support the wider Mill operation by assisting with stock checks and consulting with the site maintenance team to ensure the Mill and equipment is effectively maintained.

The person who joins our team as an Operative will ideally have worked in a Production environment before, will be familiar with following standard ways of working and will have experience of operating automated plant machinery. 

We can train you in the skills required to be an Operative, what is important to us is that you are self-motivated, a team player, have great customer service skills, take pride in what you do and are a great communicator. 

What we can offer you

• A market leading benchmarked salary with annual review.
• Incentive bonus for everyone.
• Matched employer pension contribution up to 10%.
• Enhanced benefit for holiday, family, carer, adoption, and parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• AB Agri benefits portal offering discounts and vouchers at 100s of retailers.
• Discounts available on ABF sister company products.
• A company enthusiastic about training, development and creating a truly inclusive culture where everyone can do their best work.
• A wide range of flexible, opt-in benefits including dental, private medical and personal travel insurance using salary sacrifice.

Rewarding your passion

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one. 

About us

We’re AB Agri part of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry.  What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you.  People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture. 

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.

Application Notes

We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.

When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application.

Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.

Agencies and media sales

AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.