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Butchery Operative

Riverford Organic Farmers

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Join Riverford's Butchery Team and Deliver Organic Excellence

Overview

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£12

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Dean Court

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Expires at anytime

Join the Riverford family, a company renowned for delivering organic produce, and contribute to our mission of bringing high-quality, organic meat from British farms to tables across the country. Our butchery is a key part of our operation, where we ensure that over 15,000 packs of meat are meticulously sourced, properly hung, carefully butchered, and dispatched weekly to our customers, maintaining the highest standards of quality and flavor.

  • Work in a dynamic role within Riverford's dispatch team.
  • Engage in the final butchery process: sealing, weighing, and labeling meat packs.
  • Ensure timely dispatch with no delays, supporting the Team Manager.
  • Rotate tasks within the team for a diverse work experience.
  • Experience in production or manufacturing is preferred.
  • Strong time management and organizational skills.
  • Attention to detail and methodical work approach.
  • Eagerness to learn and self-motivation are crucial.
  • This is a full-time, permanent role for 39 hours per week, Sunday to Thursday.
  • Location: The Butchery, Dean Court, Lower Dean, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0LT.
  • Enjoy numerous benefits, including free organic produce, extensive training opportunities, generous pension scheme, profit sharing, and more.

Butchery Operative - Dispatch

Salary: £12.55 per hour

What you'll be doing…

Although perhaps better known for our veg, Riverford has its own butchery, and delivers organic meat to homes across the country. Riverford meat is organic, British, meticulously sourced, properly hung and carefully butchered for the very best quality and flavour. 

At our butchery we produce over 15,000 packs of meat a week and our dispatch team are responsible for the collation and dispatching of it all. This is the final process in our Butchery which involves the sealing, weighing, labelling and ensuring that all “loads” leave the Butchery at the appointed times with no delays to the Transport Company. As a team member, you will support the Team Manager in delivering the day’s requirement for your department and rotating around the team doing different tasks. 

Skills & experience…

  • Experience of working within a production or manufacturing environment
  • Good time management and organisation skills
  • Able to work in an accurate and methodical manner
  • Willingness to develop your knowledge further
  • Self-Motivated

This is a permanent contract, 39 hours a week Sunday to Thursday from 6.30am – 3pm. Based at The Butchery, Dean Court, Lower Dean, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0LT

Work with us at Riverford and join a thriving employee-owned business

  • Be part of a friendly & supportive butchery team
  • Grow with us – we’re proud to offer a bucket load of training and development opportunities to support your chosen career path
  • We’ll give you an abundance of free organic fruit & veg plus, a bounty of benefits: 33 days holiday pro rata (including bank holidays), generous company pension scheme, annual profit share (10% of all our profits are split equally between all co-owners), time and half on bank holidays, and free parking.

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