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Our growing business has been all about British apples and pears since 1947.

From father to son, every day for over 75 years, our family business is growing. We innovate and change but our values always stay the same. We’re a team who pride ourselves on the Goatham’s way, passionate about growing the very best quality British apples and pears.

An exciting opportunity has opened for a motivated and skilled Cirrus Line Admin to join our expanding maintenance team. The successful candidate will receive training on the Cirrus system and will have the chance to grow within the company.

Responsibilities Include:

·        Proficient in using the Cirrus operating system and scanners.

·        Responsible for opening and closing lots for production operations, scanning staff, packaging, bins, and pallets in the system.

·        Understand the processes for 3rd party customers and how to add them to the lots.

·        Update pallet status for Dispatch and QC operations.

·        Create stock lists for pallets and bins.

·        Print pallet labels for third-party customers and manually receive consignments when necessary.

·        Support Dispatch and QC operations within the Cirrus system.

·        Assist with picking operations when required—creating picks, printing labels, and verifying stock and locations.

·        Perform weekly checks to reconcile physical stock of bins, pallets, and packaging with Cirrus stock.

·        Provide assistance to packhouse and warehouse staff with Cirrus and stock-related issues.

·        Conduct tests on Cirrus Test and Cirrus Staging as needed.

Ideal Candidate Will Have:

·        Strong computer skills

·        Flexibility with work schedule

·        Team player

·        Ability to work in cold environments

·        Proficiency in multiple languages (English, Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, or Bulgarian)

The days you would work:

Working days are 5 per week if necessary, it can be 6 days per week

Salary :

£12.21/hour , after 40 hours £15.26  , the salary will change after 3 months : Beginner level

Location: Hoo, Rochester

What else we can offer you:

·        28 days holiday including bank holidays (with an opportunity to earn more holiday based on your length of service)

·        Pension scheme

·        Fortnightly pay

·        Learning and development opportunities

·        Free onsite parking

·        An opportunity to occupy our company accommodation if required

·        Access to free Wi-Fi

An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and diligent electrically biased Mult-Skilled Engineer to join our Engineering team. The purpose of this role is to support with and facilitate the planned, preventative and routine maintenance of a range of equipment and machinery on site to ensure the smooth running of our facility.

Responsibilities may include:

• To ensure all machines and equipment are maintained to the optimum standards through adequate maintenance
• Using fault finding techniques, react quickly to faults and breakdowns, communicating clearly with affected parties and working efficiently to fix the issue.
• Minimise the likelihood of breakdowns by keeping equipment in a good state of repair and seeking continuous improvement opportunities by looking for ways to reduce the cost impact to the business as a result of downtime and ensuring a systematic planned maintenance programme is in place
• Communicate with production teams to advance plan for downtime on machinery for service/modification or repairs that need carrying out
• Maintaining a stock of critical spare parts as well as ordering parts for service and repair work
• Ensuring work is carried out in a safe and efficient manner and in accordance with health and safety regulations
• Assisting with the installation and commissioning of new equipment
• Maintaining technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks and benchmarking best-practice

Our perfect Multi-Skilled Engineer would have:

• Proven experience of working as a Multi-Skilled Engineer in a similar manufacturing environment
• An electrical apprenticeship served (City & Guilds), HNC, ONC, NVQ Level 3, 18th Edition or similar
• A strong electrical basis with mechanical skills
• A strong awareness of and full commitment to the adherence of health and safety guidelines
• A proactive approach with a focus on driving improvement
• Excellent attention to detail; strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills
• Experience of using CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management Systems)
• Effective communication skills; can engage with all levels of the business with a minimum of B2 in English
• The ability to manage multiple tasks with the ability to reprioritise whilst continuing to manage expectations
• PLC fault finding & diagnostics experience

The hours you would work:

A 4 on 4 off rotating shift comprising of 07:00-19:00 and 12:00-24:00. During peak periods, shifts may change to 09:00-21:00

What else we can offer you:

• 28 days holiday including bank holidays (with an opportunity to earn more holiday based on your length of service)
• Pension scheme
• Fortnightly pay
• Learning and development opportunities
• Discretionary Christmas bonus
• Free onsite parking
• Access to free Wi-Fi
• Free fresh fruit! 

Our growing business has been all about British apples and pears since 1947.
From father to son, every day for over 75 years, our family business is growing. We innovate and change, but our values always stay the same. We’re a team who pride ourselves on the Goatham’s way, passionate about growing the very best quality British apples and pears.

An opportunity has arisen for capable individuals with an eye for detail to join our team in the role of Forklift Driver in Faversham.

The purpose of this role is to support the safe movement of our products within our yard and production areas. The post holder will be responsible for operating Forklift trucks and will be committed to maintaining a safe and efficient working environment.

Responsibilities Include:
• Load and unloading lorries and tractors/trailers
• Load and unloading of stores
• Help with maintenance and repairs
• Help with pressure testing
• To keep the sites in a clean and tidy environment
• Ensuring products are stored in the correct place/cold store
• Working in a cold store environment (with temperatures ranging from 0–5°C)
• Loading/unloading deliveries of products
• Loading tipper trucks
• Ensuring that forklift driving areas are free from spills or obstructions
• Regularly checking forklift equipment for faults or damages
• Repetitive manual handling of products (up to 18kg)
• Operating a clean-as-you-go procedure to keep the production and yard areas clean and tidy
• Maintaining excellent levels of hygiene and health and safety standards
• Reporting any damaged or missing goods, non-conformances, or accidents to relevant managers to ensure appropriate action is taken

• If necessary, you will be required to re-locate between our sites .

Our perfect Forklift Driver would have/be:

• Previous experience in a similar role

• Current and in-date Forklift driving licenses/certificates (desirable)

• Driving licence and own transport ( essential)
• Takes responsibility for own actions
• Previous experience of working in a warehouse or stores-based environment would be an advantage
• Understanding of and adherence to health and safety protocols and food hygiene standards
• The ability to interpret and follow written and spoken instructions
• Comfortable with a physical role where manual handling is a frequent requirement
• Respect for others and values diversity; happy to listen and work as part of a team
• Actively listens and contributes towards the team effort; collaborates and shares expertise with others
• Approaches challenges with a positive mindset
• A can-do attitude with a flexible and dynamic approach
• The ability to use own initiative; takes pride in delivering against tight deadlines despite working under pressure
• The ability to learn how to operate our handheld scanners
• Displays pride in A. C. Goatham, our products, and processes
• Customer focussed; able to provide a pragmatic and responsive service, and builds strong relationships throughout the organisation

The hours you would work:
Flexibility is required, working 5 days per week (including weekends-during harvest) according to the shift pattern, 07:30 to 16:30 , including breaks.

Immediate start available for the right candidate !

Rate of pay:
£14.15/h basic and £17.69/h overtime

What else we can offer you:
• 28 days holiday including bank holidays (with an opportunity to earn more holiday based on your length of service)
• Pension scheme
• Fortnightly pay
• Learning and development opportunities
• Free onsite parking
• An opportunity to occupy our company accommodation if required
• Access to free Wi-Fi

Our growing business has been all about British apples and pears since 1947.

From father to son, every day for over 75 years, our family business is growing. We innovate and change but our values always stay the same. We’re a team who pride ourselves on the Goatham’s way, passionate about growing the very best quality British apples and pears.

Two opportunities have arisen for dynamic individuals with an eye for detail to join our team in the role of Quality Controller. The purpose of this role is to carry out quality control checks on incoming raw materials, outgoing finished products and online production checks to ensure our fresh fruit products meet our internal and customer specifications.

Responsibilities Include:

• Inspection of fresh produce on arrival, on production lines and on despatch; ensuring product is correctly packed and positive release is carried out
• Carrying out quality related inspection checks such as pressure and brix testing using the appropriate equipment and recording test results
• Utilising the company IT software to create stock reports
• Managing workload according to customer order sheets.
• Checking of produce labels for accuracy and as per specification
• Selection and monitoring of shelf-life samples and carrying out associated testing
• Completing any necessary documentation in compliance with any requirements
• Maintaining excellent levels of hygiene standards
• Repetitive manual handling of products (up to 18kg)
• Monitoring the productivity of our Production Operatives, providing training, support and feedback to drive improved performance

Our perfect Quality Controller would have:

• Previous experience of working in a fresh produce environment with responsibility for monitoring product quality would be a strong advantage
• Excellent attention to detail
• Understanding of and adherence to health and safety protocols and food hygiene standards
• The ability to interpret and follow written and spoken instructions
• Respect for others and values diversity; happy to listen and work as part of a team
• A can-do attitude with a flexible and dynamic approach
• The ability to use own initiative and thrives under pressure
• A basic understanding of stock control systems

The hours you would work:

Our Quality Controllers are contracted to work a 5 day week but due to the nature of our business, it can sometimes be 6. We do tend to work long hours but we reflect this in our competitive pay structure. As a result, this role would only be suited to candidates who are able to be flexible.

Rate of pay:

£13.25 for the first 40 hours

£16.56 after 40 hours with pay increasing after successful completion of training

What else we can offer you:

• 28 days holiday including bank holidays (with an opportunity to earn more holiday based on your length of service)
• Pension scheme
• Fortnightly pay
• Learning and development opportunities
• Discretionary Christmas bonus
• Free onsite parking
• Access to free Wi-Fi