Job Title: Production Operative
Location: Monmouth
Shift Details: Days - Monday - Thursday: 08:00 - 16:30 - Friday 08:00 - 14:30
Package includes: Salary £25702.02 a year, plus pension contributions matched up to 10% and access to flexible benefits that support your development, wellbeing and everyday life.
The role of the Production Operator is to support the Team Leader and the Senior Operators in achieving the weekly plan on time and in full. The work is to be carried out in a safe and efficient manner. Report any activity that appears to compromise the safety of others. Carry out all jobs in line with the Product Specifications.
What you'll be doing:
- Work with H&S Manager to continuously improve safety standards throughout the departments.
- Set audit ready hygiene and GMP standards throughout the departments.
- Maintain a high standard of timekeeping in line with the company handbook.
- Operate machines in line with SOPS and as instructed by Team Leader and Machine Operators.
- Ensure the quality of all finished products is of the highest standard.
- The Seal Integrity, Product Weight and Coding details of every item must meet the requirements of the Product Specification.
- Assist Machine Operators / Senior Operators with machine changeovers minimising downtime at all times.
- Communicate any quality related issues with the Quality Control Dept. Ensure FOL checks are carried out for every product.
- Communicate any machine, process or personnel issues with the Team Leader or Manager in a timely fashion.
- Undertake ad hoc tasks as instructed by the Team Leader or Manager when requested.
- Support the Team Leader and Manager in the development of best practices and continuous improvement.
- Act professionally at all times when representing the company either internally or externally. Carry out any “Rework Instructions” as requested by Senior Personnel.
- Ensure all departmental paperwork (30m quality sheets, Reconciliation sheets. Production Sheets) is completed accurately and in a timely manner.
What you'll bring:
Work as part of a team.
Work under own initiative Good numeracy/literacy skills
Attention to detail
Effective communication skills
Where growth meets purpose
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 shaping a world where responsible nutrition is accessible to all. With a big goal comes equally big opportunities to make a career that truly feels like your own. As a team we’re collaborative, purpose-driven and encourage trying new ideas. We also find ways to nourish your individual journey, so everyone can feel proud of the difference that they make in their own way.
We’re thrilled to share that AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. This is a proud moment for us all. It highlights the real progress we’ve made to build a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and fair for everyone. Over the last 5 years we have rebuilt our talent management practices, from inclusive hiring, to transparent pay frameworks, flexible work, and the momentum of our Employee Network Groups. Our actions are embedding inclusion at the heart of how we operate and creating a culture where people can be themselves
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.
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, company car/allowance, 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
Global Supplements is a newly formed business within AB Agri and is home to leading brands such as NAF and Nutrilabs. Our supplementary feed focuses on horses, dogs and cats. We are quickly becoming the first choice for our customers in the UK and across Europe because we are passionate about our products and passionate about our animals.
We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division 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.
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
