About the Role
As a Weighbridge Operative, you will play a key role in ensuring the safe and efficient
intake of barley into our malting facility. You will be responsible for
coordinating deliveries, maintaining excellent customer and driver relations,
and ensuring all intake activities comply with product quality standards, food
safety requirements, and operational procedures.
Working closely with production, hygiene, engineering, and logistics teams, you will help ensure smooth plant operations while contributing to a safe and continuous improvement
culture.
Your Mission
Safely manage the intake of barley in line with quality specifications, food safety standards, operationalprocedures, and efficiency targets.
Maintain positive customer and driver relationships while ensuring intake schedules are respected.
Support production by ensuring barley intake is completed accurately and efficiently to meet the production plan.
Uphold intake standards, regulations, SOPs, and quality requirements to maximize First Time Right (FTR)performance.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and proactively identify and resolve operational issues.
Key Responsibilities
Safety & Food/Safety
Follow all Health & Safety, PPE, and food safety procedures.
Identify, report, and escalate safety or food safety risks.
Promote a safe working environment and positive safety culture.
Hygiene
Maintain clean and tidy work areas.
Carry out sweeping, shoveling, grain waste handling, and general housekeeping.
Clean the weighbridge, intake areas, and intakepits on a daily basis.
Production & Quality
Manage barley intake operations to support the production plan.
Ensure intake activities meet quality standards, SOPs, and regulatory requirements.
Report and address any issues impacting quality, efficiency, or performance.
Communication & Teamwork
Collaborate with Production, Hygiene, Engineering, and other departments.
Maintain positive relationships with customers, drivers, and colleagues.
Communicate operational issues effectively and in a timely manner.
Continuous Improvement (BOPEX)
Support continuous improvement initiatives.
Take a proactive approach to problem-solving and operational excellence.
Contribute to improvements in safety, quality, efficiency, and customer service.
Master we are looking for ?
Skills & Experience
Essential:
Fluent in English.
Basic IT skills.
Strong communication and customer service skills.
Ability to work safely and follow procedures.
Reliable, organized, and proactive approach to work.
Ability to perform manual tasks including sweeping, shoveling, and handling grain waste.
Desirable:
Experience in manufacturing, food processing, grain handling, or a similar industrial environment.
Previous weighbridge operations experience.
Understanding of food safety and quality standards.
Masters of Malt's treasure
Advantages
We offer an attractive salary and benefits package and as part of a global organization can offer career opportunities internationally. As Masters of Malt we want to be a great employer, focusing on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration and health and wellbeing.
We live our values, putting people at the heart of what we do.
“Strive” - our ambition is to be the best maltster that's why every day we commit to challenge ourselves to achieve the highest level.
“Care” - our strength is magnificent when we care for our earth, our colleagues and our business partners. We encourage trust, respect and treat each other with respect. We believe that Diversity makes us stronger.
“Inspire” - We adopt a long-term orientation delivering sustainable performance through innovation and digitization, becoming praised Masters of Malt.
“Explore” – thinking out of the box and embracing pioneer ideas to become a source of motivation, we like challenging the status quo to develop full potential.
Pay: £32,208.00 per year
Work Location: In person
