Line Technician

Peterborough |

Employer: MM Flowers Ltd
Sector/Specialism: Manufacturing & Production

Line Technician
Alconbury, Huntingdon
SALARY : £20,196.80 plus overtime


The British flower market is worth £1.2bn and MM Flowers supplies fresh cut flowers and bouquets to the U.K.’s and Europe’s leading flower retailers. We grow and source the highest quality and most beautiful blooms across the world, delivering colour, passion and inspiration through breath-taking blooms.

Established in 2007, MM Flowers has grown exponentially every year and is based in a purpose built, state-of-the-art facility in Alconbury, Huntingdon. MM Flowers employs over 500 people who are dedicated to delivering exceptional quality and service to our customers.

To continue our tremendous growth, we need the brilliant people to help us achieve our goals. We aim to deliver excellence at every point in the supply chain from distribution to processing, technical standards through to marketing, with consideration for our people and the planet at the heart of everything we do.

If this sounds like a company that you would like to be a part of, and you have the talent, energy and drive to be a part of shaping our journey, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for quality lead people to join our Production Team as Line Technicians.

In a nutshell, you will be busy …….

As part of the Line Management Team working on the line checking the product quality, and make, against the customer’s individual specification. You will also assist the Line Leader in ensuring the line runs at its optimum levels of efficiently, as well as consistently operating in line with our Health & Safety standards.

On a daily basis you will :

• Act as a role model and ensure all company requirements with regards to the safety, quality and legality of the product are adhered to
• Assist in leading the team to deliver a quality and customer focused efficient packing operation on a day-to-day basis
• Cover the Line Leader in their absence
• Attend and lead, if needed, daily meetings with the team, reporting any areas of concern and recommendations for improvement and root cause analysis.
• Ensure a positive release of each individual bunch on the line that you handle so it adheres to customer specifications
• Help motivate and develop the team to consistently achieve and maintain key performance indicators daily, providing feedback when required
• Have a sound working knowledge of all product specifications
• Be knowledgeable of flower defects and apply it during day-to-day work
• Create the production sample of each new work order, to be placed in a display bucket
• Remove any bunches of flowers where quality falls outside the customer specifications, ensuring that where possible the bunch is reworked to comply with quality
• Ensure that all production standard operating procedures (SOPs) are adhered to when conducting day-to-day production requirements
• Ensure that products are packed to the customer specification on quality and packaging for each customer, informing the Section Leader if this is not the case
• Raise any consistent issues to the Line Leader so that the line can be stopped and the issue corrected
• Support and assist in maintaining the required hygiene standards within the company
• Ensure all company requirements with regards to the safety, quality and legality of the product are adhered to

What you can already do :

• Be familiar operating within a KPI driven structure
• Previous experience in a quality-based role
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers
• You must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service
• Have a very keen eye for detail and the ability to follow specifications precisely
• Demonstrate a flexible approach to work
• Have a respectful and positive approach to working with agency labour providers and agency team members from various cultural backgrounds
• Be an approachable individual, willing to listen and actively encourage subordinates to contribute to the success of the team
• Be driven to succeed with a can-do approach
• Engages with the whole team and actively listens

It’s not essential, but we would also love it if you have :

• Experience in a similar role within fresh produce/food production/FMCG environment
• Experience of operating packing machinery
• Experience with Rubicon ERP systems
• Experience of Lean manufacturing implementations

And about you, we need you to have :

• A high level of attention to detail
• Excellent motivation and communication skills, confident to communicate effectively with the different business areas and key stakeholders
• A real team player
• The ability to work well when under pressure and working to tight deadlines


So why MM Flowers ?

• We offer you an environment where we encourage you to think outside the box and challenge the status quo
• Teamwork is fundamental and you will be welcomed with open arms
• We celebrate successes and support career development opportunities
What will your current colleagues say about you?
• A real professional, who is a true supportive team player.
• Always ready to role their sleeves up and get involved
• Motivated to deliver excellence

So whats the package? When you work at MM Flowers you get more than just a salary :

• Holiday allowances are calculated on your days worked and you can find your allowance in your offer letter.
• Pension Scheme - You will be auto enrolled onto the company pension scheme after 3 months. At present we operate an auto enrolment scheme where you will benefit from contributions from us.
• Onsite Parking - free parking is available onsite
• Recommend a Friend Scheme - £250 is payable to you when you recommend a friend who is successful through the application process and successfully completes their 3 month probationary period.
• Career Progression - we actively encourage employees from within the business to consider roles which become available and whether that be within their field or want to consider a cross functional move.
• Wonderful working environment- we are all working in a modern contemporary purpose built State of the Art facility.
• We are committed to an open ethical and fair working environment and have a Whistleblowing Policy in place to ensure complaints and concerns are handled appropriately.
• We work with an Occupational Health provider to support employees both mentally and physically.
• We run corporate engagement initiatives throughout the year.
• We gather employee feedback annually to see how we can improve the employee experience.
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So …… what are you waiting for, we would love to hear from you

If this position doesn’t match your experience but you love the sound of MM Flowers we welcome speculative applicants, please forward your cv and a covering letter about the type of role or function you are interested in being considered for to careers@mm-flowers.com

MM Flowers are a proud equal opportunity employer, and we understand the benefits of nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, genetic information. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation to complete the job role advertised are encouraged to apply.
We believe we can only achieve our potential if we employ a diverse population of people, ideas and perspectives.

We are committed to grow our workplace culture, encouraging team members to feel unique valued and engaged, enabling them to achieve their full potential.

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