Production Advanced Team Operative

Refresco, the world’s largest independent soft drinks manufacturer are recruiting a Production Advanced Team Operative for our Pontefract Site.  You will play an important role in making sure some of the best-known drink’s brands in the UK are manufactured to the right quality and delivered on time to our many customers. Refresco is always changing, always innovating, always growing, creating endless opportunities for you to develop and grow your career with us in the future.

About the Role

You do not need previous experience as full training will be provided. You will be part of a supportive team, led by Production Shift Manager, working with colleagues who will help you settle in, find your way around and show you the ropes.

As a Production Advanced Team Operative your main tasks and duties will be:

• Performing all duties within the Production Department within the Factory to ensure the effective running of the process function and/or production lines and associated systems/equipment and being audit ready at all times.


• Operating equipment/machinery and undertaking fault finding, changeovers including CIP where relevant, asset care, and basic machine maintenance activities.


• Management of Raw Materials in accordance with FIFO and Storage Procedures.


• Accurately completing all monitoring systems required by the Company in accordance with Company Policies, Procedures and Standards.

See what it is like to be part of the Refresco Bondgate team: Refresco Bondgate - YouTube

Salary and Benefits

The annual salary with shift allowance is £34,076.47.  Your shift pattern will be (3on3off rotating days and nights). In addition, you will have 3 x your annual base salary life assurance, a good company pension scheme, a sports and social fund and free on-site car parking.

We also offer our employees access to GroceryAid, a support service offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical advice and counselling to people working in the grocery industry https://www.groceryaid.org.uk/, and Cheers, offering our employees discounts to many well-known brands.

About You

You are going to be part of the Refresco team at Pontefract, so it’s important you work and communicate well with your colleagues, support them when needed, take time to understand what they do, and learn how we all contribute to achieving our goals.

The Refresco Values are what has made us successful and will help us and you grow in the future. If you follow the Refresco Values, you can’t go wrong!

Find out more here: https://www.refresco.co.uk/uk/about/our-values

About Refresco

Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We're passionate about producing tasty, refreshing drinks but we’re thirsty for more and growing fast. We’re a global business and have invested heavily to expand our manufacturing footprint to make us the largest independent bottler of soft drinks and fruit juices in the world. We currently produce 12 billion litres from nearly 80 manufacturing plants in 13 countries and we’re only just getting started…

Our UK Business has six manufacturing plants providing a great place to work for 1800 employees producing own label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading UK supermarkets. We also manufacture many of the best-known branded drink’s such as Monster Energy, Innocent, Ocean Spray and Vimto. Whether it’s packed in cartons, bottles, or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards and are on the customer tables for every occasion!

We’re an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind.