Process Worker - Liver Room

• Work Close to Home on the Central Coast

• Great Work Life Balance - have your afternoons free

• Competitive Hourly Rate + Penalties

Real Pet Food Company has built a reputation for the freshest products you can find. Disrupting the market, we are serving real, locally sourced and manufactured pet food - wet, dry, fresh, chilled and treats. No one knows pets quite the way we do!

Our Somersby Manufacturing Site is where we manufacture our animal treats, including our Love 'Em Dried Liver treats for our doggy friends, and we are looking for confident and enthusiastic Machine Operators to join our Liver Processing team.

Specifically, this line handles raw protein (red meat) so you need to be comfortable in a 'wet' manufacturing environment.

This role works a 9-day fortnight with the hours from 6am-3pm.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• FOCUS ON SAFETY - Setting up and operating a slicer and other related equipment

• FOCUS ON QUALITY - Monitoring production processes

• Loading and feeding raw materials (Liver)

• Performing quality checks

• Adjusting temperature controls for our baking ovens

• Working on the production lines as well as within a cool room

• Troubleshooting issues that may arise

• Maintaining a safe and clean work environment

• Working with raw materials

• Manual Handling

• Some heavy lifting

Skills & Experience

• Must pass our Pre-Employment Medical and have the capability and strength to lift up to 20KG

• Basic mechanical aptitude

• Experience within machine operating - preferably with food manufacturing production lines

• Excellent attention to detail

• Ability to work within a team and independently

• Must be willing to perform general warehouse tasks daily

• Ability to maintain production logs

• Experience working within a butchery or abattoir will be viewed positively

• On the job training Opportunities and career progression within the business

What we’re about

Welcome to RPF, where we believe in keeping it Real.

Since 1994, we have been Australia and New Zealand’s pioneers in fresher dog and cat nutrition. Our story is one of passion for a better way to care for pets, a belief in fresher nutrition, and an unwavering commitment to delivering this to pet parents and pets worldwide.

We're dedicated to fostering authentic partnerships, encouraging real ambition, and providing real career opportunities for our employees to make a difference.

Real means fresher ingredients and fresher methods. We'll never stop expanding, innovating, and trying new things. We compete in every pet category and channel, creating favourite brands such as Ivory Coat, Nature’s Gift, V.I.P. Petfoods, Love ‘Em, & Fussy Cat!

Since the establishment of RPF, we have grown to over 900 people across Australia and New Zealand, China, Southeast Asia and Europe.

With the pet industry growing rapidly (a $15 billion industry!) and pets becoming increasingly important in our lives and homes, this is a unique opportunity to be a part of our remarkable growth story and advance your career.

What’s next?
If you're ready to unleash your potential and make a real difference in the booming pet industry, then we want to hear from you!

• up to 2 face-to-face interviews including a site visit

• Pre-Employment Medical

• Reference Checking
  
  We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity’s not a buzzword here, it’s in our DNA. Diverse perspectives shape our culture and make our work better. That’s why we’re committed to building inclusive teams that represent a variety of backgrounds and skills. If you need any reasonable adjustments, accessibility assistance or would like to note which pronouns you use at any stage of our hiring process, just contact us at: careers@realpetfoodco.com.au
  
  Please note: NO agencies will be considered during this process. We advise you to refrain from submitting unsolicited profiles.

Please note: NO agencies will be considered during this process. We advise you to refrain from submitting unsolicited profiles.