Meat Processing Line Worker – Entry Level

You'll keep the line running at a furniture assembly factory in Newcastle, feeding, checking and packing product all shift. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

This post is Newcastle-based, with most of your time spent at a furniture assembly factory. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Follow lock-out procedures when helping with cleaning inside machines
• Move full bins and crates to the next station with a trolley
• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card
• Change over packaging film and labels when the line switches product
• Clean down machines and floors at the end of each run
• Check product for size, weight and seal faults and pull out rejects

• Available for rotating day and night shifts
• No problem wearing full PPE, including ear protection
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check

• Previous work in a food or FMCG factory
• A food handler or basic HACCP awareness certificate
• NQF Level 2 manufacturing learnership completed

• Company transport on some night shifts
• Path to machine operator after six months
• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets
• Staff shop with discounted factory products

• Name the products you worked on before, like "biscuit line" or "juice bottling". Factory recruiters read that faster than a job title.
• Do not wear jewellery or long nails to the interview if it is on site. Food factories notice and it counts.