Production Assistants - Fixed Term contract - Kings Lynn Job Title: Production Assistant Location: Germains - Kings Lynn Fixed Term: December 2024 to February 2025 About the Role: We’re looking for a Production Assistant to support our high standards in production efficiency, product quality, and workplace safety. This role involves operating production processes, assisting with equipment maintenance, and contributing to a clean, organised, and safe work environment. You’ll work closely with our Production and Engineering teams to address equipment needs, monitor product quality, and engage in continuous improvement projects to optimise production. Key Responsibilities: Execute the production plan, monitor product quality, and report any deviations or issues. Perform quality tests and routine maintenance tasks, maintaining detailed records. Collaborate with the Engineering team to promptly address machine setups and breakdowns. Engage in Health&Safety practices, including the ‘near miss’ reporting procedure. Actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives, suggesting process enhancements as needed. Skills and Experience: We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn’t exactly match the job description. Your skills and motivation are what truly matter to us. We value a diverse workforce and believe that our inclusive culture allows everyone to thrive. Experience in a production or manufacturing environment is an advantage. Strong attention to detail and a commitment to safety. Basic mechanical skills for first-line maintenance. Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively. Location: This role is carried out entirely on-site at the location in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. About the Company Rewarding your Passion When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one. About us Germains Seed Technology's mission is to ‘maximise nature’s potential’ by using its seed technology processing know-how and deep expertise to unlock the genetic potential of seeds for food production. At a time when pressure on land, water and resources is greater than at any time in human history, Germains exists to help our customers maximise the productivity and cost-effectiveness of their crops. Our team of around 200 people work across the USA, Europe and the UK. We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture. As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know. Application Notes We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes. When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application. Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information. Agencies and media sales AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them