Maintenance Operator

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title: Maintenance Operator

Location: Melmerby, North Yorkshire, UK

Contract and Shift details: Permanent, Monday – Friday, 10-hour shifts.

About the Role:
We are looking for a motivated and dedicated Maintenance Operative to join our team at AB Neo.

This involved position plays a vital part in promoting ongoing improvements throughout the site, particularly regarding hygiene, pest control, and enhancements to the facility.

Working closely with the Site Improvement Program (SIP), Site Improvement Audits, and Hygiene Plan, you will help maintain the highest standards of cleanliness, safety, and reliability within our production environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct regular cleaning tasks including vacuuming, scraping, washing, and painting.
• Operate industrial cleaning equipment and sprayers as required.
• Follow the hygiene plan outlined in the maintenance schedule.
• Maintain accurate hygiene records.
• Support pest control initiatives and standards.
• Handle materials safely, including use of a Forklift Truck (FLT)
• Report any leaks, defects, or hazards to the maintenance team.
• Support and action findings from internal and external audits.
• Minimise production waste and optimise resource usage.

• Prioritise improvements to site appearance and functionality.
• Degrease equipment and perform routine painting.
• Support overall site reliability and plant efficiency.
• Collaborate with colleagues to progress the Site Improvement Program

What We're Looking For:

• Experience in a similar role within FMCG, production, or engineering environments
• FLT Licence (Desirable)
• Thorough knowledge of quality assurance and hygiene standards
• A cooperative worker open to learning
• High attention to detail and a commitment to excellence
• Pride in your work and the work environment

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 incentive bonus, 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 We are AB Neo a specialist business bringing together the expertise of four successful companies with the aim of revolutionising nutrition for all neonates. Bring your talents to AB Neo and play your part in producing affordable, high quality and responsible food for the growing global population

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.