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Kinnerton
PMP Recruitment is hiring for a range of roles
​​​​​​​with Kinnerton 
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About Kinnerton

Kinnerton is one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the UK with sites in London, East Anglia, and Yorkshire. They also have international offices in Hong Kong and Australia. Their operation has grown into a child’s chocolate dreamland full of Easter eggs, advent calendars, delicious lollipops, and chocolate bars. All of these are produced in Kinnerton’s unique and pioneering ‘nut free’ environment.

Working for Kinnerton
If you love chocolate, then this is the job role for you! Kinnerton focuses on providing an environment that is:
  • Dynamic and fast moving 
  • Friendly
  • Diverse 
  • Ambient and dry 
 
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Kinnerton Fakenham

Pay
Production operative
  • Days £8.91 p/h
  • Nights £9.56 p/h
* + £2.00 p/h attendance bonus

Machine operative
  • Starting at £9.18

Line feeder (Bays/Nights)
  • £9.20p/h
* + £2.00 p/h attendance bonus
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Hygiene operative
  • Starting at £8.91


Overtime available after 37.5 hours
Shifts
Days/Lates (rotating)
  • Monday - Friday
  • 06:00 - 14:00
  • 14:00 - 22:00

Nights: Sunday - Thursday
  • 22:00 - 06:00

 4on4off
  • Days 06:00 - 18:00
  • Nights 18:00 - 0600

Part-time: Monday - Friday
  • 06:00-10:00
  • 10:00-14:00
  • 14:00-1800
  • 18:00-22:00
Benefits
There are loads of perks to working for Kinnerton including:

  • On-site canteen with hot and cold drinks


  • Vending machines with sandwiches and meals to to be reheated


  • Discounts in company chocolate shop


  • Free car parking


  • Set shift patterns
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  • Fixed Term Assignments until March 2022

Kinnerton Sheburn

Pay
Production operative
Days £9.09 p/h
Nights £9.09 ph

Machine operative
Starting at £9.57

Hygiene operative
Starting at £9.09 on days and £9.77 on nights

Overtime available after 40,
£1 bonus attendance
Shifts
Days/nights (rotating)
Sunday - Friday
06:00 - 18:00
18:00 - 06:00

Nights: Sunday - Thursday
22:00 - 06:00

Fixed Shifts
Days 06:00 - 18:00
Nights 22:00 - 18:00
Benefits
There are loads of perks to working for Kinnerton including:

  • On-site canteen with hot and cold drinks


  • Vending machines


  • Discounts in company chocolate shop


  • Free car parking


  • Set shift patterns, and Flexible shifts

Find a role perfect for you

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Production Operative
Main responsibilities:
  • Health & Safety of yourself as well as colleagues and the working environment.
  • Operational tasks within manufacturing & packaging processes
  • Flexibility to work operationally to meet business requirements – this could include working in other departments 
  • Work effectively and efficiently to meet set speeds, costs and planned volumes 
  • Awareness of quality and waste
  • All jobs will have to be completed to the required standards. 
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Team Leader
Main responsibilities:

  • Responsible for supervising a shift team

  • Operating a process/ line within the factory

  • Delivering the production plan to agreed product specifications and performance targets, in compliance with Health & Safety, Environmental and Food Safety requirements. 
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Process Operative (Machine Operative)
Main responsibilities:
  • Operating the machines to the required standards and specifications that are required for the product. 
  • Ensuring that the product is up to the correct standards and specifications.
  • Attaining production and quality targets set out for each product
  • Measuring, recording and taking necessary actions with regard to quality and weight checks.
  • Ensuring that the machines are operated in compliance with the controlled document and health and safety policies
  • Ensuring that the machines are changed over correctly and in accordance to the planned change over time.
  • Managing/Monitoring usage of chocolate from tempering units. 
 
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Mixer (including Mixing Room Leader)
Main responsibilities:
  • Maintaining standards of quality and work to waste limits. 
  • Performing skilled operational tasks within mixing manufacturing. 
  • Completing mixes to the required recipe parameters. 
  • Working to the correct speed to achieve costs and planned volume. 
  • Ensuring high level of area and machine standards (GMP) 
  • Ordering ingredients from the warehouse to ensure they are always available for production.  
  • Ensuring the H&S of employees within the mixing room team, in line with the company H&S policy  .
  • Ensure that all production is carried out safely and in line with the company food safety policy .
  • Effectively deploying and managing staffing levels in line with production requirements, monitor and measure line performance. 
Virtual Hiring
We've implemented virtual hiring across our network to make it easier than ever to apply for a job wih Kinnerton. All aspects of the application can be done from the comfort of your own home using whatever device you want.

Step 1
Apply online via our website

Step 2
Pre-screen call with a member of the recruitment team who will assess your suitability for the role and send you the next steps

Step 3
Complete PMP Connect

Step 4
Complete Kinnerton induction and
e-learning module

Step 5
You will be invited for a final video call where we will check your ID documentation, prepare you for your first day, and answer any questions you may have

All done!
You have completed all the
​​​​​​​steps and can now start
working with Kinnerton.

Hear from our colleagues...

"It was a nice place to work. I was starting my work day with a handover, to know what was happening on the previous shift. I have learned a lot about machines, now I have got mechanical vision. Management was nice, they always care about the people. The hardest part of the job is changing over, because all equipment and plants need to be cleaned. The most enjoyable part of the job is when the plant is running well after change over and quality is good."


"I loved working at Kinnerton and I met some amazing friends. I had to quit my job because I had a baby and it was working too many hours. It was a face pacing job but was really fun."

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"Great company to work for, pleasant and sensible management and team leaders are common, not a rarity."

​​​​​​​"Overall good place to work nice people and really good shifts allowing you to have a good chance to spend time with your family , good opportunities for the right people and good pay too. The people who work there are very helpful and easy to get on with; they will treat you as a team member."