Direct Response Employment Services are delighted to be supporting a client of ours set in a beautiful location on the outskirts of Bradford on Avon.

This is a permanent role, working 45 hours per week with a salary of £35k per annum.

Key Duties:

• Preparing the food for cooking
• Reviewing the menu and doing inventory
• Following the budget set by the Manager
• Ordering food for the kitchen
• Managing relationships with distributors and resolving any issues with vendors, promptly
• Ensuring standard portions and quality of dishes
• Maintaining a clean and safe kitchen and ensuring sanitation practices in the kitchen

To be considered for this role we are looking for a candidate who has previously worked as a chef although happy to consider candidates are both junior and senior level.

You will be a team player with the ethos to provide customers with an exceptional experience

If you would like to be considered for this role then please get in touch to discuss further.

Direct Response Employment Services are working with a leading manufacturer in the recruitment of a Lab Technician to join the team on a permanent basis.

The successful candidate will have experience working in a similar role, ideally in Food and Beverage industry however this is not essential as our client is happy to consider juniors who are keen to develop.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• To be able to carry out all tests within both labs (Chemistry and Microbiology)
• To be able to carry out environmental and plant hygiene swabs
• To be able to complete when required taste panels, and management of reference samples
• To work safely regarding personal safety and the safety of colleagues and others
• To be able to work unsupervised but within an agreed work schedule
• To be able to ensure that all stock is rotated correctly, conduct stock-takes and report to management any stock needs
• To carry out housekeeping duties as per schedule and to dispose of waste in a safe and  correct manner
• To demonstrate competency in testing via internal and external monitoring procedures, and to conduct internal audits to given schedule
• To be able to collate all out of spec’ results on the daily exception report and circulate to the designated list
• To determine and act on non-complying results by communicating information and following up with re-sampling and re-testing
• To use positive release systems for product ingredients and finished products
• To respond to requests for product release by email/telephone
• To prioritise the given work load, and to ensure lab KPIs are met

The Ideal Candidate: 

• Ideally lab experience or similar, however our client is open to consider juniors as long as you have the right attitude to learn the role.
• Must be computer literate.
• Ability to communicate with senior / management level.
• Able to prioritise and work well under pressure.

This is a three shift rotating pattern of Monday to Friday 6am-2pm/ Monday to Friday 2pm-10pm and Sunday to Thursday 10pm-6am. Please only apply if you can commit to this pattern.

Benefits:

• Salary £29,984
• Company pension 6% employer contribution (Salary exchange)
• 25 days holiday + Bank holidays
• 4 x Death in Service
• Long service recognition
• Wellbeing initiatives – Free flu jabs, free eye tests, £90 contribution to prescription lenses, free legal and financial helpline and mental health support, virtual GP

If you would like to discuss this role in more detail then please get in touch today.

Direct Response Employment Services are delighted to be supporting our client in Frome who are seeking a Data coordinator to join the team on a temporary basis, ongoing.

The role will be office based where you will be collating data pulled from call logs and cross referencing and checking call log entries are accurate. Checking call templates and rewriting / changing where needed along with updating Excel and adding data to Excel including formulating spreadsheets with the data.

You will also be responsible for collating reports with this data for management.

The role is repetitive as you will be dealing with a backlog of logs to go through so someone who is happy being on a computer and managing data, along with daily use of excel.

We are looking for someone who is very computer literate, good excel skills along with good attention to detail and a good level of written and verbal English.

Working Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm, hourly rate of £12.82 per hour (£25k)

Please get in touch is this is a position you are interested in and immediately available.

Direct Response are looking for a Van driver to work on an Adhock basis for one of our clients in Westbury on a temporary basis, covering busier times, holiday and sickness.

The role itself will involve assisting with offloading of goods being delivered with some items being large and heavy items therefore we are looking for someone who is physically fit.

Start times for the role will vary between 5am – 6am start times and will be delivery across the Southern parts of the UK including London.

To be considered you will have previously driving commercial within the last 6 months and have no more than 6 points on your licence, along with being aged over 25 due to insurance purposes.

If you would like to discuss more then please get in touch with the office.