Role: General Operator Fulfilment

Career Step Level: Step level 1.0

Location: Blyth, Worksop

Hours: We are pleased to say, this is a full-time permanent contract, you will be working a rolling average of 41 hours per week working on a shift rotation of days and some weekend working. The working shifts days consisting of 7am to 7pm. 

Salary: £29.921.89, £13.99 per hour 

While we don’t have an immediate vacancy for this role, we are proactively building a talent pipeline for upcoming opportunities. We encourage you to apply so we can consider your application as soon as a position opens up!


🐾 A bit about us

At Butternut, the mission is to deliver health and happiness to dogs and their humans all over the world. In order to do just that, we need a team of forward-thinking, driven people who love dogs as much as we do. And we need some pretty impressive kitchens to make it happen.

While Rudie's Kitchen and Ace's Pantry in Doncaster remain the heart of our UK operations, we’ve recently taken a massive leap forward with Sam’s Kitchen in Poland, going live in January this year. This expansion is a huge part of our story, allowing us to bring our gently cooked, human-quality meals to even more four-legged friends across Europe.

We believe dogs deserve better, and we wouldn't serve food to them that we wouldn't be happy to eat ourselves. Butternut has come a long way since Kev & Dave (our co-founders) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, and with our new international footprint, we are looking for brilliant people to join us for this next chapter.

Are you up for the challenge?

🐕‍🦺  A bit about the role

• Work in a safe way following all appropriate safety procedures and wearing protective equipment correctly at all times.
• Conduct quality checks ensuring that we meet product specifications.
• Unpack, packing, loading and unloading (boxes and finished goods), monitoring the fulfilment lines etc.
• Cover for Skilled Operator when required.
• Other general tasks waste processing, order packing etc
• Work to relevant standards and Key Performance Indicators.
• Occasional attendance and contribution at the daily review meeting and regular attendance/contribution at online performance reviews.
• General facility hygiene - floors, walls and conveyors etc. and working in a manner that epitomises ‘clean as you go’.
• This role will work in our Fulfilment team.

🐶  A Paw-fect Candidate

• Previous picking operative experience is preferred however we provide full in-house training.
• Comfortable working in a cold/chilled environment.
• Committed to food quality & safety.
• Comfortable working in an active role which includes bending, lifting and being on your feet.
• Good level of speaking English.
• Naturally a lover of dogs (we have some pretty cute employee dogs in our upstairs office).

🙌  The perks

• Enjoy 257.5 hours of holiday per year, plus an extra day for each year of service (up to 5 days).
• 39 hours of pre-booked paws days to support good wellbeing and self care.
• Unlock a £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.
• Get discounted Private Medical Insurance with Vitality Healthcare, and discounted dental plans with Bupa.
• Satisfy your taste buds with subsidised food from a variety of street food vans, and of course, pay day pizza!
• Treat your furry friend with an employee discount on Butternut Box.
• Say goodbye to parking woes with free parking and electric car charging.
• Prepare for adorable office dog overload—meet Cleo, Paxo, Cali, Ronnie, Harvey, Milo, and many more!

💡 Important things to note:

• There is no closing date for this role. However, we normally experience a high volume of applications so if you are interested we suggest applying as soon as possible. Should the position be filled, candidates will be placed into a talent pipeline for future openings.
• We’re a small (but mighty!) recruitment team. We aim to respond to everyone personally, but if we’re flooded with brilliant applications, we may need to close the role early. We appreciate your patience while we review applications. 
• For this specific role, we’re unable to offer visa sponsorship, so you’ll need the right to work in the UK.

❗️We believe in a seat at the table for everyone. 

Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that to make the best food for all dogs, we need a team that represents all humans. We celebrate different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We are specifically committed to increasing representation from underrepresented groups. We want a strong, diverse team built from different identities and lived experiences. We’re not perfect, but we are dedicated to the ongoing work of building an inclusive, supportive place where you can do the best work of your career.

We look forward to receiving your application!