Slaughter Operative – Fully Skilled

Company: Morrisons
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Location: Colne
Job Description:

At Morrisons we’re proud to produce high quality meat products for our customers, both in store and our external partners. As a Manufacturing Slaughter Operative – Fully Skilled in our abattoir, you will be multi-skilled across tasks on the slaughter line to prepare the carcass, working towards the site objective of providing high quality products in a safe, efficient and hygienic environment.

You’ll follow training in food safety to ensure a high quality, food safe products are produced for our customers, ensuring health and safety processes are maintained to create a safe working environment for yourself and colleagues. You’ll use a knife or bladed machine to prepare the carcass, and will focus on completing tasks efficiently in order to reduce waste and downtime.

Benefits

  • Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays) and a guaranteed day off that’s important to you – whether that be a birthday, religious holiday or a special occasion
  • 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores available from the day you join us
  • Additional 10% discount card for a Friend or Family member
  • Career progression and development opportunities
  • Subsidised staff canteen
  • Competitive pension and life assurance
  • Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
  • Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
  • Optional Payroll charity donations
  • A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

About you

  • Has previous Halal butchery and knife skills experience
  • Must be a holder of current and valid slaughter licence
  • Is able to maintain concentration and consistently high standards in a fast paced food manufacturing environment
  • Is able to understand detailed training and follow guidance and instructions
  • Food Safety Level 2 is desirable, but can be trained at site

Please note that this is an abattoir / slaughterhouse environment and you will be in the presence of raw meat and carcasses, working in a chilled environment of between 2 and 9 degrees. Full personal protective equipment is provided and must be worn at all times.

We want to provide everyone with the opportunity to succeed in their role and career with us. It’s one of our main ambitions here at Myton Food Group.

We’re committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. You can find answers to common questions on our FAQs page, including how to request reasonable adjustments. Should you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please let us know and we’d be happy to support you.

Please note: We will only recruit individuals who are over the school leaver’s age.

Additionally, some of our roles have an age restriction due to the nature of the role.

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Posted: June 1st, 2026