Cooking Operator

As an operator at Van Geloven you’ll team up with colleagues to make the tastiest snacks. You’ll work in our cooking department, handling meat and making doughs and ragouts. In this role you carry out a range of hands-on tasks. Think of the following tasks;

• Ensure quality and safety;
• Unpack meat;
• Thaw and cut meat
• Cook and prepare meat, prepare ingredients and mix according to recipe;
• Prepare the doughs and ragouts;
• Set up, operate and change over production lines;
• Fix minor faults yourself where possible, and carry out basic maintenance tasks;
• Report deviations in the production process and production data;
• Keep the work area clean, perform cleaning tasks on machines;

The work is very varied. Together with the team of operators and production staff you make sure the doughs and ragouts are ready on time, so the other department can make kroketten and bitterballen. Because it’s a whole process, you’ll be deployed on different parts and tasks.

You’ll team up with colleagues to make our delicious snacks! As an Operator you keep an overview of the production line and are responsible for producing our snacks correctly.

At Van Geloven, safety comes first. It's important that you and your colleagues make sure the whole working environment is safe. You also speak to your colleagues about this. We expect the following from you:

• You're a real doer and can handle heavy physical work;
• You're used to working cleanly and following procedures;
• You can set priorities, stay calm under pressure and adapt quickly to changing situations;
• You're available for a 2-shift roster and preferably have experience as a cook operator;
• Preferably you also have experience in a production environment.

• A full-time direct employment contract with us, no temp agency involved;
• From €3,000 gross per month, including shift allowance (9%);
• Travel allowance according to the collective labour agreement (CAO);
• 25 days' holiday for a full-time contract;
• 15 additional ATV days for a full-time contract, scheduled as hours off per week;
• A varied and independent role within a financially healthy organisation;
• The opportunity to develop yourself through training and courses;
• Discount on your gym membership;
• Discounted snacks in our staff shop.

At Van Geloven Tilburg, traditionally known as Ad van Geloven, around 250 people work in our factory. Our Tilburg factory is the biggest kroketten factory in the world.

Besides our ragout products (kroketten and bitterballen), we also make satay, spring rolls and chicken products in Tilburg. Did you know we fold our spring rolls by hand? We also pack our mini snack mixes — like Mora's funmix — and the larger boxes for the catering trade in Tilburg. This is where our mini snack favourites from different factories come together.

Van Geloven has a long history in Tilburg; it goes back to the early 1960s. Back then we started with soups and ragout. In 1969 the first kroketten rolled off the production line.

Started as a family business, those values are still visible today. We have an open, down-to-earth culture. Our CEO is approachable — his door is open to everyone.

We put our employees first. We also have an active staff association.