The Role & Key Responsibilities
Job Title: Mill Operator
Location: Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, UK
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Shift pattern: Days 6:00 to 18:00-Nights 18;00 to 6:00 on a 5-5-4 Pattern.
Package includes Salary from £41,342.90 including discretionary performance related bonus, plus pension contributions matched up to 10% and access to flexible benefits that support your development, wellbeing, and everyday life.
Have you got experience working in a Production environment operating automated plant machinery? Are you looking for a role with autonomy, great training and where you will be welcomed as part of a small and friendly team? If so, we could have the ideal role for you.
As an Operative at our Bury St Edmunds site you will work as part of a team performing tasks that support the efficient and safe production of high-quality animal feed that is supplied to Farmers throughout Great Britain.
Your work will involve following standard processes to maximise production volumes, adhering to feed safety legislation, and ensuring all tasks are completed accurately and on time. You will also support the wider Mill operation by assisting with stock checks and consulting with the site maintenance team to ensure the Mill and equipment is effectively maintained.
The person who joins our team as an Operative will ideally have worked in a Production environment before, will be familiar with following standard ways of working and will have experience of operating automated plant machinery.
We can train you in the skills required to be an Operative, what is important to us is that you are self-motivated, a team player, have great customer service skills, take pride in what you do and are a great communicator.
What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together, we’re shaping a world where responsible nutrition is accessible to all. With a big goal comes equally big opportunities to make a career that truly feels like your own. As a team we’re collaborative, purpose-driven and encourage trying new ideas. We also find ways to nourish your individual journey, so everyone can feel proud of the difference that they make in their own way.
We’re thrilled to share that AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. This is a proud moment for us all. It highlights the real progress we’ve made to build a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and fair for everyone. Over the last 5 years we have rebuilt our talent management practices, from inclusive hiring, to transparent pay frameworks, flexible work, and the momentum of our Employee Network Groups. Our actions are embedding inclusion at the heart of how we operate and creating a culture where people can be themselves
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.
About The Company
Rewarding your passion
When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.
About us
ABN is the UK’s number one animal feed business, serving pig and poultry producers across the UK. These range from large corporate customers through to family-owned farm enterprises. We service these customers with feed, nutrition, advice, and related services.
We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry.
Application Notes
We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.
When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application.
Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.
Agencies and media sales
AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.