Working at Thistle Seafoods
Image: Salmon and dill fishcake
Thistle Seafoods is a long established and highly successful family-owned manufacturer of quality seafood products.
Our business relies on teamwork and expertise across a diverse range of roles from hands-on factory processing work to driving technical excellence in our operations.
Why choose Thistle Seafoods?
Collaborative environment
Teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. Whether you’re working on the factory floor or in a technical role, you’ll be part of a supportive and collaborative team that values your contribution in making Thistle Seafoods a top-quality manufacturer of seafood products.
Career opportunities
At Thistle Seafoods, we believe in investing in our employees. Through training programmes, mentoring and the opportunity to take on new challenges we are interested in your growth and development.
Commitment to excellence
Our market position is down to the hard work and dedication of all our employees. As part of our team, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing our reputation for producing top-quality fish products that meet the highest standards of safety and quality.
Positive work culture
We foster a welcoming and inclusive work environment where every employee feels valued and supported.
Join Us Today!
If you would like to be part of a successful company, we invite you to explore our current job openings at our Boddam and Uddingston plants.
Culture
Thistle Seafoods has a fast-paced, challenging, and inclusive working environment. Employees work extremely hard and take great pride in the work they do. We believe in providing all staff with the opportunity to develop and progress and we actively encourage internal promotion.
We have approximately 17 different nationalities on site, and there are always translators available to ensure everyone fully understands what they are being asked to do. All staff communication is delivered in multiple languages and is made available to staff through emails, staff notice boards and information screens in our canteens.
Training
Both our sites are accredited training facilities with awarding bodies such as Highfield, RTITB, IOSH and Seafish. We provide a vast array of training to all staff members in multiple languages and across multiple platforms, i.e. classroom based, online, on-the-job. We run an award-winning apprenticeship programme for engineers, and we work closely with local colleges to deliver an excellent learning experience. We provide graduate apprenticeships to those who meet the criteria, and we also provide additional training such as SVQs in food and drink operations and management training with the help of local training centres.
Benefits
- Paid breaks
- State of the art canteens and training facilities
- Staff sales (products at discounted prices)
- Employee of the month award
- Refer a friend bonus
- Free transport to and from our Boddam site
- Occupational Health Assessments
- Opportunities for promotion
- Training delivered in multiple languages and across multiple platforms i.e., classroom based, online, on the job
- Staff communication available in multiple languages
- Multiple shifts.
Factory Environment
The factories are high care, low risk food production environments. Our Boddam site is a secondary processor, which means there is no gutting or filleting of fish and therefore no smell. Our Uddingston site is currently our main distribution hub and the work undertaken involves handling final pack product.
Both factories are clean, dry and have an ambient temperature.
let’s talk numbers …
Our facilities in Boddam and Uddingston produce 700mt per week
%
of UK chilled fish market
%
of UK coated & cakes market
%
of coated fish sold in the UK
%
of fish cakes sold in the UK
%
of our turnover is in exports *
* Exports to EU, Australia, Canada, USA. Source: Thistle Seafoods 2022