Gourmet food business Heck to create jobs at new factory

A £3.5m sausage factory built by gourmet food company Heck will create 50 jobs when it opens in North Yorkshire at the end of April.

The family owned and run food firm is looking for staff for roles across HR, finance, purchasing and production for the site in Sinderby.  Digital and marketing positions will also be available.

Founded by husband and wife team Andrew and Debbie Keeble and three of their children in 2013 and is on track to turn over £18m this year.

Andrew Keeble says: “We look for people with confidence – people who have personality and a can-do attitude.  Of course there are specialist roles within the business but we’re very open to the idea of people changing career paths.  That’s what’s brilliant about Heck — there are no job titles and there’s no glass ceiling.”

Taking its name from the family motto ‘what the heck’, the company has a team of 70 staff, which has an average age of 25.

Its products are now stocked in all of the major supermarkets.