Bakery & Cooling Room Operative - Days

FAQs; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exclusive employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Overtime 1.25–2.00 pay rates

Free car parking

Free or subsidised bus service

Enhanced parental leave and menopause

Job summary

Greencore operates at the Newark site, producing chilled desserts and related products. The role is permanent, with a 4on 4off Days pattern, working 06:00–18:00. You’ll be part of a busy production team, ensuring quality, safety and efficiency across packaging and line operations.

We offer on-site training, career development, and a comprehensive benefits package. A positive, inclusive culture supports your growth within a large multinational company.

Qualifications

• Drive and motivation to succeed.
• Willingness to learn about Food Safety and GMP.
• Comfort with PPE and working in a production environment.
• Reliable team player with hardworking attitude.
• Good attention to detail and basic math and English.

Responsibilities

• Work on manufacturing lines at Newark site.
• Operate in a fast-paced, high-pressured environment.
• Support to achieve high standards and career development.

Skills

Motivation

Food Safety

GMP

PPE

Team player

Attention to detail

Basic English/Maths

Job description

Location: Lincoln, LN1 1YZ Proud to deliver high quality products and develop high quality careers!Pay Rate: £13.24 per hour Basic RateShift: DaysShift Pattern: 4on 4off B DaysShift Hours: 06:00am-18:00pmJob Type: PermanentLocation: Newark Industrial Estate NG24 2ERTransport: Own Transport Required

What you’ll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in.

This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You’ll enjoy.

Competitive salary and job-related benefitsHolidaysCompetitive matched pension contributionsEnhanced parental leave and menopause policiesLife insurance up to 4x salaryCompany share save schemeGreencore QualificationsExclusive Greencore employee discount platformAccess to a full Wellbeing Centre platformOvertime payment options from x1.25 to x2.00 (Site variances & Ts & Cs apply)Free Car ParkingFree vend hot drinks machines*Free or Subsidised Bus Service Available (Ts & Cs apply) **Not available at all sites

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work.

Why join us?

We’re proud to give our Factory Operatives the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career within a small and friendly team. We nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards.We’re a family and that’s what families do. We champion each other, support each other and help each other to grow and improve. A place of safety, stability and belonging, we put a protective arm around everyone and, when we see talent or potential, we give it a leg up. Finding ways for everyone, whatever their circumstances or background, to develop, progress and become the best they can be.We’re proud to offer you a career with real opportunity.

What we do.

This particular role is at our site based in Newark, Nottinghamshire and specialises in making delicious chilled desserts such as trifles, creamcakes and choux pastries. The site employs over 1,800 people.

About the role.

We manufacture a wide range of high-quality chilled products for our dedicated customers at our sites. Our production lines are non-stop, so you’ll be kept busy creating our products. Working right at the heart of our fast-paced, high-pressured environment, you’ll enjoy plenty of variety, be encouraged to find where your strengths lie and supported to achieve your full potential.

About you.

• Plenty of drive, motivation, and ambition
• The desire to learn about Food Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices
• The willingness to wear PPE
• The ability to be hardworking and a good team player
• A keen eye for detail and a basic understanding of English and Maths

In return, we’ll offer you the encouragement, support and opportunity to develop your career and take it as far as you can, or as far as you want to go, within our large multinational company.

At Greencore we put our people at the core.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

Why Greencore

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.