Bakery Team Member

Warburtons; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 544,000 - 906,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share

Life assurance

Discounts for you and family

Fully stocked kitchens

Job summary

Warburtons is seeking a hands-on Team Member for Bolton, in a 4 on 4 off shift pattern. You will work across our bakery operation, handling production line tasks, hygiene, and quality control to ensure top standards for our wide range of products.

You will join a team that values safety, teamwork, and adaptive thinking, contributing to daily operations and supporting continuous improvements in a high-volume environment.

Qualifications

• Able to work a 4 on 4 off shift pattern rotating days and nights.
• Experience in a similar role within FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods).
• Ability to work in a safe manner and consider the safety of others.
• A good attention to detail with a firm focus on Quality and Health & Safety.
• Able to adapt well to change and undertake a variety of activities across our operation.
• Demonstrating teamwork and communicating effectively developing relationships with team members and other teams across the site.

Responsibilities

• Operate across multiple departments within a 24/7 food manufacturing operation.
• Maintain hygiene standards and monitor production lines and warehouses.
• Contribute to health and safety, quality, and operating processes.

Skills

4 on 4 off shift pattern

FMCG experience

Safety awareness

Attention to detail

Teamwork and communication

Adaptability to change

Job description

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Hours: 4 on 4 off rotating days and nights

Love being hands-on, working with great people, and helping create something millions enjoy every day? This could be the perfect roll for you!

• Able to work a 4 on 4 off shift pattern rotating days and nights
• Experience in a similar role within FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
• Ability to work in a safe manner and consider the safety of others
• A good attention to detail witha firm focus on Quality and Health & Safety
• Able to adapt well to change and undertake a variety of activities across our operation
• Demonstrating teamwork and communicating effectively developing relationships with team members and other teams across the site

As ‘the UK’s No. 1 Bakery Brand’ we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a sixth-generation family, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free.

We are striving to be a net zero business by 2050 and believe that we must minimise our impact on the environment, whilst making a positive impact on the society we are a part of.

The Recipe

At Warburtons, we're inviting you to step into the spotlight of our experienced Team Member role! Join our team and dive into a world of diverse skills, where you'll tackle a range of tasks across our operation. You will need to bring your passion and ambition, as you take charge, not only identifying but also championing initiatives in health & safety, quality, operating processes, and hygiene.

Picture yourself as an essential thread in our tight-knit work family, dedicated to ensuring our top-notch products are all set to hit the road and reach our cherished customers.

You'll be working at the very heart of a versatile shift team and not just clocking-in, powering our 24/7 food manufacturing operation. Your commitment will help Warburtons manufacture and deliver products that are unbeatable in quality, making you an invaluable player in our success story.As a Team Member, you'll flex your skills across multiple departments, from maintaining hygiene standards to manning the production line and warehouse. Working with innovative bakery machinery and automated plant equipment will be your bread and butter, and at times, you'll be the maestro orchestrating these operations in our food manufacturing wonderland.

Safety isn't just a buzzword – it's our core. We uphold our high Company standards and adhere to statutory hygiene regulations with unwavering dedication. As a Team Member,you will be instrumental in supportingthe decisions that keep us in line with these standards, ensuring a secure and top-quality environment.

About Us

Did you know there are two bakery sites in Bolton (Bolton & Variety), a distribution hub, a newly built Innovation Centre, Test Bakery, and our Head Office. We have approximately 480 colleagues working across Bolton and Variety manufacturing and distribution. We produce 1.5 million units per week, across 5 automated lines that bake our delicious fresh bread, crumpets, bagels, morning goods and muffins which is delivered daily to our customers across the UK.

There has never been a more exciting time to join our Bolton Bakeries, with new site and group initiatives and projects, you can instantly make an impact driving our Unbeatable Quality vision of being Britain’s Best Food Business! You’ll be our safe hands, and we know you’ll love to be a part of it.

Extra Dough

At last and by no means least you will want to know what your bread is worth:

• £658.00 per hour
• Continued investment in your personal development
• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Life assurance
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily cuppa!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that be diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.