Line Service Nights

Greencore Group plc; Atherstone; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holidays

Employer pension

Life insurance

Share save scheme

Employee discount

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Greencore Group plc is seeking a production operative for our chilled food manufacturing site in the UK. You will help prep ingredients, ensure trace codes are correct, and manage stock rotation to support consistent quality of our products.

The role involves working in a cool environment and assisting with manual handling tasks as required. Ideal candidates will have FMCG experience, a good level of numeracy and literacy, and a strong commitment to health and safety.

Qualifications

• High level of numeracy and literacy required.
• Experience in FMCG and chilled food manufacturing.
• Knowledge of food safety practices and procedures.
• Safe manual handling skills; physically fit for duties.
• Strong communication across departments and teams.
• Well organised with proactive forward planning.

Responsibilities

• Get all ingredients from the Preparation area with correct trace codes and ensure stock rotation.
• Work in a chilly environment and assist with manual handling as needed (up to 20 kg repeatedly).
• Support colleagues to ensure run-in orders are prepared to high standards.

Skills

Numeracy

Literacy

FMCG

Health & Safety

Teamwork

Planning

Job description

• Getting all the ingredients from your colleagues in the Preparation area, ensuring that the correct trace codes are used, and stock rotation takes place
• Working in a chilly environment and being able to push/pull up to 80kgs with the help of trolleys and be able to lift to 20kgs
• You will ensure that there are enough ingredients for the run-in order for your colleagues to make our amazing products to the highest standard
  Good level of numeracy and literacy skills both verbal and written
• Experienced working in FMCG
• Experience working in chilled food manufacturing with knowledge of food safety.
• Previous experience and physically fit and to perform manual handling tasks safely and efficiently
• Familiar with operational KPIs
• Good understanding of health and safety practices in the workplace.
• Experienced communicating effectively across all levels and departments
• Strong team player with ability to work independently.
• Well organised with proactive approach to forward planning.
  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 every day 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. Here at Atherstone, we have a team of around 600 colleagues. We produces Sandwiches, Wraps, Rolls, Bircher pots, and Toasties for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Aldi, Costa, and many more., At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platformThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.

Please note due to high numbers of applications this role maybe closed before the posted closing date