Machine Minder

Greencore Group Lts; Northampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Pension contributions

Company share save

Holiday entitlement

Employee discount

Wellbeing centre

Job summary

Greencore Northampton is seeking a full-time operative to start up and oversee daily machinery, perform quality and labeling checks, and support a close-knit production team.

The role is permanent with Friday–Tuesday and Wednesday–Sunday shifts from 05:00 to 13:30, paying £14.84 per hour. A competitive benefits package includes holidays, pension, life insurance, share save, and wellbeing support.

Qualifications

• Good numeracy and English language skills (verbal and written).
• Safe working practices and H&S awareness.
• FMCG/Warehouse experience advantageous; training provided.

Responsibilities

• Daily machinery start-up and continuous oversight.
• Reporting machinery faults as necessary.
• Ensuring correct label usage to maintain high standards.
• Regular completion of compliance checks, including date and code verification.
• Adherence to compliance controls, risk assessments, and SSOW.
• Ensuring a safe working environment for colleagues and oneself.
• Performing relevant quality checks and promptly addressing quality or food safety issues.
• Collaboration within a close-knit production team.

Skills

Good numeracy

English language skills

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent - Fulltime. Shift Pattern/ Time: Friday -Tuesday & Wednesday -Sunday, 05:00-13:30. Rate: £14.84 p/h. Location: Greencore Northampton, Clayfield Close, NN3 6QN. (Please note this is a FULL-TIME role only).

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 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 Northampton, we operate one of the most impressive facilities in Europe, based across a campus of 5 manufacturing units, and we have a team of around 2,000 colleagues making high quality premium products every day . We are the sole supplier of sandwiches, wraps, rolls and sushi for Marks & Spencer.

What you'll be doing

• Daily machinery start-up and continuous oversight
• Reporting machinery faults as necessary
• Ensuring correct label usage to maintain high standards
• Regular completion of compliance checks, including date and code verification
• Adherence to compliance controls, risk assessments, and Safe Systems of Work (SSOW)
• Ensuring a safe working environment for colleagues and oneself
• Performing relevant quality checks and promptly addressing quality or food safety issues
• Collaboration within a close-knit production team

What we're looking for

• Good numeracy and English Language skills both verbal and written
• Can demonstrate working in a safe manner and do good H&S practices
• Accurate and pays attention to detail Ability to work well under pressure.
• Knowledge of and or experience of working in a FMCG/Warehouse would be advantageous, though full training is provided.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save schemeGreencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

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