Operator

Greencore Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Enhanced parental leave and menopause

Job summary

Greencore Group is hiring a Production Operator for night shifts at Heathrow. You will assemble, package and label products, maintain a clean production area and work within a team in a chilled, noisy environment.

A keen eye for detail and a right-first-time approach are essential, with experience handling manufacturing equipment and wearing PPE. Full training is provided; desirable candidates have basic health and safety awareness, literacy, numeracy and good team communication.

Qualifications

• Ideally experience in a food manufacturing environment or similar.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Problem solving abilities.
• Ability to communicate well and work in a team.
• Basic Health and Safety and Food Hygiene awareness.

Responsibilities

• Assembling, packaging and labelling the products.
• Maintaining a clean production environment.
• Work as part of a team in a chilled and noisy environment.
• Have a keen eye for detail and a right-first-time approach.
• Working with manufacturing equipment.
• This role involves standing for long periods and wearing PPE.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Health & safety awareness

Literacy & numeracy

Problem solving

Tools

Manufacturing equipment

Job description

Shift

4 on 4 off - Night Shift

Pay Rate

£12.85 Per Hour

Production Operator Nights

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 Heathrow, we have a team of around 400 colleagues. We produce gluten free sandwiches and ready to eat or reheat sandwiches, wraps and other bread-based products, salads and ready meals for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Asda, Aldi, Co-op, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Waitrose.

What you'll be doing

• Assembling, packaging and labelling the products
• Maintaining a clean production environment
• Work as part of a team in a chilled and noisy environment
• Have a keen eye for detail, and to ensure a right first-time approach
• Working with manufacturing equipment
• This role involves standing for long periods of time, and wearing PPE

What we're looking for:

Full training will be provided if successful in this role but are looking for the following knowledge and experience:

• Ideally experience within a food manufacturing environment or similar environment
• Good Literacy and Numeracy skills
• Problem solving skills
• Good communicator and ability to work in a team
• Basic Awareness of Health and Safety and Food Hygiene

We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make everyday taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

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 scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

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