Production Operative - 4/5 OLP

Greencore Group

Kiveton Park

On-site

GBP 15,000 - 21,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Greencore Group in Kiveton Park is seeking a Day Shift Production Operative. You will weigh components, maintain line stock, and perform on-line quality checks to ensure orders are produced safely and on time.

Joined with a team in a fast-paced, chilled environment, you’ll contribute to our largest quiche bakery's output of millions of units annually while adhering to GMP and food safety standards.

Qualifications

Production experience preferred.
Good command of spoken & written English.
Strong attention to detail and organization.

Responsibilities

Weighing up components.
Maintaining stock levels on line.
Completing quality checks & paperwork.
Delivering product within time, quantity and quality parameters.
Ensuring continuous operation of the line with team support.
Following SOPs to meet hygiene, quality and cost targets.
Raising issues with Senior Production Operative when identified.
Supporting GMP and food safety culture.

Skills

Attention to detail

English proficiency

Job description

Day Shift - Working any 4 days out of 5 - Monday to Friday - 5:30am to 5:30pm

Pay Rate - £12.85 per hour

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.

Our site in Kiveton employs over 500 and is the UK's largest quiche bakery, producing more than 42 million quiche each year along with a wide range of ready meals. At Greencore, we produce more than 160 million units per year across 600 different product lines for customers such as Morrisons, Tesco & Asda.

What you'll be doing

Weighing up components
Maintaining stock levels on line
Completing quality checks & paperwork
To deliver the product within time, quantity and quality parameters.
To ensure continuous operation of the line through support of all team members.
To comply with all standard operating procedures to ensure customer orders are produced safely, on time, and all aspects of hygiene, quality and cost are met.
To raise issues with Senior Production Operative, when identified.
To ensure Good Manufacturing Practice
Support our Food Safety culture.

What we're looking for

All of the roles involve working in a fast past, chilled environment in a company that puts people at the core. All the roles require a good understanding of both spoken & written English. You will also have strong attention to detail and good organizational skills. Production experience is preferred.

We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day 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, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.

What you'll get in return