Sauce Operative

Our Vacancies; England; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in the United Kingdom is looking for production staff to join their team. The role involves batching ingredients, ensuring quality control, and working in a physically demanding environment. Ideal candidates should enjoy teamwork and have a basic understanding of food hygiene, with full training provided. Competitive pay and benefits are included.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Job-related benefits

Pension up to 8% matched

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Free car parking

Qualifications

• Comfortable with handling and preparing food in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to lift and carry items; experienced in cleaning tasks.
• Basic understanding of health & safety and food hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Batch up ingredients from recipes and record traceability information.
• Manage use by dates of materials and report issues.
• Handle hot liquids with proper PPE.

Skills

Food handling

Teamwork

Attention to quality

Standing for long periods

Basic English and Math

Job description

Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off, 17:30pm – 05:30am

Pay Rate: £14.47 per hour

Why Greencore?

We’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY24, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.8bn.

Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

OurWarringtonsite is also known as the Italian centre of excellence, recent expansion and investment make this site a state‑of‑the‑art manufacturing unit! We produce high quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco & Co‑Op.

What you’ll be doing

Working within an exciting and fast paced environment, you will be a key member of our production team and will ensure the service we provide to our customer is of exceptional quality. The role can be physically demanding with a good amount of pushing, pulling and lifting involved.

Task will involve:

• You will be responsible for the batching up of ingredients from a recipe sheet and accurate recording of traceability information.
• In control of use by dates of materials and recording of issues
• The role will involve handling of hot liquids with the required PPE
• The ability to complete critical checks and fill out paperwork accurately
• Role involves standing for long periods of time
• Work as part of a team in a chilled and noisy environment

What we’re looking for

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

• You’re comfortable with handling, preparing food and you’ve ideally had experience of working in a food manufacturing environment.
• You’re comfortable with standing for long periods of time, lifting and carrying, as well as other tasks such as cleaning.
• You have pride in the quality of the products you produce.
• You are a great team player - respectful and appreciative towards our Greencore Family.
• You are friendly, honest, and hardworking and enjoy some fun at work!
• Basic understanding of health & Safety and Food Hygiene (although training will be given)
• Accurate set up of pasta machinery and making of mixes,
• Running an monitoring of machinery,
• Supplying pasta to the high‑risk assembly department.
• Good level of English and Math's

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.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job‑related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Free car parking
• 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.

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