Skilled Machine operator

Greencore Group Lts; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,230,000 - 41,313,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Holidays

Pension matched

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre platform

Job summary

Greencore Selby site is seeking a motivated production operative to join the team on 6:00-18:00, 3 x 12 hour shifts across Mon-Wed and Thu-Sat (alternating every 6 weeks). Starting pay £15.60 per hour rising to £16.02 after training.

You will help run the SMI line, support capper changes, and ensure quality and safety standards are met on a fast-paced production environment. Responsibilities include equipment operation, minor mechanical troubleshooting, liaising with shift leaders, and data

Qualifications

• Experience with machinery in a manufacturing environment.
• Adhere to Health and Safety and Food Safety standards.
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to work under pressure.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment producing quality and safe products.
• Good attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Open to working in a production environment with varying temperatures.
• Positive attitude and work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Operate SMI and related equipment (logopak, spice capper, top tagger, video, pallet stacking).
• Troubleshoot and resolve minor issues (mechanical and procedural).
• Liaise with Area Process Leaders, Line Coordinator, Engineers and Shift Managers.
• Ensure correct glass and caps on the line; assist in capper changeovers.
• Uphold quality, health and safety standards, and Right First Time ethos.
• Troubleshoot and maintain efficiencies with mechanical and procedural understanding.
• Work alongside QA and undertake data capture.
• Mentor and assist in training new staff.

Skills

Machinery experience

Teamwork

Health & Safety

Attention to detail

Job description

Days: 06:00 - 18:00, 3 x 12 hour shifts, Monday - Wednesday and Thursday - Saturday (alternating every 6 weeks)

Rate of pay - Starting at £15.60ph rising to £16.02ph once trained

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 everyday 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 Selby, we employ a team over 750 colleagues. A site steeped in history; we are the UK's number one manufacturer of customer private label cooking sauces and pickles. We have been serving our customers out of our Selby site since 1914. 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

• Ensure the efficient running of the SMI and any associated equipment; (logopak, spice capper ,top tagger , video, pallet stacking)
• To troubleshoot and resolve minor issues (mechanical and procedural)
• To liaise with Area Process Leaders, Line Coordinator, Engineers and Shift Managers
• Ensure the correct glass and caps are on the line;
• Ensure the efficient running of the Capper, this includes assisting in or completing a capper changeover when required;
• Consider quality, health and safety issues and the implications at all times;
• Ensure that you work to "Right First Time" ethos;
• Trouble shoot and maintain efficiencies with mechanical and procedural understanding;
• Work along side QA;
• Completing data capture;
• Resolving minor issues, mechanical and procedural;
• Mentoring and assisting with the training of new staff.

What we're looking for

• Experience working with machinery in a manufacturing environment is essential
• Comply with all relevant business and site policies such as Health and Safety and Food Safety standards
• Demonstrate flexibility, adaptability, and teamwork with the ability to work under pressure
• Have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment producing quality and safe products
• Good attention to details
• Have strong and effective communication skills both verbal and written
• Be open to working in a production environment with varying temperatures
• Have a positive attitude and work ethic

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. 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.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive pension 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

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