Wash Operative - Days

GREENCORE; Holbeach CP; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free car parking

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing centre platform

Overtime pay 1.25–2.0x

Job summary

Greencore is seeking a Wash Operative for the Holbeach St Marks site. The role involves maintaining high hygiene standards while operating cleaning equipment and handling daily cleaning tasks in a fast-paced production environment.

You will follow SOPs, wear PPE, and contribute to safety and quality. The position offers day shifts, permanent employment, and opportunities for career development within a large multinational food group.

Qualifications

• Willingness to wear PPE.
• Basic understanding of English and Maths.
• Desire to learn Food Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices.

Responsibilities

• Safe and effective use of cleaning chemicals in accordance with COSHH regulations.
• Safely strip and clean basic equipment and machinery, escalating issues promptly.
• Clean dollies, eurobins and other equipment.
• Load and operate the cardboard bailer and/or compactor.

Skills

Attention to detail

Team player

Basic English & maths

Job description

Proud to deliver high quality products and develop high quality careers!Pay Rate: £13.75 per hour Basic RateShift: DaysShift Pattern: 3's & 2'sShift Hours: 06:00-18:00Job Type: PermanentLocation: Holbeach St Marks PE12 8HFTransport: Own Transport RequiredWhat you’ll receive.As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.You’ll enjoy.Competitive salary and job-related benefitsHolidaysCompetitive matched pension contributionsEnhanced parental leave and menopause policiesLife insurance up to 4x salaryCompany share save schemeGreencore QualificationsExclusive Greencore employee discount platformAccess to a full Wellbeing Centre platformOvertime payment options from x1.25 to x2.00 (Site variances & Ts & Cs apply)Free Car ParkingFree vend hot drinks machines*Free or Subsidised Bus Service Available (Ts & Cs apply) **Not available at all sitesThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.Why join us?We’re proud to give our Hygiene Operatives the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career within a small and friendly team. We nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards. We’re proud of our caring culture, loyal colleagues and future focus. But, most of all, we’re proud to enable and empower everyone to believe, achieve and succeed.We’re proud to offer you a career with real opportunity.What we do.This particular role is at our site based in Holbeach St Marks, Lincolnshire and employs around 880. The site specialises in making chilled pizzas.About the role.We manufacture a wide range of high-quality fresh prepared food. And, although our production lines are fast-paced and high-pressured, our cleaning schedule means that the lines will always stop completely for you to clean them.So, from a full deep clean which will involve taking machinery apart and using chemicals, to routine regular cleans, you’ll keep everything spotless, signed off and maintained to the highest standards.Always ensuring these duties are completed in line with Company policies and standard operating procedures, including PPE, Food Safety, Health and Safety, ‘clean as you go’ and ‘Good Manufacturing Practices’.Wash Operative - Days duties may include:Safe and effective use of cleaning chemicals in accordance with COSHH regulationsAble to safely strip and clean basic equipment and machinery, escalating any issues in a timely fashion to the correct individualsCleaning dollies, eurobins and other equipment coming through traywashLoading and operating the cardboard bailer and/or compactorIt can be complicated and physically challenging stuff. Especially with audit requirements and customer expectations to exceed, as our hygiene team is essential for Greencore to maintain expected standards of our products, and hit audit scores in line with customer expectations.About you.Plenty of drive, motivation, and ambitionThe desire to learn about Food Safety and Good Manufacturing PracticesIdeally, you will have a good understanding of food safety best practiceThe willingness to wear PPEThe ability to be hardworking and a good team playerA keen eye for detail and a basic understanding of English and MathsFit and able to carry out duties in line with OH requirementsIn return, we’ll offer you the encouragement, support and opportunity to develop your career and take it as far as you can, or as far as you want to go, within our large multinational company.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.Why GreencoreFollowing 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.Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.