WIP Operator - day shift

Greencore Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension contributions

Employee awards

Greencore qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre

Job summary

Greencore Bow in London is hiring for a full-time, on-site role in the WIP Chillers team. Shift pattern Sat-Sun-Mon-Thu-Fri, 06:00-15:00 with Tue & Wed off, £13.63/hour.

You will prepare ingredients, follow safe procedures, monitor stock and traceability, and support production lines to minimise waste. On-the-job training is provided, with opportunities to gain Greencore qualifications and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in a food production environment is desirable.
• Good numeracy and a logical, analytical mindset are important.
• On-the-job training provided; no task-specific experience required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all safety, health and environment procedures.
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices in preparation and handling of ingredients.
• Prepare ingredients and mixes according to procedures for current and following shifts.
• Maintain accurate traceability information and reduce waste.
• Work with the team to maximise efficiency and service to manufacturing lines.
• Weigh ingredients and rotate stock using FIFO.
• Monitor use-by dates to ensure product quality and life.
• Assist with shift stocktaking and follow directions from site leaders.

Skills

Good numeracy

Analytical mindset

Manual handling

Job description

Shift Pattern/ Time

Sat-Sun-Mon-Thu-Fri (Tue & Wed off),, 06:00-15:00

Rate

£13.63/hour

Location

Greencore Bow, Twelvetrees Crescent, London E3 3JG

(Please note this is a full-time role only)

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 Bow, we have a team of around 1100 colleagues. We produce sandwiches, wraps, platters, sub rolls and baguettes for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Sainsbury's, Co-op, Asda, Morrisons.

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.

Our Work in Progress (WIP) Chillers are the area on site where we store ingredients ready to be used on our Production lines. Operatives in this area work hard to ensure that our manufacturing lines are supplied with all required ingredients in a timely manner, working closely with the wider preparation area team along with Production Line Leaders and Line Feeders to ensure ingredients are prepared in good time.

What you'll be doing:

• To ensure compliance with all site safe systems of work, safe operating procedures and general Safety, Health and Environment customs and practices
• To ensure that we follow all Good Manufacturing Practices during our Preparation - including but not limited to regular hand washing, the wearing of overalls and hairnets and the coverage of ingredients.
• To prepare ingredients and mixes according to our procedures for the current and following shift, plans and issuing sheets - ensuring that we have sufficient material available for each product run.
• To ensure that traceability information is accurate on all ingredients and mixes, correcting errors where possible to prevent waste.
• To work with the team to ensure that tasks are undertaken as efficiently and effectively as possible to ensure that we are able to maintain excellent levels of service to the manufacturing lines.
• Ensure minimal ingredient wastage by weighing all ingredients as required and stock rotating using a first in, first out approach.
• Monitor ingredient use by dates and plans to ensure that the products we produce have sufficient available life for the finished assembled products.
• Take part in our shift stock taking process as requested, ensuring diligence and accuracy.
• Follow all reasonable requests of site Leaders and/or Managers.
• To elevate any issues with carrying out the above activities to your Line Manager in a timely manner.

We're looking for:

• Experience of working in a food production environment desired, but not always essential.
• Experience of working in a role involving manual handling desired.
• Good numeracy skills and a logical analytic mindset.
• On the job training in all tasks and in using all machinery provided (no task specific experience necessary)

What you'll get in return:

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Employee awards and long service awards
• Accredited Greencore qualifications, learning and development opportunities.
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform where you can receive discounts on retail, travel, and more.
• 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.

Please note that due to high numbers of applications, this role may be closed before the posted closing date.