HYGIENE OPERATIVES (DAYS)

The Village Bakery Group; Days Creek (OR); On-site; USD 38,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stream access

Reward Gateway

Refer-a-friend £250

Bus fare discount

Coffee machines

Pension

EAP

Food safety training

Progressive culture

Job summary

Village Bakery is seeking an entry‑level Hygiene operative for day shifts on a 4 on 4 off schedule (05:45am–18:00pm). No prior experience required; full training leads you toward becoming a qualified hygiene operative earning up to £14.61 per hour.

You will join a supportive team at a family-owned craft bakery, with a comprehensive reward package including pension, wellbeing tools, and staff discounts. Training includes Food Safety qualifications and progression opportunities.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required; willingness to learn and deliver quality service.
• Role involves physical tasks and standing on your feet for the shift.
• Introductory role with full training to progress to a skilled hygiene operative.
• Experience in a fast-paced factory setting is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Support the hygiene teams in introductory tasks with training.
• Develop into a skilled hygiene operative through structured progression.
• Work a 4 on, 4 off days schedule from 05:45 to 18:00.
• Contribute to maintaining hygiene standards and product quality.

Skills

No previous experience required

Physically capable

Stand for long shifts

Willingness to learn

Education

No formal education required

Job description

What would you get for working here?

As an ‘introductory’ Hygiene operative on days you will receive a total reward package that includes:

• A starting hourly rate of £13.45 rising to £14.13 upon completion of training
• Further hourly rate increases up to £14.61 dependent on skill
• Access to Stream (formerly Wagestream) – a financial wellbeing benefit that lets you track earnings and access earned pay before payday, plus budgeting tools and money support to help you stay in control.
• Access to exclusive employee benefits platform (Reward Gateway) where employees can save £££s on every day purchases, including up to 6% off at major super-markets such as Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and M&S
• £250 refer-a-friend scheme.
• 20% Discounted Bus Fare – Arriva
• Excellent coffee machines available free-of-charge
• Company pension
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional Level 2 qualifications in Food Safety as well as a host of other continuous professional development options
• A progressive working environment that puts its people at the heart of what it does

What would you be doing?

As a Hygiene operative you would join our team in what we call an ‘introductory role’ supporting the hygiene teams with uncomplicated tasks that, with full training, we would anticipate you becoming competent in during a very short period of time. Once competent at our ‘introductory roles’ we will actively work with you to become a skilled hygiene operative earning up to £14.61 per hour.

When will you be working?

Our Hygiene roles are advertised on a permanent days basis working 4on 4off, 05:45am to 18:00pm.

What skills and qualifications would you need?

Essential

• No previous experience needed - just a willingness to learn, plenty of enthusiasm and the passion to deliver a quality service.
• The job can entail some activities which require a degree of physical capability.
• The job will also require you to be on your feet for the duration of shift.

Desirable

• Experience in a fast moving factory environment, in a similar role.

So who are we?

If you haven’t heard of us before we are a family owned and managed Craft Bakery producing an award-winning range of Bread, Pies, Morning Goods and gluten free products.

Our business has been producing products in this category since 1964 and since then we have grown in success due to our reputation for quality, innovation and technical experience. As a result of this continued growth we now operate from several world class and well invested bakeries in Wrexham, Coedpoeth and our dedicated Gluten free site ‘Gluten Freedom’

Village Bakery’s success is driven through our team of passionate people who inspire our customers through excellence in quality food, innovation and integrity.

We look forward to welcoming you to our team soon!

This role is also applicable for anyone with previous experience as a Manufacturing Operative, Warehouse Operative, Operative Supervisor, Packing Operative or Production Operative.