Machine Operative
- Posted 07 August 2025
- Salary £14.09
- LocationWisbech
- Job type Permanent - Full Time
- Discipline Production
- Reference038024
- Job FunctionOperations
- Expiry date 13 January 2026
Job description
4 on 4 off - 7am to 7pm (will be flexible start times from 03:00am)
Pay Rate: Up to £14.09 per hour
Why Greencore:
We’re a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better. We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn. Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.
Here at Wisbech, we have a team of 525 colleagues and manufacture premium chilled ready to cook meals for major retailers such as Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Co-op.
What you'll be doing
- Responsible for mixing ingredients and raw materials in commercial kettles to create our sauces
- You will need to follow recipes and specifications, as well as ensuring consistency across batches so that our customers receive high quality products on time, every time
- Efficiently carry out any assigned operation or task, meeting all output targets
- Effectively contribute to improved line performance and efficiencies
- Maintain excellent Housekeeping, Health & Safety, Food Safety and Hygiene standards
- Resolve running problems/issues
- Handling food ingredients
- Able to follow manual lifting processes to handle 5kg to 20kg weighted resources.
- Participate in training and mentoring of new staff
- Identify opportunities to continuously improve the production/process
- Communicate effectively with your area leaders
What we're looking for
- Full training will be provided if successful in this role but are looking for the following knowledge and experience:
- Experience working within a food manufacturer preferred
- Good Literacy and Numeracy skills
- Problem solving skills
- Good communicator and ability to work in a team
- Allergen awareness
- L2 Food Safety is preferred but not essential
We’re proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality. 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.