Prep operative

Posted 24 December 2025
Salary £12.65 p/h
LocationWest Drayton
Job type Permanent - Full Time
Discipline Production
Reference045985
Job FunctionOperations
Expiry date 31 December 2025

Job description

Shift -  5 days out of 7

 

Pay Rate - **** £12.65p/h

 

Prep Operator

 

Why Greencore?

 

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 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.95bn.

 

Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

 

Here at Heathrow, we have a team of around 400 colleagues. We produce gluten free sandwiches and ready to eat or reheat sandwiches, wraps and other bread-based products, salads and ready meals for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Asda, Aldi, Co-op, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose.

 

What you'll be doing

 

As a Prep Operator

 

  • You will be an essential part of production, working in the busy preparation area ensuring the ingredients are prepared to the highest quality and standards
  • Working as part of the high-risk team preparing raw materials and ingredients to be used to make the products
  • This is a physical role that requires some heavy lifting
  • 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
  • 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:

  • Ideally experience within a food manufacturing environment or similar environment
  • Good Literacy and Numeracy skills
  • Ability to work in a fast past, chilled environment
  • Has a keen eye for detail and can demonstrate working in a safe manner and to good H&S practices
  • Able to manage the team and follow management instructions and procedures
  • Able to liaise and communicate with other departments
  • Basic Awareness of Health and Safety and Food Hygiene

 

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make everyday taste better.

 

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
  • 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.

 

Please note due to high numbers of applications this role maybe closed before the posted closing date.