Production operative

Greencore Group plc; West Drayton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading convenience food manufacturer is seeking a Production Operator in West Drayton, UK. The role involves assembling, packaging, and labeling products in a team-oriented environment. No prior experience is needed as full training will be provided. The position offers a competitive salary, job-related benefits, holidays, and access to wellness programs. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals looking to grow within a vibrant company culture that values diversity.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension up to 8% matched

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Exclusive employee discounts

Access to Wellbeing Centre

Enhanced parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Ideally experience within a food manufacturing environment or similar.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills necessary.
• Basic awareness of health and safety and food hygiene required.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, package, and label products.
• Maintain a clean production environment.
• Work as part of a team in a chilled, noisy environment.

Skills

Literacy skills

Numeracy skills

Problem solving

Team communication

Attention to detail

Job description

Shift

6am to 2.30pm / 5 days out of 7

Pay Rate

£12.35 p/h

Production Operator Days

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:

• Assembling, packaging and labelling the products
• Maintaining a clean production environment
• Work as part of a team in a chilled and noisy environment
• Have a keen eye for detail, and to ensure a right first-time approach
• Working with manufacturing equipment
• This role involves standing for long periods of time, and wearing PPE

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
• Problem solving skills
• Good communicator and ability to work in a team
• Basic Awareness of Health and Safety and Food Hygiene

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make everyday taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

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.