Shift Pattern: Sunday to Thursday, 21:30pm until 05:30am
Pay: Competitive
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.
Our site in Kiveton employs over 500 and is the UK's largest quiche bakery, producing more than 42 million quiche each year along with a wide range of ready meals. At Greencore, we produce more than 160 million units per year across 600 different product lines for customers such as Morrisons, Tesco & Asda.
What you'll be doing
Ensure the production line complies with all relevant technical, operational, legal, and company procedures.
Support the line in maintaining the highest standards of product safety, quality, and legality, including compliance with HACCP and current legislation.
Work in line with the site's management systems and the company quality manual.
Verify that products are manufactured in a safe, legal, and compliant manner through sampling, testing, auditing, and monitoring.
Escalate quality or safety issues and ensure corrective actions are taken where non-conformance is identified.
Conduct verification checks to ensure equipment is correctly calibrated.
Complete and maintain all required quality and technical documentation, ensuring audit readiness at all times.
Carry out LCM 3% compliance checks.
Complete line technical records, including weight check sheets.
Verify correct production methods are followed and that product specifications and QAS documents are in use on the line.
Complete and record on-line quality taste panels.
Verify that all materials coming to the line meet legal, safety, and quality requirements, including - shelf life, temperature, traceability, labeling, product and material weights and visual appearance
Ensure allergen segregation procedures are followed for raw materials from receipt, during use, and on return to Prep.
Complete process confirmation activities for allergen and non-allergen cleans.
Support the production line in adherence to Critical Control Points (CCPs).
Collect all required samples in line with approved procedures and protocols.
Monitor processes and products to ensure ongoing quality, safety, and legality.
Maintain clear and ongoing communication with the operations team and relevant departments, sharing quality results, trends, and findings.
Provide training and education to operational colleagues to ensure understanding and compliance with technical standards.
Support the Line Controller in challenging colleague compliance with GMP and personal hygiene standards, including PPE uses
Ensure a safe working environment for all colleagues, meeting safety, health, and environmental policy standards.
Support the line with the collection and return of correct production and cleaning tools.
Assist with appropriate product and equipment handling on the line
What we're looking for
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.
GCSE or equivalent; numerate and literate
Basic computer skills
Health & Safety Level 2
Food Hygiene Level 2
CCP/HACCP knowledge for manufacturing
GMP knowledge and techniques
Allergen awareness and risk understanding
Internal audit experience
Non-conformance reporting skills
Microbiological awareness & food safety basics
Basic disinfection principles
Knowledge of legal labelling and weight legislation
If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future.
What you'll get in return
Competitive salary and job-related benefits
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
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