Days - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 6am to 6pm (after 6 weeks rotates to Thursday, Friday, Saturday for a further 6 weeks)
Pay Rate - £15.36 per hour
(Over time is after 36 hours a week at time and a quarter)
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 everyday 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
Here at Selby, we employ a team over 750 colleagues. A site steeped in history; we are the UK's number one manufacturer of customer private label cooking sauces and pickles. We have been serving our customers out of our Selby site since 1914. 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:
Your overall role will be to verify that all raw materials (Chilled, Frozen, Ambient, Packaging etc.) are delivered within specification, are compliant with food safety, and legal guidelines.
You will:
* Liaise with Group Raw Materials Team to share supplier feedback and assist on various projects
* Sample, test and monitor to verify that all Raw Materials are being supplied in a safe and compliant manner
* Assist in traceability requests
* Complete routine micro sampling - collect all relevant samples, with adherence to procedures and protocols, to ensure quality, safety and legality of products sampled
* Complete daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly material checks based on Raw Material Risk Assessment
* Liaise with suppliers and undertake product rejections and raise Non-Conformances as required
* Review OOD ingredients and liaise with suppliers to request product life extensions to reduce waste where possible
* Collate and review CofA information
* Complete all necessary documentation ensuring that it is kept up to date, accurate and ready for internal and external audits.
* Provide cover for holidays and sickness within the team
* Ability to communicate between all departments
*
What we're looking for:
* Food hygiene - Level 2
* Ideally HACCP Level 2 trained
* Allergen Awareness Training
* Previous raw material experience
* Experience of food manufacturing
* Microbiological awareness - understanding of basic of food safety
* Computer literate in Microsoft Office applications
At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day 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
Free car parking
Enhanced parental leave and menopausal policiesThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career