Production Warehouse Operative - NIGHT SHIFT
Shift Pattern Availability: 4/7
Nights: 6pm - 6am
Salary:£13.15 per hour rising to £13.50 once you become a Skilled Operative.
PLUS £1 per hour Nights Premium, between 10pm - 4am
Location: Hayhill Industrial Estate, Sileby Rd, Barrow upon Soar, Loughborough LE12 8LD
The Role
Our Operatives are (quite literally) the bread and butter of Geary’s. You’re responsible for ensuring the delicious bread we produce and package is of the best possible quality, that adds a spark of joy to people’s daily lives. Your main responsibilities include:
* Weighing up and decanting ingredients, including sour and oil (we’re all about delicious sourdough!)
* Mixing and tinning up product
* Assisting with the oven and prover
* Manually folding and labelling packaging
* Packing product and manually stacking baskets
* Operating machinery (such as bagging units) on the line
* Following Good Manufacturing Practices and Clean As You Go procedure
* Supporting other departments when necessary
You’ll be moving around a busy bakery, carrying out manual and non-manual tasks, which may be physically demanding at times.
About Us
At Geary’s Bakeries, we’re on a crusade to make proper bread more accessible to more people. We’re passionate about re-imagining the way Great Britain thinks about their everyday loaf. This passion is at the heart of everything we do, and have done, since 1906.
We are ‘born and bread’ in Leicestershire and proud of our long-standing heritage. Today, we operate from three sites on a 24/7 operation. We’re made up of towards 900 people: a friendly, diverse and outgoing team, passionate about making a difference to the bakery industry.
The business has grown rapidly from £5m in annual sales to £125m+ in the last 15 years with strong and consistent profitability. We have an ambition to increase sales to more than £200m+ in the next 3- 5 years. A clear Vision and Strategy has been articulated, and this is being backed with major capital investment and a renewal and upgrading of the people, processes, and systems.
Our brilliant benefits include free delicious bread, BUPA Cashback Plan, Death In Service, a Cycle to Work scheme and a chance to win a £10k worth prizes annually! Plus, if you refer a friend to join our team, you could earn up to £500!
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About You
At Geary’s, we look for people who show up everyday to do their best. We’re a passionate, friendly team and look for the same qualities in our new recruits. We firmly believe your attitude and approach is just as important (if not, more so) than the skills and experience on your CV.
What we’re looking for:
* A commitment to work, with excellent time-keeping skills
* A passion to learn and develop
* Great communication skills (we love to have a chat)
* Team player
* Flexible approach to working hours (we’re busy bees so may include working weekends)
Desirable but not essential:
* Experience in manufacturing (even better if it was in a bakery)
* Good understanding of Food Safety and Health and Safety (the important bits!)
If you have not heard from us within seven days, unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion, but we wish you every success in your search for a new position.
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK, at point of interview, and for the tenure of employment contract. As part of the recruitment process, you will be asked to provide documented evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK