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A leading food manufacturer in Kiveton Park is seeking warehouse team members to ensure quality service in a fast-paced environment.

Night Shift - Sunday to Thursday - 9:30pm until 5:30am Pay Rate - £14.98 Per Hour 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 As a Senior Production Operative at Greencore your role will be working across three key areas of People, Safety and Operations. Most importantly you'll be the point of contact for a team of colleagues, meeting and greeting them on arrival and departure and ensuring that they are equipped to succeed. You'll coordinate colleagues so they can rotate across different tasks and give feedback to colleagues on task performance and adherence to operational standards to build their skills and confidence to play a key part of the team. You'll be a great talent spotter, supporting the development across your team and will be the person your team looks to for guidance and support. You'll co-ordinate and cover breaks whilst managing working time and reporting absences to line managers and take a keen interest on the safety and welfare of your team members, making sure prestart safety checks are completed, reporting any near misses, and checking on the welfare of your team. You will have responsibility for assembly area in the factory and will ensure production is in line with the agreed plan during your shift, capturing key performance data and checking operational tasks are completed to our high standards. You will be the key point of contact for trouble shooting any machinery or material issues and working with your colleagues you'll ensure that quality checks are completed for adherence to food safety, customer, and quality standards. It's a busy and fast paced role, where each day brings a variety of challenges and rewards, working in a small team you'll be supported by our management teams and colleagues to help make everyday taste better.What we're looking for All of the roles involve working in a fast past, chilled environment in a company that puts people at the core. All the roles require a good understanding of both spoken & written English. You will also have strong attention to detail and good organizational skills. Production experience is preferred. 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. If this sounds like you join us, 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