Production Operative

Location: Fletchers Bakery, Sheffield

Shift: Week of Days/ Week of Nights, rotating

Salary: From £11.05 per hour

We have an opportunity for a Production Operative to join Operations Team.

Are you looking to work for a company which can truly offer you a realistic opportunity to develop, a company who honestly does invest in its people, a place where you are treated equal as part of a diverse team who support and make it a great place to work. Not to mention the salary is competitive and you can get free bakery products – (we hope you like the smell of fresh bread, donuts and muffins while you’re working). We are Fletchers Bakery and we are investing and growing at our site in Sheffield. We have new job opportunities for Production Operatives to grow with us at site.

Here at Fletchers Bakery, we have over 125 years of baking tradition, and we are part of Finsbury Group. Fletchers Bakery can trace its roots back to 1895, when it first started to produce much-loved sliced breads. It’s now one of the most diverse and highly efficient bakery manufacturers in the UK, serving both the retail and foodservice industries.

The Production Operatives are key to our success in the business. They work productively as part of a team to reach the plant production targets on a daily basis, whilst being vigilant and proactive with quality checks. Throughout the shifts, strict health, safety and hygiene standards must be adhered to, ensure products are made to the highest quality. They work as part of a friendly and supportive production team, which can be busy and hot sometimes (we bake breads – so we need the ovens on).

The Production Operatives will have a good work ethic and will be proud of the work they do. They will be able to communicate polity and openly to their teams and managers, to highlight any challenges, ask for support and give support - you are working as part of team. These roles can be busy at times, which is why good organisational skills and the ability to hit deadlines are key in succeeding here.

The culture is friendly, engaging at all levels in the business and we celebrate diversity, which you can see walking around the factory with people smiling and saying “hello”. We don’t tolerate any aggressive or abusive behaviour against anyone. It’s our people which makes working at our bakery enjoyable and rewarding and we want that for everyone for works with us.

This is what you’ll actually do!

• As a Production Operative you will work as part of a team in our bakery placing and removing tins from conveyor belts, clearing tins of any potential foreign bodies, ensuring tins are full of product and covering tins when they have cooled down.
• You’ll ensure that our baked goods are packed correctly, with all dates accurate on the packaging with the correct labeling. There are elements of your role which are physical as you will stack baskets onto pallets in a safe manner and make sure the pallet book is completed accurately. While ensuring Hygiene and Housekeeping practices are being carried out.
• You will work in a safe and supportive environment, so we train all of our workers on Health and Safety best practices to ensure that you able to maintain high levels of best practice and these behaviours are adopted at all times.
• Attention to detail and quality control is crucial and you are expected to monitor quality assurance at your designated area. You’ll ensure performance and product quality is maintained in your area by adherence to plant set up, technical specifications and quality assurance processes.

Ideally this is you!

• Organises own work so priorities are accomplished within deadlines
• Strong communication skills and good social skills, gets on well with people - you’re part of a team!
• Good work ethic is essential as is reliability and commitment to doing the job
• Have pride in your work and complete a task from start to finish

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!