General Operative
Cranswick Gourmet Kitchen is supplying high-quality cooked products to a number of market-leading customers. The goal of our food manufacturing site, Cranswick Gourmet Kitchen, is to produce quality cooked food for market-leading customers. As a team, we aim to create a culture where everything we do is to the highest possible standard, and we are looking for like-minded individuals to be a part of this.
Our guiding principles set out the values that unite and inspire our people to deliver our purpose – to feed the nation with authentically made, sustainably produced food. This is delivered by our hard-working, talented teams who continually drive the business forward.
We are currently looking for a General Operative to support our Production/Hygiene teams. The main responsibility would be to carry out a variety of production and hygiene tasks to enable the smooth running of the day-to-day production operation and to ensure the safety, quality and legality of the products being produced, maintaining high standards at all times.
Hours - Monday to Friday 06:30-15:00
Pay - £12.86 per hour
The main duties of the role include:
- Ensure all product specifications and quality standards are being followed
- Champion rules, regulations and good practices with regard to health and safety, food hygiene, quality standards and personal hygiene
- Produce high-quality products, focusing on increasing yield and reducing wastage in turn driving Second Nature initiatives
- Work as part of a team and help create a positive working environment
- Ensure both hygiene schedules and cleaning instruction procedures, including deep cleaning, are completed to the required frequency
- Ensure all quality standards are being followed and a clean, safe food environment is create
- Champion site rules, regulations and good practices with regard to health and safety, food hygiene, quality standards and personal hygiene
(A full job description is available upon request)
What We Offer:
- Job stability at a growing and expanding company
- Training and carer development
- Overtime – time and a half after basic hours
- Pension package
- Access to our ‘Feed your Wellbeing’ hub, offering a range of retail, restaurant and entertainment discounts and wellbeing support
- Cycle to work scheme
- Opportunity to purchase extra holiday
- Discounted share scheme
- Discounted local gym membership
- Death in service insurance
- Additional holiday with service
Requirements, experience and person specification
- Prior experience working within the food industry as a Production Operative is required
- Reliable and have a good absence and timekeeping record
- Conscientious, enthusiastic and willingness towards meeting deadlines
- Team player & co-operative
- Good knowledge of basic food hygiene and health & safety principles
- Ability to communicate, understand and follow instructions and have good attention to details
If you are interested in this position, please submit your CV and covering letter to: [email protected]
Closing Date: 27th November 2026
Internal applicants must make their line manager aware before applying