Logistics Operative
Greencore
Up to: £13.97ph
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.
Here in Boston we employ around 400 colleagues and produce ready to eat salads, prepared vegetables and snacks for many of the major retailers such as Coop, Boots, Greggs, Costco, Spar and BOL.
What you'll be doing:
As a Intake Operative:
- Completion of traceability paperwork (use by dates, amounts, prices, temperatures etc)
- Stacking of packaged/trayed orders onto wheels or pallets as they are received
- Setting up of lines ready for production to start - making sure correct packaging/trays/cages are available, correct labels are set up for printing
- Ensuring tape machines are set up correctly and supplied with tape to keep lines running.
- Following production plans to ensure correct packaging is issued to production for each order
- Always keeping area clean - Identify and utilise down time to clean in, around and under all equipment
- All other duties as assigned
- Adhere to health & safety policies and quality standards
- Storage and locating of goods received into our warehouse areas
Full training will be provided if successful in this role but are looking for the following knowledge and experience:
- Ideally experience within a food manufacturing environment or similar environment
- Good Literacy and Numeracy skills
- Problem solving skills
- Attention to detail
- Right first-time approach
- Computer literat
- Good communicator and ability to work in a team
- Basic Awareness of Health and Safety and Food Hygiene
- FLT Experience preferred however not
What you'll get in return
- Competitive salary and job-related benefits
- Holidays
- Competitive matched pension contributions
- 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 menopause policies
If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.
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