Multi-Skilled Operatives - Day Shift, 3 Days out of 7

Shift Pattern: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday - 6am to 6pm (after 6 weeks rotates to Thursday, Friday, Saturday for a further 6 weeks)

Pay rate: £15.60 per hour, rises to £16.02 once fully trained

Overtime: Paid after 36 hours a week at time and a quarter

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 everyday 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 at Selby, we employ a team over 750 colleagues. A site steeped in history; we are the UK’s number one manufacturer of customer private label cooking sauces and pickles. We have been serving our customers out of our Selby site since 1914. 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  

This role operates within defined procedures, plans, budgets and programmes.  The day to day work is assigned by a manager or supervisor. Duties in this role include:

• Ensure the efficient running of the SMI  and any associated equipment; (logopak, spice capper ,top tagger , video, pallet stacking)
• To troubleshoot and resolve minor issues (mechanical and procedural)
• To liaise with Area Process Leaders, Line Coordinator, Engineers and Shift Managers
• Ensure the correct glass and caps are on the line;
• Ensure the efficient running of the Capper, this includes assisting in or completing a capper changeover when required;
• Consider quality, health and safety issues and the implications at all times;
• Ensure that you work to “Right First Time” ethos;
• Trouble shoot and maintain efficiencies with mechanical and procedural understanding;
• Work along side QA;
• Completing data capture;
• Resolving minor issues, mechanical and procedural;
• Mentoring and assisting with the training of new staff.

What we’re looking for 

• Experience working with machinery in a manufacturing environment is essential
• Comply with all relevant business and site policies such as Health and Safety and Food Safety standards
• Demonstrate flexibility, adaptability, and teamwork with the ability to work under pressure
• Have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment producing quality and safe products
• Good attention to details
• Have strong and effective communication skills both verbal and written
• Be open to working in a production environment with varying temperatures
• Have a positive attitude and work ethic

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. At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. If this sounds like you, join us and 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 6% 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

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.