About this role
<table style="width:2025.61px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div><span id="internalJobDescriptionTitle"></span> <div id="internaljobDescription" tabindex=""> <div><span style="color:black"><strong>Job: Kitchen Assistant</strong></span></div> <div><span style="color:black"><strong>Location: Newark</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="color:black"><strong>Why Greencore?</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="color:black">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.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="color:black">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.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="color:black">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.</span></div> <div> </div> <p><span style="color:black"><strong>Role Accountabilities</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span>Business Communication:</span></p> <ul> <li style="color:black"><span style="color:black">Has relationships with relevant functions to support the Development process activity.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span>Customer:</span></p> <ul> <li style="color:black"><span style="color:black">Supports hospitality for customer and high-profile visits.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span>Facilities:</span></p> <ul> <li style="color:black"><span style="color:black">Ensures kitchen facilities, hygiene and maintenance are kept to an agreed standard in accordance with the required health and safety procedures.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><u><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif">Job Description:</span></u></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:black">Has strong relationships with factory operatives, Process and QA to support with ingredient and sample collation. </span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:black">Collation/collection of ingredients from all areas of the factory</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:black">Collation/collection of packaging from all areas of the factory</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:black">Collation/collection of finished goods from all areas of the factory</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:black">Decanting of materials from deliveries (must be comfortable lifting and moving up to 20kg)</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:black">Stock rotation and replenishment</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:black">Pot washing duties </span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:black">General kitchen cleaning duties including sweeping, mopping and deck scrubbing</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:black">Supporting chefs in panel room general maintenance including replenishment of tasting equipment and waste management</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:black">All duties carried out following required health and safety procedures</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:black">Basic computer literacy for writing and printing labels, top sheets and updating raw materials databases (Microsoft Word & Excel predominantly)</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span>Behaviours:</span></p> <ul> <li style="color:black"><span style="color:black">Reliable, attention to detail, flexible, organised, diligent, conscientious, presentable, personally accountable, fast paced, resilient, alignment to BV value.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color:black"><strong> </strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:black"><strong>About you</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:black">If you have a willingness to learn and grown, a can-do attitude and strong work ethics then this could be the ideal role for you!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:black">The successful candidate will need to have key skills such as being proactive, reliable, flexible and conscientious. It is also required that you hold a UK driver’s license and have access to a car. If this sounds like you, then apply today.</span></p> <p> </p> <div><span style="color:black"><strong>What you'll get in return:</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="color:black">• Competitive salary and job-related benefits</span></div> <div><span style="color:black">• Holidays</span></div> <div><span style="color:black">• Competitive matched pension contributions</span></div> <div><span style="color:black">• Life insurance up to 4x salary</span></div> <div><span style="color:black">• Company share save scheme</span></div> <div><span style="color:black">• Greencore Qualifications</span></div> <div><span style="color:black">• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform</span></div> <div><span style="color:black">• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform</span></div> <div><span style="color:black">• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="color:black">Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="color:black">We reserve the right to close this advert ahead of the specified closing date. </span></div> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p>