Job: Kitchen Assistant
Location: Newark
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.
Role Accountabilities
Business Communication:
- Has relationships with relevant functions to support the Development process activity.
Customer:
- Supports hospitality for customer and high-profile visits.
Facilities:
- Ensures kitchen facilities, hygiene and maintenance are kept to an agreed standard in accordance with the required health and safety procedures.
Product Development Cycle:
- Assists the team in the product development process, including producing samples to an agreed quality standard within the required timescales.
- Collation of ingredients, samples and packaging ensuring stocks are replenished and rotated.
- Supports the development function with shopping requirements.
Behaviours:
- Reliable, attention to detail, flexible, organised, diligent, conscientious, presentable, personally accountable, fast paced, resilient, alignment to BV value.
About you
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!
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.
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
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training.
We reserve the right to close this advert ahead of the specified closing date.
