Loading Operatives

Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.
Shift Pattern Availability: (4 out of 7)
Hours: 6pm-6am or 6am – 6pm
Salary: Starting rate of £12.52, increasing to £12.86 once full trained.
A £1ph Premium added for Nights Shift: 10pm - 4am
Location: 30B Optimus Wy, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8JR
The Role
Our Operatives are (quite literally) the bread and butter of Geary’s. You’re responsible for ensuring the delicious bread we produce and package is of the best possible quality, that adds a spark of joy to people’s daily lives. Your main responsibilities include:
* Checking Goods against delivery notes for accuracy and damages & completing paperwork
* Assist with stock takes
* Load and unload vehicles in line with H&S procedures
* Moves goods around to relevant departments – using FLT or manual and Electric pump trucks
* Notify relevant departments if any shortages occur on deliveries
* Liaising with the technical team if a non-conformance need raising
* Physically moving stock onto pallets
* Ensure all stocks movements are accurately recorded
About Us
At Geary’s Bakeries, we’re on a crusade to make proper bread more accessible to more people. We’re passionate about re-imagining the way Great Britain thinks about their everyday loaf. This passion is at the heart of everything we do, and have done, since 1906.
We are ‘born and bread’ in Leicestershire and proud of our long-standing heritage. Today, we operate from three sites on a 24/7 operation. We’re made up of towards 900 people: a friendly, diverse and outgoing team, passionate about making a difference to the bakery industry.
With recent investment, we’ve accelerated our ambitious growth plans. In the last 11 years, we have grown rapidly from £5m annual sales to over £90m and we’re not stopping there! Backed by our vision and strategy, major capital investment and our commitment to developing our people and processes, we aim to grow our sales to £100m+ within the next three years.
Our brilliant benefits include free delicious bread, BUPA Healthcare, Death in Service, a Cycle to Work scheme and a chance to win a £10k worth prizes annually! Plus, if you refer a friend to join our team, you could earn up to £500
About You
At Geary’s, we look for people who show up everyday to do their best. We’re a passionate, friendly team and look for the same qualities in our new recruits. We firmly believe your attitude and approach is just as important (if not, more so) than the skills and experience on your CV.
What we’re looking for:
* Strong attention to detail
* Ability to work under pressure
* Team player or able to work on own
* Great communication skills
* A passion to learn and develop
* Resilient and self motivated
* IT skills (ability to use full Office package, including Excel)
* Flexible approach to working hours
Desirable but not essential:
* Experience in manufacturing (even better if it was in a bakery)
* Good understanding of Food Safety and Health and Safety (the important bits!)
If you have not heard from us within seven days, unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion, but we wish you every success in your search for a new position.
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK, at point of interview, and for the tenure of employment contract. As part of the recruitment process, you will be asked to provide documented evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK