Bakery Support Operative Full Time

Allied Bakeries are owned by Associated British Foods. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £20.1bn and 138,000 employees in 56 countries. It has significant businesses in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia. Our sister companies in ABF UK Grocery produce products under many market-leading household brands, including Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon & Silver Spoon.

We are proud of our brands: we make top 10 UK grocery brand Kingsmill as well as Allinson’s and Sunblest. You’ll know us best through our white, wholemeal and seeded market-leading loaves, as well as Kingsmill 50/50, the nation’s favourite Healthier White, and our delicious pancakes, crumpets, hot cross buns and other bakery products.

The success of our business depends on us having the right people on the team. We are incredibly passionate about our business, but it isn’t for the faint-hearted – it’s pacey and demanding so our people need to have a positive attitude and to want to work inclusively. We take massive pride in what we do, not least in how colleagues based in our bakeries and depots have one of the best safety performance records in the industry.

Our Grocery Service Centre, based near Liverpool, is a hub for transactional activity across multiple ABF companies within the ABF Grocery division. Supporting some of our well-known brands such as Kingsmill, Pataks, Blue Dragon, Jordans, Ryvita and Silver Spoon, amongst others. We deliver Shared Service activities across a wide range of disciplines including Customer Services, Consumer Care, Finance, Payroll, HR and IS.

If you’re looking to join a business that is passionate, encourages you to be the best you can be, and values its people, we’d love to hear from you.

Overview Of Role

Location: Stevenage

The role of a Bakery Support Operative is to Safely and efficiently operate bakery equipment and maintaining the cleanliness of bread manufacturing plant. Working with others, achieve high levels of targeted performance, customer satisfaction and quality standards; this will be founded on a culture of continuous improvement, development and learning. It is expected that the jobholder will positively contribute to an environment where critical thinking and constructive challenging is the norm. This is a fast-paced environment job.

Key Accountabilities

Operate semi-automated Baking Machines,

• Manual handling of Bread loaves and slices,
• To deliver product quality through all systems available and others,
• Once experience is gained, to support new team members with on-job training,
• Supporting Hygiene Team with cleaning and baskets feeding when production finishes.

Engages in the Safety-First culture and compliance with AB internal policies and procedures To deliver product quality to required standards

To contribute to the delivery of a production plan

Ensure that their own, development and training needs are identified. Participate in the proactive environment of learning (1:1’s)

To actively participate and contribute in the sharing of “Best Practice” within manufacturing

The Right Person

Essential Demonstrate a good level of Health and Food Safety awareness

Experience in shift working (ideally in manufacturing/warehouse environment)

Numerical, reading and information recording skills.

Advantageous Computer Literate (understand and interact with HMI screens)

Ability to understand basic mechanical and fault finding skills