Food Production Operative
| Posting date: | 23 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £12.21 to £18.32 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 February 2026 |
| Location: | Middleton, Greater Manchester, OL1 1HP |
| Company: | The Best Connection Group Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JN -012026-17559_1769180125 |
Summary
Food Production Operative - Temp to Perm
Location: Middleton
Hours: Monday to Thursday 8am-5pm, Friday 8am-2pm
Pay Rate: £12.21 per hour (Overtime available at enhanced rates)
Our client, a market-leading sauce manufacturer based in Middleton, is looking to recruit a Food Production Operative to join their team. This is an excellent opportunity for a minimum of 6 weeks, with the potential to secure a permanent position after 12 weeks.
The Role:- Labelling the jars of sauce
- Quality checking each jar
- Correctly loading the machines
- Screwing lids onto the jars
- Stacking the sealed jars onto pallets
- Some basic paperwork
- Operating machinery
- Weighing and measuring ingredients from a recipe sheet
- Recent, solid work history (work references will be checked at interview stage)
- Hands-on, practical skills
- Strong numeracy and literacy skills (tests will be carried out at interview)
- Reliability, good attention to detail, and willingness to learn
- £12.21 per hour starting rate
- Overtime available at enhanced rates
- Opportunity to secure a permanent role with a leading company
- Supportive training and development provided
- Site shutdown in the summer for 1 week during the school holidays
- Long break at Christmas
- Yearly company bonus scheme once permanent
If you are hands-on, reliable, and keen to secure long-term work, we want to hear from you!
Please submit your up-to-date CV. References will be required to back up your work history
The Best Connection is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.