Bakery Porter

Support our bakery team by keeping ingredients, equipment, trays, trolleys and other materials in the right place at the right time.

Our Bakery Porters keep production running efficiently so that bakers, production operatives and team leaders can concentrate on making our products without unnecessary delays.

This is a hands-on, physically active role involving regular movement around the bakery, replenishing production areas, moving products and equipment, clearing finished items and maintaining a clean, safe and organised workplace.

Reports to

Bakery Team Leader / Bakery Manager

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Key responsibilities

• Keep bakery production areas stocked with the ingredients, equipment and materials they require.
• Move ingredients and materials safely between storage and production areas.
• Replenish production teams throughout the shift and respond quickly when they need supplies.
• Move trays, racks, trolleys, bakery equipment and products between different stages of production.
• Clear empty containers, packaging and equipment from production areas.
• Return equipment and materials to their correct locations.
• Keep walkways and working areas clear, safe and organised.
• Wash and clean trays, utensils, containers and bakery equipment where required.
• Support the bakery team with general production tasks when needed.
• Separate and remove waste correctly from production areas.
• Complete required cleaning and housekeeping tasks.
• Report damaged equipment, shortages and other issues to the Bakery Team Leader.
• Help prepare production areas for upcoming products and production runs.
• Support periodic bakery deep cleans.
• Follow all health-and-safety requirements and use the required PPE.
• Keeping production moving

You will learn how the bakery operates, anticipate what each team will need next and prepare it before they have to stop and ask.

We are looking for someone who takes initiative and pride in keeping their areas stocked, organised and running efficiently.

What we're looking for

• Reliable, punctual and hardworking.
• Comfortable in a physically active, fast-paced food-production environment.
• Proactive and able to identify what needs doing next.
• Organised and able to keep production areas stocked.
• Able to follow instructions accurately and work independently once trained.
• A good team player who communicates effectively with production teams and team leaders.
• Committed to high standards of food safety and higiene.
• Willing to support different bakery areas when required.
• Previous bakery, food-factory, warehouse, kitchen, production or porter experience is helpful but not essential.

Physical requirements

• Be on your feet for most of the shift and walk regularly throughout the bakery.
• Move trays, bakery equipment, ingredients and other materials.
• Push and manoeuvre trolleys and racks.
• Complete bending, reaching and repetitive manual tasks.
• Work in warm production areas.
• Wear all required food-production PPE.
• Follow the manual-handling training and safe working methods provided.
• Food safety and hygiene
• Follow food-hygiene, allergen and cross-contamination controls consistently.
• Complete cleaning procedures correctly and use chemicals safely where applicable.
• Maintain strong housekeeping standards throughout the shift.
• Follow health-and-safety and PPE requirements at all times.
• Complete all required training in food hygiene, allergen awareness, cleaning, manual handling and workplace safety.

What we offer

• £13.50 per hour during probation and training, increasing to £14.10 per hour on successful completion of both.
• Opportunity to earn a company performance bonus of up to £3,200 per person per annum, subject to company performance and the bonus scheme's eligibility and payment terms.
• Full training provided.
• Company pension.
• The opportunity to develop within a growing bakery and food-manufacturing business.
• Opportunities to learn additional bakery and production skills.
• What success looks like

Production teams have the ingredients, tools and equipment they need without avoidable delays; materials are moved safely; work areas remain clean and organised; and you anticipate the next requirement rather than waiting to be asked.