Bells of Lazonby have an exciting opportunity for Dayshift Food Production Operatives to join the team.

Location: Lazonby, Cumbria, CA10 1BG

Salary: 12.02 to 15.03 per hour, plus 25% overtime rates

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule: Various shift patterns available

Do you Love Cake? Do you want to work within a growing local family business? Then we have the role for you. Due to sustained and continued growth, we require more people to work in our bakeries running our manufacturing process including mixing, production, wrapping and packing to make amazing cakes for our customers.

About Us:

We are an established family bakery with a taste for quality, having created delicious products for over 75 years. Our organisation produces baked goods for retail and food service, specialising in cake and sweet pastry tart products.

We supply all major UK retailers with ambient Free From ranges and a number of leading Coffee Shop Chains with ambient and frozen ranges. We operate two bakeries: A conventional Bakery and a dedicated Gluten, Wheat and Milk Free Bakery avoiding 12 out of the 14 notable allergens.

We guide our business by 3 core values:

- Family: We support each other, nurturing talent to produce baked goods we would be proud to serve to our own families.

- Innovation: Spot the latest trends in our industry, encouraging open creativity within our team.

- Quality: We are proud to work with excellent ingredient suppliers, achieving the highest BRC accreditation grade. We are RSPO Accredited, Vegan Society approved, & Coeliac society approved.

Food Production Operative – The Role:

- Responsible for efficiently meeting all production work requirements allocated to you by following operating procedures and works instructions

- Work as a member of a team helping to implement and carry out all company working practices and achieve team objectives

- Work in a safe manner, reporting any issues to the appropriate person as required

- Complete accurately and store HACCP paperwork as required and within appropriate time scales

- Ensure our products meet the required quality standards

- Identify and suggest ideas for improvement

Food Production Operative – Benefits:

- Free Transport to and from Lazonby from Penrith and Carlisle

- Refer a Friend Scheme - 1st BONUS = £100, 2nd BONUS = £300

- 29 days' annual leave including Bank Holidays

- Company Sick Pay

- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Free Fruit/ Tea/Coffee

- Free onsite parking

- Discounted cakes

If you are successful, we will undertake the relevant pre-employment checks after you have been offered a job, this includes verifying your right to work in the UK, and where relevant verifying your driving.

Bells of Lazonby is committed to equal opportunities for all, we are an accredited Disability Confident Committed employer. We provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process; we accept all job applications in a variety of formats.

As a family business we value our people and have a range of shifts available as we know that what works for someone might not work for someone else, if you believe you have the skills and passion to work for us then please get in touch.

To submit your application for this exciting Food Production Operative opportunity, please click ‘Apply’ now!