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Bakery Operative - Earn £12.21 - £12.97 per hour

Posted on December 11th, 2025

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£12.21 - £12.97 per hour

Type of Job: Permanent

Great opportunity to work as a Bakery Operative for our client, a leading UK bakery brand that produces bread and other bakery products and distributes them nationwide to retailers and food service providers.

Staffline is recruiting Bakery Operatives in Forest Gate, London.

The rate of pay is:
- Days £12.21 per hour
- Nights £12.97 per hour

This role offers full-time hours, approximately 48 hours weekly as per the rota. Working on the following shift patterns: 4 on 4 off - working 2 days, 2 nights on rota, then 4 days off. The hours of work are:
- 6am to 6pm
- 6pm to 6am

This role requires the availability of more than 20 hours per week.

Due to the location, a driving licence is preferred. However, if you have access to reliable public transport (e.g., bus), it is not required.

Your Time at Work

As a Bakery Operative you will be responsible for:

- Deliver the best possible production of our products in alignment with site and customer requirements and standards, ensuring this is maintained across the bakery environment.
- To have a high degree of accuracy; fulfil orders in an efficient manner.
- Operating and maintaining machinery within the factory as operationally required in accordance with food and health & safety standards and procedures.
- Maintaining high standards of hygiene and cleanliness within the working environment, following the cleaning best practice procedure.
- Completing all hygiene documentation in a timely and accurate manner.
- Participating in customer visits and audits as required.

There will be some manual handling included in this role.

Our Perfect Worker

Our perfect worker will be physically fit to stand and walk for long periods during the shift and have the ability to lift and move heavy items (often up to 20 kg). You must have Good English communication skills.

Applicants will demonstrate good teamwork and be able to work well with others to meet targets.

Experience in a similar rolis e desirable, but not essential as full training is provided.

Key Information and Benefits

- Earn £12.21 - £12.97 per hour
- 4 on 4 off
- OnSite support from Staffline
- Canteen on site
- Free food
- Free car parking on site
- Uniform provided
- Full training provided
- Opportunities for overtime
- Shop on site

Job Ref: 1HFG

About Staffline

Staffline is the UK's leading provider of flexible, temporary and permanent workforce solutions, enabling over 28,000 people into good work every day. We operate at more than 350 customer sites across England, Scotland and Wales.

Please note that our job adverts are correct at the time of publication, but some details and job responsibilities are subject to change.

This job advert may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, by third-party websites, without prior written consent from Staffline.

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