Production Operative - Rotating Shifts
Posted on June 1st, 2026
Apply today to work as a Production Operative for our clients who supply a range of customers, including retailers, wholesalers, convenience stores, and foodservice customers with their iconic products, which feature in millions of homes.
Staffline is recruiting Production Operatives in Carlton, Barnsley.
This is a full-time role and the hours of work and pay rates are:
- Days, Monday to Friday, 6am to 2pm
- Afters, Monday to Friday, 2pm to 10pm
- Days/Afters, Rotating weekly, £14.11 per hour
Overtime is available after working 39.5 hours and is paid at £21.61 per hour.
Your Time at Work
As a Production Operative at our client's busy bakery specialising in sweet treats, including mince pies, sweet muffins, and cupcake bases, you will be responsible for:
- Packing products into boxes/baskets
- Measuring, grading, and feeding batches of raw materials into production machinery
- Operating production line equipment
- Assembling goods on a production line
- Reporting equipment faults to maintenance staff
- Finishing products, for example, applying protective coatings
- Monitoring the production process
Our Perfect Worker
Our perfect worker will have the following skills:
- Good understanding of written and spoken English plus numeracy skills.
- A willingness to learn and be flexible in the tasks required of you.
- Working as part of a team - join in and help others around you.
- Be able to follow instructions from other team members and supervision.
- Ensuring that any necessary communication takes place to ensure the smooth running of the operation
- Completing all relevant checks, i.e. CCP, weight checks, process checks, and cleaning paperwork, etc, where required.
Experience in a similar role is desirable, but not essential, as full training is provided.
Key Information and Benefits
- Earn £14.11 - £21.61 per hour
- Full-time
- Temp to perm opportunity
- Canteen on site
- On-site support from Staffline
- Free car parking on site
- Free hot drinks
- PPE provided
- Full training provided
- Opportunities for overtime
- Shop on site
Job Ref: 1PFCA
About Staffline
Staffline is the UK's largest recruitment solutions partner, enabling over 35,000 people into good work every week. We operate at more than 420 customer sites across England, Scotland and Wales.
As one of the most established recruitment agencies in Nottingham with operations across the UK, we specialise in connecting businesses with temporary and permanent jobs across warehouse & logistics, food and drink, aviation, driving, technical & engineering, manufacturing & automotive and security.
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