Yard Operative

Bells of Lazonby have an exciting opportunity for 2 x FLT/Yard Operatives to join the team.

Location: Lazonby, Cumbria

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Rates of Pay:

Up to £12.37ph - 06.00 to 18.00

£15.87ph - 18.00 to 06.00 (25% overtime rates)

Shifts Available:

1 Days - 4 x 10 hour shifts - Tues – Fri  (05.15 to 15.30 or 07.00 to 17.15)

1 Nights - 4 x 10 hours shifts – Mon to Thurs (18.00 to 04.15)

About Us:

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 within the hygiene team maintaining high standards of cleanliness around all areas of the factory.

We are an established family bakery with a taste for quality, having created delicious products for over 75 years. We produce baked goods for retail and food service. We operate two bakeries: a conventional Bakery and a dedicated Gluten, Wheat and Milk Free Bakery avoiding 12 out of the 14 notifiable allergens.

We specialise in cake and sweet pastry tart products and supply all the major UK retailers with ambient Free From Ranges and a number of the leading Coffee Shop Chains with ambient and frozen ranges.

Our Values:

We guide our business by three core values in which we encourage all our employees to live by:

- Family: To maintain our ethos of supporting each other as one team and nurturing talent to produce baked goods that we would be proud to serve to our own families

- Innovation: To spot the latest trends in our industry before they happen and encourage open creativity and blue sky thinking within all of our team

- Quality: We pride ourselves on working with the best suppliers for our ingredients and have achieved the highest BRC accreditation grade of AA. We are RSPO Accredited, Vegan Society approved, and Coeliac society approved

FLT/Yard Operatives – Key Responsibilities:

- Operate forklifts to load, unload, and move materials within the warehouse or production area

- Safely and efficiently transport materials to designated locations using forklift equipment

- Stack and organise products and materials in designated storage areas

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

- Follow safety protocols and guidelines to ensure a safe working environment

- Assist with inventory management by accurately recording materials

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

- Handle goods inward and outward as appropriate and checking quality as required

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

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

- Identify and suggest ideas for improvement

- You will need to have basic English language skills

FLT/Yard Operatives – 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 through Health Assured (inc. employer discounts at other top brands

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Free onsite parking

- Discounted cakes

- Discounted Gym memberships (Penrith/ Appleby/ Carlisle)

- Working Monday to Friday on a variable rota of 6am-2:15pm, 7am - 3:15pm or 9am-17:15pm

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.

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.

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