Bells of Lazonby have an exciting opportunity for a Hygiene Operative to join the team.

Location: Lazonby, Cumbria (CA10 1BG)

Salary: £12.02 - £15.03 , 25% overtime rate

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday, 12.00pm to 8.15pm

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, more people are required to work within the hygiene team maintaining high standards of cleanliness around all areas of the factory.  

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 the major UK retailers with ambient Free From Ranges and a number of the 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.

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

Hygiene Operative – The Role:

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

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

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

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

- Identify and suggest ideas for improvement

- Take responsibility for own development and continuous improvement

- You will need to have basic English language skills

- Preferable you will hold your D1 category Licence, however this is not essential.

Hygiene Operative – Benefits:

- Free Transport to and from Lazonby from Penrith Locations

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

- 29 days' annual leave including Bank Holidays

- Company Sick Pay

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Free Fruit/ Tea/Coffee

- Free onsite parking

- Discounted cakes

- Discounted Gym memberships (Penrith/ Appleby/ Carlisle)

Application Process:

If successful, we will undertake relevant pre-employment checks after you have been offered a job including 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 offer 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 Hygiene Operative opportunity, please click ‘Apply’ now!