Location: Bolton
Function: Manufacturing
Job Reference: 8399
Employment Type: Permanent / Full Time
Closing Date: 21/09/2026
Date: 21 Aug 2026
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Title: Team Member Bakery
Function: Manufacturing
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 4 on 4 off rotating days and nights
Location: Bolton
Salary: £658.09
Love being hands-on, working with great people, and helping create something millions enjoy every day? This could be the perfect roll for you!
Essential Ingredients
Able to work a 4 on 4 off shift pattern rotating days and nights
Experience in a similar role within FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
Ability to work in a safe manner and consider the safety of others
A good attention to detail with a firm focus on Quality and Health & Safety
Able to adapt well to change and undertake a variety of activities across our operation
Demonstrating teamwork and communicating effectively developing relationships with team members and other teams across the site
As ‘the UK’s No. 1 Bakery Brand’ we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a sixth-generation family, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free.
We are striving to be a net zero business by 2050 and believe that we must minimise our impact on the environment, whilst making a positive impact on the society we are a part of.
The Recipe
At Warburtons, we're inviting you to step into the spotlight of our experienced Team Member role! Join our team and dive into a world of diverse skills, where you'll tackle a range of tasks across our operation. You will need to bring your passion and ambition, as you take charge, not only identifying but also championing initiatives in health & safety, quality, operating processes, and hygiene.
Picture yourself as an essential thread in our tight-knit work family, dedicated to ensuring our top-notch products are all set to hit the road and reach our cherished customers.
You'll be working at the very heart of a versatile shift team and not just clocking-in, powering our 24/7 food manufacturing operation. Your commitment will help Warburtons manufacture and deliver products that are unbeatable in quality, making you an invaluable player in our success story. As a Team Member, you'll flex your skills across multiple departments, from maintaining hygiene standards to manning the production line and warehouse. Working with innovative bakery machinery and automated plant equipment will be your bread and butter, and at times, you'll be the maestro orchestrating these operations in our food manufacturing wonderland.
Safety isn't just a buzzword – it's our core. We uphold our high Company standards and adhere to statutory hygiene regulations with unwavering dedication. As a Team Member, you will be instrumental in supporting the decisions that keep us in line with these standards, ensuring a secure and top-quality environment.
About Us
Did you know there are two bakery sites in Bolton (Bolton & Variety), a distribution hub, a newly built Innovation Centre, Test Bakery, and our Head Office. We have approximately 480 colleagues working across Bolton and Variety manufacturing and distribution. We produce 1.5 million units per week, across 5 automated lines that bake our delicious fresh bread, crumpets, bagels, morning goods and muffins which is delivered daily to our customers across the UK.
There has never been a more exciting time to join our Bolton Bakeries, with new site and group initiatives and projects, you can instantly make an impact driving our Unbeatable Quality vision of being Britain’s Best Food Business! You’ll be our safe hands, and we know you’ll love to be a part of it.
Extra Dough
At last and by no means least you will want to know what your bread is worth:
£658.00 per hour
Continued investment in your personal development
A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
Award winning pension scheme
Life assurance
Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily cuppa!
Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service
We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.
