Cleaner

The Bread Factory is the UK’s leading artisan bakery. We make award-winning bread, pastries, and cakes, and as well as supporting our neighbourhood bakeries at GAIL’s, we are the proud suppliers behind London’s Michelin restaurants, prestigious hotels, and even Buckingham Palace! We believe in making good bread. We may have grown over the years, but our philosophy has not changed… to make exceptional quality artisan bread, cakes, and pastries so more people can enjoy them. We bake by hand with natural ingredients, we insist on the finest ingredients, and though we’re always innovating, our baking is based on time-honoured techniques and our decades-old starters. Nothing pleasures us as much as a freshly baked, lovingly crafted loaf. Product is at the heart of our bakeries and everything we do must tell a story that inspires, our people to support us on our journey of growth, leading the way for artisan baking in the UK.

As a Cleaner, you will be responsible for delivering daily cleaning tasks to a high standard, ensuring full compliance with hygiene requirements and health and safety regulations at all times.

Shift Pattern: This role operates on a rolling rota, working any five days out of seven each week. Working hours are 6:00pm to 3:00am

Hours: 40 hours per week

Pay Rate: £13.20 per hour

Location: Unit 4, Clayton Court, Openshaw, Manchester, M11 2NB

Key Responsibilities:

• Strictly adhere to the company’s Health & Safety regulations, ensuring a safe working environment at all times.
• Follow all personal hygiene protocols, maintaining the highest standards to prevent contamination and uphold food safety regulations.
• Ensure all designated areas are cleaned to the highest standard, maintaining a hygienic and organised workspace.
• Implement and maintain a flexible daily cleaning schedule, adjusting based on operational needs.
• Regularly inspect and maintain cleaning equipment, ensuring all tools are properly stored, in good condition, and used correctly.
• Conduct routine checks on cleaning equipment and promptly report any deficiencies, malfunctions, or supply shortages to the Operations Manager.
• Identify and communicate any potential cleaning or hygiene-related challenges to the Operations Manager to prevent disruptions.
• Ensure cleaning quality meets company standards through internal and external audit assessments, taking corrective action where necessary.

About You:

• Work collaboratively with colleagues, demonstrating strong teamwork and communication skills to maintain a productive and supportive work environment.
• Perform physically demanding tasks, ensuring efficiency and safety while handling materials, equipment, or manual labour as required.
• Maintain reliability and consistency by arriving on time, meeting deadlines, and fulfilling work commitments.
• Stay focused and perform effectively under pressure, adapting to fast-paced environments and handling challenges with a problem-solving mindset.
• Exhibit a strong work ethic by showing dedication, perseverance, and a willingness to go the extra mile to complete tasks to a high standard.
• Foster a positive and professional attitude towards both colleagues and work, contributing to a motivated and cooperative workplace culture.

What’s in it for you?...

• Family-friendly policies such as maternity and paternity pay, and grandparents leave.
• 50% GAIL’s discount and 40% off at The Bread Factory & The Flour Station Markets.
• Wellbeing benefits such as 24-hour GP service, parties, Cycle to work schemes and more…

Our Care Values

We care about Job Well Done:

Since 1993, we have been champions in traditional baking with the finest ingredients and techniques. We always do things the right way, not the easy way.

We care about Baking:

At The Bread Factory all our teams take pride in crafting beautiful, freshly baked loaves, pastries, and cakes. We are all passionate about our products and share knowledge among us all.

We care about each other:

We always act with respect, empathy, and support to our employees, neighbours and customers.

We care about community:

We believe in minimising unsustainable practices and reducing waste. Whilst ensuring we continue to provide everyone with nutritious high-quality food.

We care about nature:

We’re committed to sustainability across our supply chain—from reducing waste and reusing surplus to supporting regenerative farming that helps restore the planet.