Manufacturing Trainer
Job Title: Manufacturing Trainer
Contract: Permanent | Hours: Monday–Friday, 37.5 hours per week (flexible working required, on-site)
Salary: Circa £30,000 p/a
Location: Stockton-on-Tees
Join Britain’s Favourite Bakery
As the UK’s No.1 Bakery Brand, Warburtons has been baking bread since 1876. Today, we’re proudly a family business supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing over 70 products including gluten and wheat-free ranges.
Our Stockton bakery recently received an £18 million investment, introducing a new thin bagel line and state-of-the-art machinery. With a team of over 90 strong, we’re committed to quality, innovation, and sustainability – striving to be a net zero business by 2050.
The Recipe
As a Manufacturing Trainer, you’ll ensure our teams have the knowledge, skills, and behaviours to deliver excellence. You’ll plan and deliver engaging training programmes focused on safety, compliance, and continuous improvement – helping us keep Britain’s favourite bakery running smoothly.
This is an exciting opportunity for a self-starter with a manufacturing training background to join a site that’s growing and innovating. Following our big bagels investment, we’re focused on continuous improvement across the plant, making this the perfect environment for someone who wants to make a real impact and develop their career.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify compliance and technical training needs in collaboration with operational leaders
- Develop and update Standard Operating Procedures
- Deliver on-the-job and group learning solutions (face-to-face and virtual)
- Manage the annual manufacturing training plan and maintain accurate records via Learning Hub
- Support audits (BRC, FSQMS, Manufacturing Excellence)
- Evaluate learning impact using the Kirkpatrick model
- Coach and develop Train-the-Trainer capability
- Mentor apprentices and next-generation talent
Essential Ingredients
- Train the Trainer Experience / Qualification
- Background in manufacturing training
- Organisation and planning skills
- Understanding of compliance
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and SOPs
- Skilled in coaching and mentoring
- Familiarity with Lean principles and continuous improvement
- Ability to deliver blended learning (classroom, on-the-job, digital)
- Data-driven approach to measuring training impact
- FMCG background ideal
Extra Dough
At last and by no means least, you will want to know what your breads worth:
- A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
- Award-winning pension scheme (7% company contribution)
- Life assurance
- Opportunity to purchase extra annual leave
- Discounts and deals via our Extra Dough platform
- Fully stocked kitchens with our delicious products
- Health & wellbeing support, including free physiotherapy and 24/7 confidential helpline
If you’re passionate about training delivery, process improvement, and making a real difference in manufacturing operations, apply now and be proud to be Warburtons!
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.
