General Operative

BSW Group; Bury; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

BSW Group, the UK's leading timber and forestry business, is seeking a General Operative to sort and repair pallets on-site, ensuring quality and output meet our standards. You will work with colleagues to optimise processes and maintain safe working conditions.

You will set up your workstation, perform safety checks, and report defects promptly. A can-do attitude, punctuality, and meticulous attention to detail are essential to thrive on this busy site.

Qualifications

• Team player with good timekeeping
• Attention to detail and reliability

Responsibilities

• Sort and repair pallets safely and accurately.
• Set up workstations to maintain high output and efficiency.
• Carry out safety checks on tools and equipment and report any defects.
• Support on-site Supervisors and Managers with assigned tasks.
• Follow Health and Safety procedures and wear PPE as required.

Skills

Teamwork

Time management

Job description

This role will be responsible for sorting and repairing broken pallets safely and accurately, using the tools and equipment provided, ensuring that you work at your optimum level to maximise your output and quality of the products in line with the required specification.

You will be responsible for setting up your workstations to be efficient to meet continuous high levels of output, and to ensure your tools & equipment are safe to use by completing all relevant checks and reporting any defects. You will undertake all tasks that are delegated to you by Supervisors and Managers on site.

You will play a key part in the team to adhere to our Health and Safety Procedures and Policies to maintain the required high safety standards, which includes wearing your Personal Protective Equipment when stipulated. You will act as a key member of the Scott Pallets team and demonstrate the company values when dealing with all internal and external stakeholders. You must be punctual and follow the company attendance procedure.

As a General Operative, you will work effectively with others, have excellent time keeping, be a team player and understand the wider site processes to support when able to do so. A can-do attitude and excellent attention to detail are key to success.

BSW Group is the largest timber and forestry business in the UK, with operating divisions spanning the whole supply chain, from tree nurseries and woodland management to sawmilling and pallets.

We market 35 million saplings annually through the country's leading commercial tree nursery, have planted a billion trees through Tilhill Forestry, supply sustainable timber products to an array of industries as BSW Timber, and manufacture millions of pallets a year as Scott Pallets. We work to keep industry moving and aim to be the most technically advanced timber business in the country.

BSW operates as a collection of experts - an interconnected circle, where everyone and everything works together, allowing the business to constantly innovate as our people thrive.

With an ethos to use everything and waste nothing, we leverage technology and cutting-edge practices to supply the diverse demands of the UK, helping to build sustainable worlds.