General Operative

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Daventry; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Bank holidays

Job summary

JAM Recruitment Ltd. in Daventry, Northamptonshire, seeks a General Operative for a full-time, permanent position. You will perform general metal working duties across production lines, including deburring, assembling, drilling, sawing, brazing, pressure testing, spot welding, and operating machines as trained.

The role is 45 hours per week with a Mon-Thu 07:00–17:15 schedule and Fri 07:00–13:00. The paid annual leave is 25 days plus bank holidays; candidates should be reliable, practical and

Qualifications

• Must be dexterous and have a willingness to work in different areas of the business.
• Willingness to participate in training and continuous development.

Responsibilities

• Materials handling
• Deburring
• Assembling components
• Preserving
• Drilling
• Sawing
• Semi automatic brazing of assemblies
• Pressure testing: hydrostatic and air under water
• Spot welding
• Setting and operating part numbering machine
• Setting and operating tapping machine
• Basic operation of press brakes
• Operating robotic welders
• Maintain own professional development.

Skills

Dexterous hands

Hands-on production

Reliable

Punctual

Tools

Robot welding

Job description

This full-time, permanent General Operative role is based in Daventry, Northamptonshire, working 45 hours per week. The schedule runs Monday to Thursday, 07:00 to 17:15, with Fridays finishing at 13:00. Pay is £14.00 per hour, and the position offers 25 days of paid annual leave plus bank holidays. Duties cover general metal working, including materials handling, deburring, assembling components, preserving, drilling, sawing, semi-automatic brazing, pressure testing (hydrostatic and air under water), spot welding, and setting and operating part numbering and tapping machines. Plant equipment may be operated only when authorised. Candidates should be reliable, practical, and comfortable with hands-on production work. An excellent opportunity for a General Operative to join a well-established company.

Job Purpose General metal working duties. May include operating of plant equipment but only if authorised to do so.

Duties could include any of the following:

• Materials handling
• Deburring
• Assembling components
• Preserving
• Drilling
• Sawing
• Semi automatic brazing of assemblies
• Pressure Testing components both hydrostatic and air under water
• Spot Welding
• Setting and Operating Part Numbering Machine
• Setting and Operating Tapping Machine
• Basic operation of pressbrakes
• Operating robotic welders

Other responsibilities

It is a condition of employment that you make yourself available for and take full advantage of training. You are required to maintain your own professional continuous development.

Candidate requirements Must be dexterous and have a willingness to work in different areas of the business.

Desirable – experience in Robot Weld/ Machine

Personal qualities

• Ability to attend work regularly and punctually.
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Must be self-motivated
• Methodical and precise.

The employer fully supports Equality in Employment.

All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit and business need.