Manufacturing Operative Cables

Kinetic Plc; Manchester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Full training and development

Temporary to permanent opportunity

Job summary

Kinetic Manchester is seeking two Manufacturing Operatives to support a long-established cable producer in Blackley. You will rotate between 06:00-14:00 and 14:00-22:00 shifts, running production lines and maintaining quality and safety standards.

The role offers on-site training, potential permanent opportunities, and a strong team in a historic UK manufacturing company. A DBS check will be completed after an offer.

Qualifications

• Extrusion experience is a big advantage.
• Able to work rotating early/late shifts consistently.
• Strong practical skills and confidence with manual work.
• Good communication and ability to follow instructions.
• Comfortable working to routine and pace.
• Health & safety awareness.
• Flexible, enthusiastic, and a team player.

Responsibilities

• Keeping cable production lines running smoothly throughout your shift.
• Making small machine adjustments to maintain performance.
• Ensuring product quality meets required standards.
• Spotting and reporting compliance issues.
• Operating machinery following SOPs and process specs.
• Completing production sheets (output, downtime, scrap).
• Carrying out 5S duties to keep the area organised.
• Investigating process issues using data and SPC charts.
• Setting up and safely starting production lines.
• Completing safety checks.
• Testing finished reels/drums and recording results.
• Updating waste and scrap records.

Job description

Kinetic Manchester are looking for 2 Machine Minders / Manufacturing Ops / Cable Making Operatives to join a long established manufacturer in Blackley - a company with 120+ years of history and a reputation for building the infrastructure that keeps the UK moving.

Shifts rotate weekly: 06:00-14:00 and 14:00-22:00 - you must be able to work both.

A DBS Background check will be completed upon offer.

What You'll Be Doing as the Manufacturing / Cable Making Operative

• Keeping cable production lines running smoothly throughout your shift
• Making small machine adjustments to maintain performance
• Ensuring product quality meets required standards
• Spotting and reporting compliance issues
• Operating machinery following SOPs and process specs
• Completing production sheets (output, downtime, scrap)
• Carrying out 5S duties to keep the area organised
• Investigating process issues using data and SPC charts
• Setting up and safely starting production lines
• Completing safety checks
• Testing finished reels/drums and recording results
• Updating waste and scrap records

To be successful with this Manufacturing Operative we need you to meet the following criteria:

• Extrusion experience is a big advantage
• Able to work rotating early/late shifts consistently
• Strong practical skills and confidence with manual work
• Good communication and ability to follow instructions
• Comfortable working to routine and pace
• Health & safety awareness
• Flexible, enthusiastic, and a team player

Here is what you will receive whilst working there:

• £12.71 per hour first 1 - 12 weeks / £16.39 per hour 13 weeks+
• Work for a respected, stable, world class manufacturer
• Temporary to permanent opportunity
• Great team, strong training, long term opportunities
• Free parking
• Full training and development
• Join a company people genuinely want to work for