Manufacturing Operative - Nights

Technique Recruitment Solutions; Broadland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Manufacturing Operator for a night shift role in Norwich. Candidates should have previous experience in a production environment and good communication skills. Responsibilities include running machinery, quality checks, and various manual tasks. This is a temporary to permanent position, offering a starting pay rate of £13.28 per hour plus overtime. Full Right to Work in the UK is required.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a production environment
• Understanding of machine operation and running procedures
• Good communication skills
• Team player with good attention to detail
• Initiative, a can-do approach and common sense
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• General production and manufacturing duties within a busy non-food manufacturing area.
• Manual tasks including packing products, labeling, and palletising.
• Carry out quality checks with hourly product inspection.
• Run machinery and attend to remedial line stoppages.
• Collect materials and continuously fill hoppers throughout the shift.
• Maintain general housekeeping and ensure the work area is clean.

Job description

Overview

Job Role: Manufacturing Operator - Nights

Location: Norwich

Type: Temp to Perm, full-time hours

Hours: Continuous night shift

Starting pay rate: £13.28 per hour + overtime after 40 hours per week

Please note this client cannot offer visa sponsorship at this time. Only candidates with full Right to Work in the UK and relevant experience will be considered.

To apply, please forward your up-to-date CV. This full-time temp-to-perm role will become permanent after successful probation.

Technique Recruitment Solutions are a specialist Engineering & Manufacturing recruitment company. Our client is a long-established worldwide manufacturing company based in Norwich. We are seeking several full-time ongoing temporary-to-permanent Process Operators for night shift, ideally from a manufacturing background.

Responsibilities

• General production and manufacturing duties within a busy non-food manufacturing area, including working around production machines safely and in line with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure machines operate correctly and achieve optimum quality and output.
• Manual tasks including packing products, labeling, and palletising in line with SOPs for specific lines and products.
• Carry out quality checks with hourly product inspection, quarantining and back-checking components, and complete associated documentation. If quality is poor, restart production to required standards.
• Run machinery and attend to remedial line stoppages, minimising downtime during the shift.
• Safely start and stop auxiliary assembly equipment when required.
• Collect materials and continuously fill hoppers throughout the shift as required.
• Empty waste bins, recycling, and weigh scrap material.
• Maintain general housekeeping and ensure the work area is clean and tidy.
• Perform any other duties as required by the Team Leader within the scope of the role and department.

Check product quality to ensure it meets specification and determine when to escalate concerns or scrap products. Verify correct materials and components are used as detailed.

The jobholder is responsible for operating machinery, equipment and materials to produce a good standard of quality product.

Qualifications and Skills

• Previous experience in a production environment
• Understanding of machine operation and running procedures
• Good communication skills
• Team player with good attention to detail
• Initiative, a can-do approach and common sense
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Additional Role Information

The role is based in a non-food manufacturing environment. Standard PPE is required (safety shoes, garments, hairnet, and hearing protection) to be worn daily. After training, the job holder may occasionally work alone as part of the role.

Employer Statement

Technique-Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a proud equal opportunities employer, dedicated to the engineering and manufacturing industries. We work with some of the most well-known companies in Norfolk and Suffolk. These vacancies are being advertised on behalf of Technique-Recruitment Solutions Ltd, who are operating as an employment business and employment agency.