Press Operator

Probe UK; Warwick; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent

Days

4 Day week!

Overtime Paid Friday and Saturday

Very friendly organisation

Great Boss!

Job summary

Probe UK Limited in Warwick is seeking an experienced Press Operator to join a hands-on manufacturing team. You will operate high-speed Bruderer and Soenen presses, set up power presses and de-coilers, and ensure production runs safely, efficiently and to high quality standards.

Responsibilities include operating presses, reading engineering drawings, performing first-off checks, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining records and tooling.

Qualifications

• Experience operating power presses or high-speed production machinery.
• Good understanding of production processes and quality standards.
• Experience reading engineering drawings.

Responsibilities

• Operate high-speed progression and perforating presses.
• Set up and operate power presses and de-coilers.
• Monitor production for quality, accuracy and output targets.
• Perform first-off inspections and dimensional checks.
• Use precision measuring equipment (micrometres, vernier gauges).
• Read and interpret engineering drawings and maintain records.
• Carry out routine machinery checks and preventative maintenance.
• Handle steel coils using overhead cranes and forklift trucks.
• Maintain tooling and spare parts stock.
• Support continuous improvement, 5S and Kaizen activities.
• Minimise downtime, waste and production inefficiencies.

Skills

Press operation

Quality conscious

Reading drawings

Proactive problem solving

Tools

Bruderer presses

Soenen presses

Overhead crane

Forklift

Job description

PRESS OPERATOR

• * Permanent
• * Days
• * 4 Day week!
• * Overtime Paid Friday and Saturday working
• * Very friendly organisation
• * Great Boss!

Are you an experienced Press Operator with a background in manufacturing? Have you operated power presses and worked with high-speed production machinery? We're looking for a skilled and proactive Press Operator to join our team.

This is a hands-on role operating high-speed Bruderer and Soenen progression and perforating presses, ensuring production runs efficiently, safely and to the highest quality standards

Duties

• * Operating high-speed progression and perforating presses.
• * Setting up and operating power presses and de-coilers.
• * Monitoring production to ensure quality, accuracy and output targets are achieved.
• * Carrying out first-off inspections and dimensional checks.
• * Using precision measuring equipment, including micrometres and vernier gauges.
• * Reading and interpreting engineering drawings.
• * Completing production reports and maintaining accurate records.
• * Carrying out routine machinery checks and preventative maintenance.
• * Handling steel coils using overhead cranes and forklift trucks.
• * Maintaining tooling and spare parts stock.
• * Supporting continuous improvement, 5S and Kaizen activities.
• * Minimising downtime, waste and production inefficiencies.

Requirements

• * Previous experience in a manufacturing or press shop environment.
• * Experience operating power presses or high-speed production machinery.
• * Good understanding of production processes and quality standards.
• * Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem solving.
• * Experience with Bruderer or Soenen presses would be advantageous but not essential
• * Overhead crane and forklift licences/experience.
• * Knowledge of SMED and production set-up reduction techniques.
• * Experience reading engineering drawing

You'll be joining an established manufacturing environment where quality, teamwork and continuous improvement are central to the way we work.

And you will have the best Boss!

Commutable from Leamington Spa, Stratford Upon Avon, Wellsbourne, Coventry, Redditch, Alcester, Solihull, Dorridge, Henley-in-Arden, Studley, Kenilworth and Balsall Common

Please Note: Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.