Production Assistant

OSS_US269_US, Westbury; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Shift allowance after 12 weeks

Enhanced Pension contributions

Generous annual leave entitlement

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

24 hour online GP

Employee Assistance Programme

Fresh fruit on site

Potential permanent position after 12‑

Job summary

Oerlikon Balzers in Milton Keynes is seeking a reliable Production Operator to support our busy surface coatings facility. The role offers a 12-week temp period with the potential for permanent placement, and operates on rotating shifts.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package including pension contributions, generous leave, life assurance, cycle to work and an EAP, with fruit on site and opportunities for development within a global manufacturing business.

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy production environment.
• Good eye for detail and accuracy.
• Familiar with quality checks and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Empty wash lines; match parts to route cards and batch for production.
• Report tool damage to supervisors immediately.
• Store parts and documentation securely.
• Read route cards/specifications/drawings to create batches per plan and standards; log discrepancies.
• Place tools/parts on coating fixtures per process docs; ensure safe handling.
• Load batches safely; operate coating equipment and vacuum chambers per standards.
• Receive, unpack and inspect customer parts.
• Prepare components for surface coating.
• Follow health, safety and quality procedures.
• Keep work areas clean and organized.
• Carry out basic equipment checks and report faults.
• Work with colleagues to meet delivery deadlines.
• Support 5S and housekeeping; communicate concerns.

Skills

Production experience

Attention to detail

Communication skills

IT skills

Reading drawings

Health and safety

Shift work

Job description

We are looking for a reliable and detail-focused Production Operator to join our busy surface coatings facility in Milton Keynes. This is an excellent opportunity to join a global manufacturing business, with the potential for a permanent position after 12 weeks. This role operates on a rotating shift pattern, and candidates must be willing to work both shifts.

We offer

• Competitive rates of pay
• Shift allowance after 12 weeks
• Enhanced Pension contributions
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to 24 hour online GP
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Fresh fruit on site
• Opportunity to secure a permanent position after a successful 12-week temporary period.

Your Responsibilities

• Emptying the wash lines, ensuring that all customer parts are appropriately matched with their respective route cards, and that the parts are correctly stored ready for batching.
• Ensuring that any damage spotted, to tools is immediately communicated to supervisors/managers.
• Storing of parts and documentation in a safe and secure manner.
• Correctly deciphering route cards, Part forms, specifications and engineering drawings ensuring: coating type, tool type, material, line quantities, correct delivery dates, are used to correctly create production batches to the production plan and to Oerlikon Balzers Standards for coating operations. Notification & documentation of any discrepancies or damage to supervision and customer services.
• Placing tools and parts onto coating fixtures, adhering to process documentation, Oerlikon & Customer requirements; ensuring safe handling methods with no scope for tool damage.
• Loading batches safely, and operation of all coating equipment and vacuum chambers as deemed appropriate by supervision and to the defined Oerlikon standards
• Receive, unpack and inspect customer parts.
• Prepare components for the surface coating process.
• Follow all health, safety and quality procedures.
• Keep work areas clean, organised and safe.
• Carry out basic equipment checks and report any faults.
• Work with colleagues to ensure customer delivery deadlines are met.
• Support continuous improvement and housekeeping activities (5S).
• Communicate any production, quality or safety concerns to your supervisor.

Your Profile

• Experience of working in a busy production environment
• Strong eye for detail/accuracy
• Excellent communication skills
• Good IT/Computer skills
• Experience of following quality standards/carrying out quality checks would be advantageous.
• Ability to read engineering drawings is desirable but not necessary
• Ability to follow Health and safety standards
• Willing and able to work shifts

Contact

Pamela Dodd

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