Production Operative

Gi Group (United Kingdom); Bicester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40-minute paid break per shift

Flexibility

Upskilling opportunities

Job summary

Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited in the United Kingdom is seeking a Production Operative for an on-site role in Bicester with day and night shifts.

You will operate production machinery, feed materials, check barcodes, and help palletise finished goods, while maintaining health and safety standards.

The role offers a fixed 12-hour shift pattern with paid breaks and opportunities for upskilling.

Qualifications

• Basic spoken and written English required.
• Ability to read numbers, barcodes and basic instructions.
• Good counting skills and attention to detail.
• Comfortable standing and performing repetitive tasks for long periods.
• Good understanding of health and safety.

Responsibilities

• Feeding printed materials into production machinery.
• Loading and unloading materials from machines throughout the production process.
• Collecting finished products from production lines and preparing them for palletising.
• Monitoring the flow of materials to support smooth production.
• Checking product quantities, barcodes and reference numbers for accuracy.
• Carrying out basic quality checks on printed materials.

Skills

Basic English

Reading numbers

Attention to detail

Counting

Health & Safety

Job description

Production Operative

Location: Bicester

Day Shift

• Pay: £12.71
• Shift: Fixed 12 hours 07:00 - 19:00

Night Shift

• Pay: £13.00
• Shift: Fixed 12 hours 19:00 - 07:00

Key responsibilities

• Feeding printed materials into production machinery
• Loading and unloading materials from machines throughout the production process
• Collecting finished products from production lines and preparing them for palletising
• Monitoring the flow of materials to support smooth production
• Checking product quantities, barcodes and reference numbers for accuracy
• Carrying out basic quality checks on printed materials

What we're looking for

• Basic spoken and written English is essential
• Ability to read numbers, barcodes and basic instructions
• Good counting skills and attention to detail
• Comfortable standing and performing repetitive tasks for long periods
• Good understanding of health and safety

Please note this work is highly repetitive, with often carrying out the same tasks throughout your 12-hour shift. There is minimal heavy lifting involved, but you must be comfortable standing for long periods and working in a demanding production environment.

Benefits

• 40-minute paid break per shift
• Flexibility
• Upskilling opportunities

Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited are proud founding members of Menopause in business, corporate members for Neurodiversity in business, Disability Confident committed members, Gold status for the Armed Forces Covenant, Bronze trail blazers for Racial Equality matters and Age Friendly Employer pledge members.

Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited group of companies includes Gi Recruitment Limited, Draefern Limited, Gi Group Recruitment Ltd, INTOO (UK) Limited, Marks Sattin (UK) Limited, TACK TMI UK Limited, Grafton Professional Staffing Limited, Encore Personnel Services, Gi Group Ireland Limited and Kelly Services (UK) Ltd. Gi Group Ireland Limited are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this role.

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