Production Operative

Astra Global Services Ltd; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company in Sittingbourne is seeking a Production Operative to manage machinery upkeep and ensure safety standards. Candidates should be self-motivated with excellent timekeeping and communication skills. This full-time position offers training opportunities, competitive salary, and various employment benefits including a bonus scheme and pension plan.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Shift allowance

Pension plan

Employee Assistance programme

High street retail discounts

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Excellent timekeeping, attendance and flexibility are essential.
• Self-motivated individual who can work independently or in a team.
• Ability to learn to operate manufacturing and mobile plant.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the role and manage workload effectively.
• Clean and maintain machinery and plant.
• Adhere to health & safety, quality and environmental systems.

Skills

Excellent timekeeping

Self-motivated

Team working attitude

Excellent communication skills

Health & Safety awareness

Tools

Counterbalance FLT

Job description

Overview

WE ARE 200 years of history and over 2,300 employees strong. WE ARE a business loaded with opportunity and career progression. WE ARE innovators, designers, makers and engineers who manufacture and provide smart, efficient, and effective building products and solutions.

Through our customer relationships, diverse building product range and solutions, we enable the creation of inspirational homes, places and spaces for us all to live and work better. With eight core product categories, underpinned by expert design and technical services, we work with architects, builders, merchants and the wider construction supply chain to build the face of Britain.

We are fully committed to a net zero future and continue to invest in expertise and product development to manufacture more efficiently and sustainably. We pride ourselves on leading for new, innovative and sustainable products and solutions, both for today and for a new era of building.

To support our progress, we are currently recruiting for a Production Operative to come and join our team at our Sittingbourne factory in Sittingbourne, ME10 3SL.

Key Responsibilities

• Ability to take ownership of the role
• Hands on Cleaning of machinery and plant
• Ability to rotor and prioritise your own workload
• Operation of mobile plant as required
• Greasing and oiling of production plant
• Adhering to health & safety, quality and environmental systems
• To deliver through the process improvement initiatives and continuous improvement
• Assist with production when required
• Creating and maintaining the highest standards of 5S's housekeeping and environmental management
• Assist in the development of SSOP's and Risk Assessments

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Excellent timekeeping, attendance and flexibility
• Self-motivated
• Numerate & literate
• Team working attitude
• Ability to also work alone
• Excellent communication skills
• High degree of Health & Safety awareness
• Ability to work as part of a team or on your own
• Ability to learn to operate key manufacturing and mobile plant
• Willingness to undergo further training and development
• Previous labour intensive role

Desirable Qualifications & Experience

• Experience of working in a continuous improvement environment
• A certified counterbalance FLT driver is advantageous
• A recognised up-skilling

Training & Development

Required

Ibstock aims to operate to world-class standards and the successful candidate will be required to commit to a focused programme of training and development which will include:

• Multi-functional operation, possibly cross departmental.
• 5S principles.
• Localised Health and Safety Procedures.
• Localised Environmental and Quality Responsibilities.
• Localised up-skilling.

Think you can make a difference? WE ARE your future.

More Details

• Full time, permanent role
• Competitive salary
• Bonus scheme
• Shift allowance
• Digicare+ Provided by Aviva
• 10% matched pension, administered by Legal and General
• 3x life insurance
• Share Save scheme eligibility
• Full access to Employee Assistance programme for self and family members
• Access to high street retail discounts platform - with access to discounts at Tesco, Asda, etc?
• Personal development and career progression opportunities

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Excited about the role, but your past experience or qualifications don't perfectly match everything in the job description? We would encourage you to still apply. Here at Ibstock Plc we are dedicated to building belonging, empowering our colleagues to be their true self by offering a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. You may just be the right candidate for this role, or other future roles across the Ibstock Group.

Ibstock Plc are committed and passionate about building a diverse environment. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.