Production Operative - Grade 2 - Day Shift
Production Operative Grade 2 - Day Shift
🎉 We're Hiring: Production Operative Grade 2 (Day Shift) 🎉
Location: Fivemiletown
Hours: Monday – Friday 6:00am – 4:00pm (4-day work week, with rotational day off every week!) This means 1 in 5 weeks you will enjoy a 4 DAY WEEKEND! 😄
Or Work the 5th day for 10hours guaranteed overtime each week! 💷
Reports to: Production Supervisor
We’re on the lookout for a Skilled Machine Operator to help keep our production line running smoothly, efficiently, and safely. If you know your way around machines, this might be your perfect fit.
🔧 What You’ll Be Doing:
- Setting up, operating, and maintaining production machinery
- Ensuring high-quality output and smooth-running processes
- Troubleshooting issues to keep downtime to a minimum
- Keeping things clean, safe, and efficient on the shop floor
💪 What You Bring:
- Experience working with production machinery
- A keen eye for detail and quality
- A proactive approach to safety and efficiency
- A team-player attitude and solid work ethic
🌟 Why You’ll Love It Here:
- 4-day working week (or overtime on the 5th day if you want it).
- 25 days annual leave, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days
- Additional holiday entitlement linked to length of service
- Health Care Plan
- Life assurance at twice your annual salary
- Birthday Half-Day Off – a small way we celebrate you
- Perks Card - Giving you discount of 1000's of local outlets.
- and so much more!
About the role
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Take personal responsibility for safety; ultimately ensuring that you go home safe everyday whilst training to become a flexible operative across a range of workstations to produce paving and walling products to the highest quality standard.
- As a key member of the team become proficient in all aspects of operations
- Use and learn the tools of the Learn management system to drive continuous improvement in productivity whilst maintaining quality of output.
- Support maintenance tasks, during machine down time, planned maintenance and with routine maintenance tasks.
- Troubleshooting - respond quickly to conditions that adversely impact operations through communication with shift team leader and working to resolve issues.
- Comply with AG Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) Policies & Procedures, safe systems of work and legislative requirements. Report improvements using AG's Engage Software
- Ensure that HSEQ risk are eliminated or controlled during all activities, completing production and pre-use HSEQ checks as required.
- Ensure product meets the requirements quality standard, maintain supporting records throughout the production process.
- Maintain a clean and tidy work area, ensuring housekeeping is kept at the required high standard
- Any other duties commensurate with the role and within capabilities.
The above list is not exhaustive but aims to provide a broad range of key accountabilities of the post.
About the company
Renowned and respected designer, developer, manufacturer and distributor of best in class walling, paving and facing brick.
Required Criteria
- Medically fit to undertake the physical requirements of the job.
- Previous experience of working in a fast paced manufacturing environment.
- Computer Literate
- Adherence and appreciation for H&S litigation and general housekeeping standards
- Reliable. Works well on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Ability to meet production deadlines
- Experience of effective communication to team members
- Can travel to and from work areas as and when required.
- Available to respond to production problems outside of normal hours
Desired Criteria
- Previous experience of concrete products manufacturing
- Previous experience of quality control
- At least 1 year's previous forklift, driving experience preferably within a busy manufacturing environment
- Previous experience in routine and preventative maintenance programmes
Skills you'll need