Production Operative - Timber

Frey Consulting Group; Banbury; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Long-established manufacturer

Staffed consultant support

Job summary

Frey Consulting Group is recruiting a Production Operative in Banbury to join a timber production team building packing cases, crates and pallets to customer specifications. You will use saws, nail guns and hand tools to produce sturdy packaging for safe global transit.

Ideal candidates have hands‑on timber experience from pallet or case making and are comfortable measuring and cutting accurately. This is a daytime, Monday–Friday role with steady hours, weekly pay, and ongoing work with a

Qualifications

• Experience in timber production such as pallet or case making, joinery, carpentry, fencing, or sawn timber work.
• Confident using saws, nail guns and hand tools.
• Able to measure and cut accurately and work physically on a hands‑on production line.

Responsibilities

• Build timber packing cases, crates and pallets to size and specification.
• Cut, measure and fit timber accurately using saws and hand tools.
• Assemble using nail guns and other fixing tools.
• Work from job specifications and drawings.
• Check completed work for strength and quality before it moves on.
• Keep the work area safe, tidy and organised.

Skills

Timber production

Saws & nail guns

Measuring accurately

Reliability & timekeeping

Tools

Saws

Nail guns

Hand tools

Job description

If you have worked with wood before, this Banbury role puts those hands‑on skills to use building export cases and pallets. Steady daytime hours, no weekends.

About the role

An established export packaging manufacturer in Banbury is looking for a Production Operative to join their timber production team. You will be building timber packing cases, crates and pallets to customer specification, using saws, nail guns and hand tools to construct sturdy, precise packaging that goods rely on for safe transit around the world.

What you will do

• Build timber packing cases, crates and pallets to size and specification
• Cut, measure and fit timber accurately using saws and hand tools
• Assemble using nail guns and other fixing tools
• Work from job specifications and drawings
• Check completed work for strength and quality before it moves on
• Keep the work area safe, tidy and organised

What you will bring

• Previous experience working with timber, whether in pallet or case making, joinery, carpentry, fencing, sawmilling or general timber production
• Confident using saws, nail guns and hand tools
• Comfortable measuring and cutting accurately
• Physically fit and happy with hands‑on, active work
• Reliability and good timekeeping

What is on offer

• £12.71 per hour
• Monday to Friday, 8am to 4.30pm
• Ongoing work with a long‑established manufacturer
• Weekly pay and full support from your Staffed consultant