Production Operator (Late Shift - 4 day week)

Gooch & Housego PLC; Torquay; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive rate of pay, plus shift premium

25 days holiday (increasing with service)

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Gooch & Housego PLC is seeking dedicated individuals for precision manufacturing roles in Torquay, UK. The successful candidates will work within a factory environment, primarily focusing on assembling fibre optic components for sectors including telecommunications and defense. Key responsibilities include following work instructions, ensuring quality in production, and maintaining teamwork. Benefits include competitive pay, 25 days holiday, and other schemes. Ideal candidates are reliable, detail-oriented, and adaptable to shift changes.

Qualifications

• Reliability and teamwork are essential.
• Adaptability to work schedules and responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Assemble custom fibre optic products from drawings, sketches, or procedures.
• Conduct fibre stripping, cleaving, polishing, and final laser testing.
• Pack parts for shipment according to detailed procedures.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Able to accurately follow work instructions

Job description

Description

ABOUT US

G&H is a world leader in optical designing, testing and manufacturing. As experts in the technology of light, G&H works with customers to provide optical systems, assemblies, and components for demanding applications

Headquartered in Ilminster Somerset, UK with primary operations in the USA and Europe, G&H is recognised for the breadth of our acousto-optic, electro-optic, crystal-optic, fibre optic, and precision optic products.

G&H optical fibre components can be found being used on the moon, the International Space Station as well as the bottom of the world's oceans.

At G&H Torquay, we're one of a number of global technology leaders that form the Torbay Hi-Tech Cluster, bringing a concentration of expertise and innovation in photonics and microelectronics to the South Devon region.

Our success is built on innovation, precision, and the talent of our people. We are committed to developing capability at every stage of a career, from apprenticeships and graduate pathways through to leadership development.

ROLE

Working within a factory environment. You will be manufacturing precision photonics components for the telecommunication, defence and life science sectors.

WORKING PATTERN - 4 DAY WEEK!

39 hours per week across 4 days: Monday - Wednesday 14:00 - 00:00, Thursday 14:00 - 23:00.

During your initial training, you may work a day shift before moving to late shift.

MANDATORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Adherence to all Company policies, management systems and standard operational procedures, including legal responsibilities in relation to Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality
• Working positively to develop and foster good working relationships with colleagues and contracted personnel in order to maintain a culture of mutual respect and dignity
• Promote and display the G&H values: Customer focus, Passion, Unity, Precision

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the assembly of custom fibre optic products.
• Assembly of product from drawing, sketches, procedures, or verbal instruction.
• Fibre stripping, cleaving, polishing, and final laser testing of fibre sub-assemblies.
• Process a wide range of fibre optic components to high quality standards.
• Packing parts for shipments to detailed written procedures.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Reliability
• Team Work
• Adaptability

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Communication skills
• Able to accurately follow work instructions
• Recording information
• Attention to detail

OUR BENEFITS INCLUDE

• Competitive rate of pay, plus shift premium
• 25 days holiday (increasing with service)
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme

Notes: This job description is not intended to be exhaustive in every respect, but rather to clearly define the fundamental purpose, responsibilities and dimensions for the role. Therefore, this job description does not describe any individual role holder. In addition to the contents of this job description, employees are expected to undertake all other reasonable and related tasks allocated by their line manager.

The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunity or practices on the grounds of gender, race, religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national laws under which the Company operates.

Potential candidates should be aware that many of the employment roles at Gooch & Housego are subject to government security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities that you may have previously held and your place of birth, could restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.

All UK applicants must, as a minimum, be able to successfully complete security vetting to the UK government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard, which includes a criminal record check being performed. Many roles may also require higher levels of security vetting to be completed, where applicants must typically have been continuously resident within the UK for the past five to ten years.

Requirements

7 of 12 new roles approved - attached req is for the late shift

Start dates to be staggered but earliest start will be around 1st June 2026