Shift Production Operative FTC Queensferry, Deeside

Knauf Insulation UK; Wales; Remote; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Holiday Pay

Sick Pay after 3 months

Group Income Protection

Life Assurance

Pension Scheme

Staff Bonus

Career Progression

Employee Assistance

Job summary

Knauf Insulation UK is seeking a Shift Production Operative on a fixed-term contract to help ensure smooth production and quality targets. You will operate forklift trucks, packaging machines, and a palletiser, with 12-hour shifts on a flexible pattern, while upholding safety and environmental standards.

This role values your attitude and willingness to learn; prior production experience is preferred, and counter-balance FLT licence is an added advantage.

Qualifications

• We are interested in you as a person, your attitude, behaviours, and values.
• If you have the willingness to learn anything you need for the role that you don't already have, we'd love to speak to you.
• If you have any of the following – this would be an added advantage: Counter-Balance FLT Licence, Basic Maintenance skills & knowledge of product quality testing, a flexible approach to your work, Experience within a production setting, Positive approach to problem solving and being able to work in a collaborative way.

Responsibilities

• Operating Fork-Lift trucks to transport product manufactured for up to 10hrs+ per shift.
• Operating packaging machines.
• Operating a palletiser
• Carrying out Quality Control duties
• Working 12 hours shifts on a flexible pattern
• Ensuring that all systems of work, procedures and work instructions are adhered to.

Skills

Customer-focused

Safety-conscious

Flexible

Team player

Production experience

Tools

Counter-Balance FLT

Packaging machines

Palletiser

Quality control equipment

Job description

Job Title: Shift Production Operative FTC

Knauf stands for opportunity. We know that opportunity looks different to each person, and we are proud that we see opportunity in everyone. This exciting role within Knauf Insulation in the Production Team could be the perfect next opportunity for you to build a unique career, in a values-led culture with a clear purpose of making tomorrow a home for all of us. We are a global manufacturer of construction materials and within our Group, our 41,500 team members in 90 countries across 300 sites provide a huge opportunity for anyone with ambition and energy. We value everyone's contribution equally and we ask that you bring your whole self to work, to enrich the business further, as together we achieve more in a safe and inclusive environment.

Knauf Insulation is proud to be part of the Knauf Group. ... To learn more about the business, click here.

Can you say 'yes'?...

• Do you always have the customer in mind?
• Do you treat your colleagues with respect?
• Do you act with safety as a priority?
• Do you have a flexible approach to your work?
• Do you have enjoy working in a production environment?

As a Shift Production Operative, you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the production process to meet product and quality targets, whilst adhering to all safety and environmental standards.

What you’ll be doing...

• Operating Fork-Lift trucks to transport product manufactured for up to 10hrs+ per shift.
• Operating packaging machines.
• Operating a palletiser
• Carrying out Quality Control duties
• Working 12 hours shifts on a flexible pattern
• Ensuring that all systems of work, procedures and work instructions are adhered to.

What we’d love for you to have:

We are interested in you as a person, your attitude, behaviours, and values. If you have the willingness to learn anything you need for the role that you don't already have, we'd love to speak to you.

If you have any of the following – this would be an added advantage:

• A current Counter-Balance FLT Licence
• Basic Maintenance skills & knowledge of product quality testing
• A flexible approach to your work
• Experience within a production setting
• Positive approach to problem solving and being able to work in a collaborative way is essential.

We'll provide:

• Enhanced Holiday Pay - 33 days including bank holidays plus the opportunity to purchase more
• 16 weeks Company Sick Pay after 3 months of service
• Group Income Protection
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption packages
• Life Assurance - 4 x annual salary
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
• Staff Bonus Scheme
• Career Progression Routes
• Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• Perkbox
• Access to Costco Membership
• Wickes Employee Purchase Scheme
• Wellbeing Initiatives and Mental Health First Aiders
• Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• On site Car Charging Points

What happens next?

We appreciate that your time is precious and applying for a new job can be a lengthy process, so we will reply to your application ASAP.

Knauf Insulation welcomes applications from everyone and is committed to treating everyone equally, regardless of: age; sex; disability; ethnicity; gender identity; religion/belief; sexual orientation; marriage/civil partnership or pregnancy/maternity. In particular, we encourage applications from people from a minority background or from demographics that are underrepresented in the manufacturing industry.

We are a Disability Confident Leader (Level 1) and take care to ensure good EDI (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion) practices in all our operations. If you are invited to an interview, a member of our team will be in touch via email to enquire about any access requirements or reasonable adjustments that we can make for your interview.