Shift Technical Operator - B Set St.Helens, Merseyside

Knauf Insulation UK; St Helens; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Holiday Pay

Group Income Protection

Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Staff Bonus Scheme

Career Progression Routes

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Knauf Insulation UK is seeking a Shift Technical Operator - B Set (Grade 6) to support the Shift Team Leader and act as a technical lead on shift at the St Helens Plant. You will influence safety, drive standards, and facilitate effective communication across teams to ensure smooth operations.

The role emphasizes hands-on process testing, problem solving, and a strong safety culture. Training and development opportunities are available within a values-driven environment, with comprehensive

Qualifications

• Safety-first mindset and commitment to a safe working environment.
• Experience guiding and supporting colleagues on shift.
• Ability to communicate effectively between teams on a manufacturing floor.
• Willingness to learn and develop new skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Shift Team Leader as technical lead on shift.
• Act as a conduit between the Shift Team Leader and the wider Team to ensure smooth operation.
• Serve as a Technical Hub on shift for problem solving and process understanding.
• Assist across areas to resolve issues and maintain smooth plant operation.
• Coordinate energy compliance on shift.
• Complete White Wool Testing in line with FPC and undertake process testing on shift.

Skills

Safety mindset

Team communication

Problem solving

Leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Job Title: Shift Technical Operator - B Set (Grade 6)

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 enjoying guiding and supporting colleagues?

• Do you communicate effectively between teams?

• Do you work with a safety first attitude?

As our Shift Technical Operator, you will support the Shift Team Leader by acting as a technical lead on shift and a key stakeholder in issue resolution on shift.

What you’ll be doing…

• Ensure safety first at all times and influence the team to maintain a safety focus.

• Be a role model of safety in the all Areas, driving standards with the wider team

• Respect the Knauf values: Commitment, Entrepreneurship, Partnership and Menschlichkeit and apply them in your daily work

• Act as a conduit between the Shift Team Leader and the wider Team to ensure smooth operation

• Act as a “Technical Hub” on shift supporting problem solving and encouraging process understanding on shift

• Using experience and knowledge across all areas to help and support process issues to ensure the smooth operation of the St Helens Plant

• Coordinate Energy compliance on shift

• Complete specific White Wool Testing requirement in line with FPC Undertake Process Testing on shift to support FPC

A full role profile is available upon request from HR/Talent Acquisition.

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:

• Full Understanding of Plant Operations across multi-departments

• Full site process understanding

• Process Testing knowledge

• Ability to lead and motivate

• Excellent communications skills

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

• Perkbox

• Access to Costco Membership

• Wickes Employee Purchase Scheme

• On site Gyms

• 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.