Shift Utility Operator

PORTALS; Bathford; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company is seeking a Manufacturing Operator at their Bathford facility. This role involves operating machinery, ensuring safety protocols, and maintaining quality standards. Starting salary of £33,171.72 with potential to rise to £40,116.76. Ideal for candidates eager to learn and work within a team-oriented environment. Company offers various benefits including pension scheme and employee assistance programs.

Benefits

Holiday included within the shift pattern

Pension scheme with employer contribution

Life assurance

Employee assistance program

Digital GP access

Training and development paid

Refer a friend scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Shopping discount card

Long service awards

Recognition platform

Onsite parking

Give as you earn scheme

Eye care for DSE users

Phone discounts

Costco membership

Sick pay scheme

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn and work responsibly.
• Ability to work in a safe and disciplined manner.

Responsibilities

• Operate within a team to meet operational KPI’s.
• Ensure health, safety, and environmental compliance.
• Monitor machine performance.
• Contribute to process efficiency improvements.

Skills

Teamwork

Time management

Safety awareness

Job description

This role of Manufacturing Operator is based at Bathford Paper Mill, where paper has been made for over 200 years. The Paper Machine was converted to a cylinder mould machine in 1973 which still runs today. Within this role, you will gain a variety of task‑based skills throughout the production process based within different areas of the paper mill. Due to the variation of the job tasks, this role also enhances interpersonal skills.

The starting salary is from £33,171.72 whilst initial training takes place. This then rises to £34,250.72 when the probation period is confirmed. Once competent in the role, the salary will rise to £37, 312.52 and on completing the competency matrix, the rate of pay will go to £40,116.76

Job Purpose

Our Manufacturing Operators may be based in stock preparation to control and operate the refining machinery which is the very start of the paper journey. Our Manufacturing Operators may be based in papermaking, to operate the Paper Machine, which is the heart of the business, or, our Manufacturing Operators may be based in our quality control laboratory to test the paper ensuring it meets all of our customer’s independent requirements.

This needs to be done in line with all associated quality and control systems safely whilst in line with our Environmental policy and procedures.

This is a shift position, based on a continuous annualised shift pattern.

Responsibilities

• Operating as part of a team to ensure the operational KPI’s are achieved for the shift.
• Ensuring that operation of equipment required for the role is carried out in accordance with the mills Health, Safety and Environmental procedures.
• Ensuring that the quality requirements for the tasks undertaken are met.
• Measuring, monitoring and reviewing the machine performance so that deviation from specification can be prevented and corrected.
• Playing a proactive part in improving the efficiency of the paper machine and all associated equipment and operations.

Once suitably qualified, you may have the opportunity to train and mentor other people in the above processes.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

We understand you may not have worked in a manufacturing environment or paper industry before, however, we are looking for great people with a good attitude towards work, who a keen to learn and work responsibly.

Required

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Time management
• Behaviours that are in line with our Portals PACE Values : Pace, Performance Drive, Adaptable, Customer Focused and Engaged.
• Ability to work in a safe and disciplined manner

Desirable

• Experience in Paper Manufacture or any other industrial process operation
• Knowledge of Modern Manufacturing Techniques such as process flow design, control system operation and setting, vision systems etc

Company Benefits

• Holiday included within the shift pattern
• Pension scheme which offers an employer contribution of up to 9% of salary
• Life assurance of four times your basic salary
• 24 / 7 Employee assistance programme, Lifeworks with access to counselling, financial and legal advice, a number of additional perks with discount codes for stores, gyms and experiences
• Digital GP through Doctor Care Anywhere
• Training and development costs associated to role paid for
• £500 Refer a friend scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Love2Shop shopping discount card
• Long service awards
• Recognition platform
• Free / Onsite parking
• Give as you earn scheme
• Eye care for Display Screen Equipment users
• Phone discounts through EE
• Costco membership
• Sick pay scheme