Spiral Operator, Relief Warehouse Operative

Jobylon AB; Northampton; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

8 bank holidays

Company Occupational Sick Pay

Company Bonus Scheme

Group Life Assurance

Free parking

Corporate workwear inc. PPE

4% Pension contribution match

Mental Health Charter wellbeing app

Online retail discounts & savings

Long Service Awards

Annual flu jab

Job summary

Jobylon AB in Northampton is seeking a Spiral Operator / Relief Warehouse Operative to support KPI achievement across the team and report to the Branch Manager. This hands-on role covers production and warehouse tasks, emphasizing quality, safety, and reliability.

You will operate the Spiral Tube Forming Machine, monitor stock, perform routine maintenance, and handle goods-in, picking and packing with care.

Qualifications

• Experience in sheet metal production or a similar manufacturing environment.
• Ability to operate and maintain machinery, including performing inspections and routine maintenance.
• Strong Health & Safety awareness and understanding of PPE and safe handling procedures.
• Counterbalance Forklift Truck licence (essential).
• Experience in a warehouse or similar operational environment.

Responsibilities

• Operating the Spiral Tube Forming Machine to produce spiral tube in line with specifications and safety requirements.
• Monitoring and maintaining both spiral and raw material stock levels to ensure timely production and fulfilment of delivery demands.
• Carrying out general machine maintenance, logging all work completed, and promptly reporting any issues or breakdowns.
• Performing core warehouse tasks including goods‑in processing, accurate picking, packing, stock rotation, and maintaining high housekeeping standards.
• Safely loading and unloading vehicles, using forklifts and manual handling equipment where trained and required.
• Supporting stock counts, annual stock take activities, and ongoing stock accuracy initiatives.

Skills

Warehouse operations

Production processes

Safety awareness

Teamwork

Proactive

Tools

Counterbalance forklift

Machinery maintenance

Job description

Would you like to work in a hands‑on operational role and have a passion for high‑quality production and warehouse excellence?

Then you might be the person we are looking for!

Take on the role as Spiral Operator / Relief Warehouse Operative and report to our Branch Manager supporting KPI achievement across the team.

Your primary tasks will be

• Operating the Spiral Tube Forming Machine to produce high‑quality spiral tube in line with company specifications and safety requirements.
• Monitoring and maintaining both spiral and raw material stock levels to ensure timely production and fulfilment of delivery demands.
• Carrying out general machine maintenance, logging all work completed, and promptly reporting any issues or breakdowns.
• Performing core warehouse tasks including goods‑in processing, accurate picking, packing, stock rotation, and maintaining high housekeeping standards.
• Safely loading and unloading vehicles, using forklifts and manual handling equipment where trained and required.
• Supporting stock counts, annual stock take activities, and ongoing stock accuracy initiatives.

Are you our new colleague?

You are a friendly individual with strong knowledge of warehouse operations and production processes. You have an excellent understanding of safe handling practices, stock control, and working with machinery. You have experience in working within a warehouse environment, operating forklifts, and following structured procedures. It’s an advantage if you have worked with spiral forming equipment, trade counter operations, or similar industrial machinery.

As a person, you are proactive and accurate. You are also flexible and able to work independently as well as part of a team.

In your way of working, you are safety‑conscious, organised, and committed to maintaining neatness and order.

Finally, it is important to us that you share our values: Customer Success, Down‑to‑Earth, and Neatness & Order.

What you bring

• Experience in sheet metal production or a similar manufacturing environment
• Ability to operate and maintain machinery, including performing inspections and routine maintenance
• Strong Health & Safety awareness and understanding of PPE and safe handling procedures
• Counterbalance Forklift Truck licence (essential)
• Experience in a warehouse or similar operational environment

What we offer

• Salary £27,428.18 plus £500 uplift once you've passed your Spiral training
• Hours: 8am - 5pm Monday - Thursday, 8am - 4pm Friday, 30‑minutes for lunch
• Opportunities to develop and grow professionally
• Genuinely great colleagues who want to see the company and each other succeed
• 25-days annual leave, + 8 days statutory Bank Holidays and Christmas / New Years closure
• Company Occupational Sick Pay
• Company Bonus Scheme
• Group Life Assurance
• Free parking
• Corporate workwear inc. PPE
• Company Pension contribution matched at 4%
• Part of the Mental Health Charter: Wellbeing app, Mental Health Champions, EAP program and discounts on counselling
• Online retail discounts & savings including; gym, holidays, hotels and family days out
• Long Service Awards
• Annual flu jab

We are looking forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.