Temporary Production Operative

Howmet Aerospace; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Death in Service Benefit

Discretionary Performance Bonus Scheme

Enhanced Holiday Entitlement (25 Days)

PANAMA shift pattern (42 hrs/week)

Long Service Awards

Job summary

Howmet Aerospace in Glossop is seeking a Production Operative to join our manufacturing teams. You will work across multiple departments, including VIM Melting and Moulding, with a PANAMA shift pattern averaging 42 hours per week.

The role requires adherence to SOPs, strict health and safety practices, and accurate documentation. We offer a competitive benefits package and job security within a global engineering company.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to follow job instructions / processes
• Good understanding of Health & Safety at work

Responsibilities

• Ensure products are manufactured to high and efficient standards and report issues
• Complete paperwork/route cards correctly
• Follow inspection instructions and SOPs
• Adhere to all Health & Safety procedures
• Maintain daily production sheets and equipment/safety checks
• Report breakdowns to maintenance and log issues
• Maintain good housekeeping and support TPM/5S programmes
• Load and unload vehicles where trained
• Support process improvements and redeploy to assist other departments

Job description

• Locations Shepley Street, Glossop, DER, SK13 7SA, GB (On-site)
• Job Schedule Full time

Responsibilities

Working Hours
The postholder is required to work such hours as are necessary in order to satisfactorily perform the role. This role will be required to work shifts as required by the Company. The current shift pattern worked is known as the PANAMA shift, average of 42 hours per week, 12-hour shifts, days and nights. This shift pattern attracts a shift allowance.

Main Purpose of Job
As a Production Operative, you may be required to work across multiple departments including VIM Melting, Raw Material Stores, Moulding Cast Stick, Stripping Cast Stick, Electrode Build/Stripping, Ancillary tasks in VIM & VIM Finishing and ESR. There will be additional specific duties associated with each of the following roles in addition to the main tasks described below.

Key Tasks and Accountabilities

The below is meant to describe the main tasks and is not necessarily an exhaustive list of duties. It does not preclude the need to carry out other specific tasks from time to time as required.

• Ensure that products are manufactured to a high and efficient standard and that any issues are reported
• Ensure all paperwork/route cards in relation to the department are completed correctly e.g. stamped and booked off in accordance with procedures
• Understand specific inspection instructions as per route cards and Standard Operating Procedures, and work to these instructions
• To ensure all Work Safe instructions and Operating procedures are followed at all times
• Be fully aware of and work to achieve the departmental Key Operating Targets
• Ensure the full completion of daily production sheets and daily equipment and safety checks in line with company procedures
• Ensure that maximum throughput is maintained at all times by reporting breakdowns to maintenance, using the correct reporting and logging process
• Record the time taken to manage products and downtime issues
• Practice and enforce a high standard of Health and Safety adherence at all times and ensure that the plant is operated safely
• Maintain housekeeping of the area to a high standard and embrace the 5S/TPM and PPM Programmes on a daily basis
• The loading and unloading of vehicles, where trained and applicable, inclusive of moving product/raw materials through the site
• Adhere to scrap segregation and waste management procedures
• Respond quickly to the needs of the business and embrace change through team working, effective housekeeping, flexibility and continuous improvement
• Work on any piece of equipment where the individual has been trained and is competent
• Embrace any new process/training that improves the productivity of the business
• Redeployment to support other departments/ functions as required
• Willing to be actively involved in process and housekeeping improvements
• Any other tasks commensurate with this post.

Note: This job description is a guide to the principal, current duties of the job. It does not form part of the contract of employment.

Skills

• Able to work under pressure and deliver results to a defined deadline
• Ability to work using your own initiative
• Able to demonstrate team building skills and being a team player
• Flexibility to work across jobs, departments and sites as and when required
• Attention to detail

Experience

• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to follow job instructions / processes
• A good understanding of the principles of Health & Safety at work

Benefits

• Death in Service Benefit (6 x salary if in pension scheme 4 x salary if not in pension scheme)
• Discretionary Performance Bonus Scheme
• Company Sick Pay (eligible after 12 months employment)
• Enhanced Bereavement Leave
• Enhanced Holiday Entitlement (25 Days plus Bank Holidays) – Holiday period - January to December
• PANAMA shift pattern attracts 23 days holiday per calendar year
• Christmas Shutdown 2026 - 24th December 2026 to 4th January 2027
• Long Service Awards
• Employee Reward Recognition Schemes
• Recruitment - Employee Referral Programme
• WPA Cash Back Health Scheme – Bronze Category - Complimentary
• Annual Health Surveillance
• Mental Health First Aiders on Site
• Employee Wellbeing Initiatives
• Regular health initiatives including flu vaccinations
• Occupational Health Support
• Celebration Events