Manufacturing Operative - Nights

While professional experience and qualifications are key for this role, make sure to check you have the preferable soft skills before applying if required.

Location: Norwich

Temp to Perm role - Fulltime hours. Hours of work are continuous nights. Starting pay rate: £13.28 per hour + overtime after 40 hrs a week.

Please note this client cannot offer VISA sponsorship at this time, only candidates with full Right to Work in the UK and relevant experience will be considered.

Technique Recruitment Solutions are a specialist Engineering & Manufacturing recruitment company working with our client who are a long established worldwide manufacturing company based in Norwich. They are seeking a number of fulltime ongoing temporary to permanent Process Operators on their night shift, ideally from a previous manufacturing background.

To be responsible for general production & Manufacturing duties within our clients busy non food manufacturing area, including working around the Production Machines in a safe manner and in line with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to ensure that the machines are continually operating correctly and achieving optimum performance in terms of quality and output.

Tasks and Activities:

• Manual role involving Packing products, Labelling, and Palletising of product in line with the SOPs relating to specific lines and products.
• Carrying out quality checks; involving hourly inspection of the product, quarantining and back checking components and completing associated documentation. Where poor quality is found; restarting production to the correct standards.
• Running machinery and attending to remedial line stoppages, minimising downtime throughout the shift.
• Safely starting and stopping auxiliary assembly equipment when required.
• Collecting materials and continually filling the hoppers throughout the shift as required.
• Emptying waste bins and recycling and weighing scrap.
• General housekeeping activities and ensuring the work area is kept clean and tidy.
• Any other responsible duties as required by the Team Leader that falls within the scope of this role and the department.

Checking product quality to ensure product meets the specification and deciding when to escalate any product concerns and when to scrap products. Checking correct material and components are being used as detailed.

The jobholder is responsible for operating machinery, equipment and materials and ensuring a good standard of quality product is being produced.

Skills & Attributes:

• Previous experience within a production environment.
• Understanding of machine operation and running procedures.
• Good Communication Skills.
• A Team Player.
• Good Attention to detail.
• Initiative and a ‘Can Do’ approach and Common Sense.
• Good time management and organisational skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

The role is based in a non food manufacturing environment. Standard PPE is required (safety shoes, garments, hairnet, and hearing protection) to be worn on a daily basis. After training the job holder may occasionally work alone as part of the role.

Technique-Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a proud equal opportunities employer, dedicated and specialist to the engineering and manufacturing industries. We work and support some of the most well-known companies in Norfolk and Suffolk.