Production Operative - Northamptonshire

The Role: Production Operative

Rate: ££12phr plus 50phr attendance bonus plus £1.25phr shift allowance

Location: Long Buckby

Shift: Nights - 1800 - 0600 Sunday to Thursday

Status: Permanent

Fed up with working on a Production Line or in a Warehouse Picking or Packing every day? Ever fancied a change in environment working both in and outdoors and not being micromanaged? Working with a family who really do value their workforce, whereby everyone is on first name terms, mucking in to get the job done. Then take a look at the below. Skills can be trained, attitude can’t! Therefore, the client is prepared to recruit staff with no or little experience on condition they are also committed employees and can demonstrate stability within employment!

We're looking for a Production Operator to help run machinery for their processing plants on a small, friendly site. Agricultural or production experience would be helpful but not essential. Due to the nature of the role, candidates must be physically fit NOT due to heavy lifting but being on the move including the use of stairways

This job includes:

• Hourly testing of the finished product quality.
• Adjusting the machinery when required. Some of this machinery is controlled from a central PLC control panel, some settings require changing on the machines themselves.
• Completion of simple but important production paperwork.
• Changing consumables and wearing parts on machinery. Minor maintenance tasks or assisting the maintenance team on larger jobs.
• Assisting lorries to tip raw material and loading finished product from silos.
• Liaising with your line manager to plan production, report issues and run the plant
• Liaising with other departments on site (quality lab, yard etc) to coordinate day to day operations
• Hygiene and cleanliness task to keep the plant in good working order.
• Use of telehandlers for moving product around site or conducting daily tasks (training provided).

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent.