Production Operator Night Only

Job Description

WE ARE 200 years of history and over 2,300 employees strong. WE ARE a business loaded with opportunity and career progression. WE ARE innovators, designers, makers and engineers who manufacture and provide smart, efficient, and effective building products and solutions.

Through our customer relationships, diverse building product range and solutions, we enable the creation of inspirational homes, places and spaces for us all to live and work better. With eight core product categories, underpinned by expert design and technical services, we work with architects, builders, merchants and the wider construction supply chain to build the face of Britain.

We are fully committed to a net zero future and continue to invest in expertise and product development to manufacture more efficiently and sustainably. We pride ourselves on leading for new, innovative and sustainable products and solutions, both for today and for a new era of building.

To support our progress, we are currently recruiting for 8x Production Operatives (Nights Only) to join our Nostell Site to come and join our team at our West Yorkshire WF4 1QH.

Please note these roles are nights shift working roles only.

Key Duties & Areas of Responsibility for Role:

Health & Safety

• Promote a positive Health & Safety (H&S) and Environmental culture by following ALL training and adhering to ALL H&S and Environmental policies, procedures and protocols at all times, reporting any and all hazards or issues immediately.
• To monitor your work area and ensure the workplace is safe and a ‘clean as you go’ policy is maintained at all the times.
• Assist in the development of Standard Safe Operating Procedures (SSOP’s) and Risk Assessments (RA’s).
• Participate in H&S improvement initiatives.

People

• Ability to work as part of a team or on own initiative.
• Work towards objectives and your own personal development plan.

Quality

• Promote a positive quality culture by following ALL training and highlighting quality issues immediately.
• To ensure that all finished product meets customer specifications, focusing on “right first time” and positive releasing product as required.

Process & Performance

• Undergo training to become a multi-skilled / functional, cross departmental Operative within 18 months, learning completely new production processes.
• Operation of the latest in process technology, Human Machine Interfaces (HMI’s), Robotics, Vision Quality Camera Systems, Tablet Interfaces and Thermal Equipment.
• Accurate data entry and recording of production and downtime data in the Ibstock Manufacturing System (IMS).
• Achieve and maintain all required targets in line with company and divisional Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s); such as, H&S, Quality, Performance, Service, Delivery, Cost, and House Keeping etc.
• To deliver through process improvement and Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives.
• Participation in audits and audit reviews for H&S, Quality, Performance, 5S etc.
• Creating and maintaining the highest standards of 5S housekeeping and environmental management - setting and maintaining physical and visual standards.
• Participate in Tier 1 shift start up meetings highlighting key issues and be part of suggesting solutions to key challenges.
• Participate in CI initiatives.
• Training on and operation of mobile plant / Mechanical Handling Equipment (MHE) as required.

Engineering

• Assist with Engineering when required building basic mechanical skills to allow safe Operator led basic maintenance activities and change-overs.
• Raise Engineering work instructions whilst in work to identify maintenance needs and operational improvements on the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Identify process improvements highlighting them to the Production Team Leader and Production Manager.

To ensure the best interests of the Company are always maintained.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

• Excellent timekeeping, attendance and flexibility
• Self-motivated
• Numerate & literate
• Team working “One Team” attitude
• Ability to also work alone
• Excellent communication skills
• Good level of H&S awareness
• Ability to learn to operate ALL key automated manufacturing equipment and mobile plant / MHE
• Willingness to undergo further training and development, having a growth mind-set in terms of your own development and participation in ALL site initiatives

Desirable Qualifications & Experience:

• Experience of working in a CI environment.
• Being a certified and licenced counterbalance Fork Lift Truck (FLT), mobile plant / MHE driver is advantageous.
• Previous manufacturing experience advantageous
• Knowledge of working with CMMS systems is advantageous
• Basic working knowledge of Health and Safety policies and procedures