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Manufacturing Shift Production Operative

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Manufacturing Shift Production Operative
Somercotes, Derbyshire

Are you ready for a rewarding production job with outstanding training, salary and benefits?

George Utz, a packaging production company, is looking for a Manufacturing Shift Production Operative to join the team in Somercotes.

What’s In It for You

  • Salary of £29,337 per annum (hourly rate plus shift allowance for mandatory overtime)
  • Profit-based bonus scheme (not guaranteed)
  • 8% Pension
  • Private healthcare
  • Your birthday off!
  • Discounted Gym
  • Shopping cashback
  • Mental health support and counselling
  • Life Assurance

    This is more than just a job – it’s your chance to earn well, grow your skillset and play a key role in a forward-thinking company that values every individual.

    From your very first day, you’ll be given all the training and support you need to make a success of your role and your long-term career.

    What You’ll Be Doing

    As a Manufacturing Shift Production Operative, you will work on our manufacturing and production line.

    This is a full-time, permanent role, working on a rotating pattern (06:00 – 14:00, 22:00 – 06:00, 14:00 – 22:00), Monday to Friday, plus an average of two extra hours on weekdays or weekends.

    Working as part of a small, friendly team, you will:

  • Receive products from the production line
  • Carry out quality and labelling checks
  • Operate equipment such as pump trucks

    What We’re Looking For

    Our Manufacturing Shift Production Operative will need a good standard of English communication, including reading and writing, in order to follow work instructions. Ideal candidates will also have experience with repetitive manual work.

    If shortlisted, you will be contacted by telephone. Interviews will take place w/c 6th October. As part of the interview process, we’ll ask you to take part in a 30-minute unpaid trial shift to ensure the role is right for you.

    Other organisations may call this role Production Operative, Assembly Operative, Production Line Operative, Production Cell Operative, Manufacturing Operative, or Machine Operative.

    Who We Are

    At George Utz Ltd, we stand at the forefront of innovation as a premier provider of custom-made reusable plastic packaging solutions. With a legacy spanning over 70 years, our expertise lies in crafting sustainable and economically sensible products through cutting-edge injection mould technology, automation and robotics.

    Webrecruit and George Utz Ltd are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

    So, if you’re ready for a new opportunity as a Manufacturing Shift Production Operative, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency

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