Production Opeartive

£13.19 per hour to start | Up to £14.58 per hour once fully trained & FLT qualified

Stradbroke, Mid Suffolk
Monday-Friday | 2pm-10pm

We are currently looking for a reliable and practical Production Operative to join our team in Stradbroke, Mid Suffolk.

The position is working Monday-Friday, 2pm-10pm, however, the successful candidate will first be required to complete two weeks of training on the 6am-2pm shift.

You will be working on a small bag production line, handling bags weighing approximately 2.5kg, which are wrapped into packs of four. The role involves regularly lifting and handling packs weighing around 10kg at a time.

If you have experience operating machinery, enjoy practical work and are confident dealing with basic faults and problems, we'd love to hear from you.

• Setting up and maintaining production equipment

• Operating machinery on a small bag production line

• Carrying out basic preventative maintenance

• Looking after changeover parts and spares

• Recording downtime and repairs alongside the maintenance team

• Using basic hand tools

• Keeping your area running safely and efficiently

• Working independently and taking ownership of your area

• Risk assessing tasks as required

• Regularly lifting and handling packs weighing approximately 10kg

We're looking for someone who is:

• Experienced in machine operation or a production environment

• Practical and confident with basic fault finding

• Comfortable using hand tools

• Reliable, hardworking and safety conscious

• Able to work independently and as part of a team

• Task-focused, with good attention to detail

• Positive and willing to get stuck in

• Comfortable working in a busy production environment

• Physically capable of regularly lifting approximately 10kg

FLT Counterbalance and/or Reach experience would be an advantage.

Basic Food Hygiene and Health & Safety knowledge is required, but training can be provided where appropriate.

• £13.19 per hour to start

• Opportunity to earn up to £14.58 per hour once fully trained and with the relevant FLT qualification

• 40 hours per week

• Monday-Friday

• 2pm-10pm

• Two weeks' initial training on 6am-2pm

• Stradbroke, Mid Suffolk

• Weekend overtime available

• Overtime is paid at double time after completion of weekly contractual hours

If you're looking for a Monday-Friday production role with the opportunity to increase your earnings through training and FLT qualifications, and you enjoy practical, hands-on work, we'd like to hear from you.

Apply today to find out more!