- Salary
- £30k+
- Location
- Preston
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- IT
- Education
- Master
Description
Production Operative
Application Deadline: 28 July 2026
Department: Operations
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Preston
Compensation: £29,720 / year
Description
Your responsibilities
We are currently looking for a Production Operative to join us here at our site in Preston! As a Production Operative, you will be picking material from the racks or picking up materials from a machine for customer orders and operating our Plate and Bar Saw machines to cut metal. You may also be required to load or unload vehicles and scan away to a rack location whilst adhering to quality and safety procedures.
Shift Pattern
Monday-Friday
Week 1 -6am-2pm
Week 2 - 2pm-10pm
Key Responsibilities
Your main duties will include:
- Setting and operating Plate Saw and Bar Saw Machines
- Ensuring we have warehouse traceability
- Ensuring material is cut accurately
- Preparing customers' orders
- Checking of incoming and outgoing deliveries for quality and quantity
- Driving forklift trucks when authorised to gather material for the jobs and record all information on job sheets
- Use appropriate measuring equipment
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Your profile
- Experience setting and operating machinery within a manufacturing environment
- Fork lift truck experience
- Good organisational skills
- Reliability and dependability
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the job
- Self-motivated
- Flexible and willing to take on a variety of tasks
- Team player
- IT competent for use of scanning system
Benefits
Your benefits with us
- Annual Leave: 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays + your birthday
- Health Cash Plan (after 6 months)
- Company bonus scheme
- Advantageous pension scheme
- Learning & Development opportunities
- Advanced Family Friendly Policies
- Employee high street vouchers & discounts
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Occupational health & health surveillance
- Length of Service Awards
- Christmas savings scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Wellbeing events
- Recognition Portal
- Rewards Portal
- Company events
- Company share schemes
- Christmas Closedown
Our Company Values
Our company values are the fundamental principles that guide our organization’s actions, culture, and decision-making processes. Our values were created by our employees across all departments in the business and with people at all levels, creating authentic values that make sense to us and demonstrate how we like to work with each other. They serve as the foundation for our company’s identity, shaping how our employees interact with one another, customers, and the broader community.
Let's take a look at each of our four company values and what they mean to us.
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