General Operative

Job Description:

Main Purpose:

To support in production processes with the flexibility to move between different departments as required, such as, Stores, Material Handling, Drills.

Stores main tasks and duties:

- Ensure all materials/products are received through correct processes

- goods off load, verify against paperwork and check quality

- Quality check all internal manufactured products/parts before despatch to customer

- Ensure shortage identified & logistics

- Report quality issues

- Ensure correct stock management is put away in appropriate location within warehouse environment e.g. racking and shelving

- Maintain excellent housekeeping standards - ensure storage, facility equipment and materials are kept n a neat, clean and orderly fashion

Material Handler main tasks and duties:

- Efficiently unload and store raw material in appropriate areas

- Verify quantity of good received and quality check has been carried out

- Prepare product for next process and deliver to required area of factory

- Conduct stock takes and order stock as required

- Sort cuttings

- Report quality issues

- Maintain the facilities equipment and materials in a neat, clean and orderly fashion

- On a daily basis, inspect and perform minor maintenance on the forklift

Drills main tasks and duties:

- Operation of the drills

- Countersinking

- Operation of tap arms

- Reading and interpretation of engineering drawings

Administration:

- Prepare and Update Documentation within despatch department e.g. delivery note

Health and Safety:

- Carry out duties at all times in a safe and responsible manner whilst conforming to current Health and Safety Regulations.

Communications:

- Ensure communications are maintained at the highest possible level with colleagues and keep your Manager advised of impending situations which could develop into more serious problems.

- Develop mutual respect with all employees and colleagues, by ensuring that all dealings are objective and impartial

General:

- Ensure compliance with the Company's Equal Opportunity Policy and maintain a neutral working environment

- Assist in any other activities at the request of Management that may be required to support business needs.

General Competencies:

Competencies support and complement the vision, mission and values of the company. They are the behaviours all employees should demonstrate on a daily basis to ensure we meet our business objectives.

Communication

- Anticipates & resolves conflict in a win-win manner; - Is able to influence others through logical communication; - Provides timely feedback in a constructive way; - Able to communicate to & on behalf of team.

Teamwork

- Recognises efforts of others & actively listens, encourages those around them; - Creates a positive team spirit to support the achievement of objectives; - Ensures the team as a whole is working towards one common goal/purpose.

Initiative

- Helps develop others’ ideas within the team & drives the team to achieve their goals; - Defines new processes & implements them; - Takes risks & makes positive steps even in the toughest of situations; - Makes positive changes happen, even if they seem impossible at the beginning.

Adaptability

- Adjusts plans & activities to respond to business needs; - Communicates the need for change & takes account of the bigger picture; - Provides structures, systems & support mechanisms during change; - Prepares, coaches and supports others to adapt to large scale change.

Customer Focus

- Ensures customer needs are incorporated into department plan; - Identifies & analyses customer needs & anticipates future needs; - Sets performance standards for customer service; - Monitors quality of customer service.

Innovation

- Encourages creativity in others & supports where necessary; - Encourages the implementation of innovative solutions in the team & the business; - Encourages sharing between teams to promote new approaches.

Personnel Specification:

Essential Criteria:

- 2 years experience of working within a manufacturing/production environment

- High level of knowledge of reading and understanding numbers

- Ability to interpret engineering drawings

- Knowledge of working with Metal products

- Understanding of production processes from receiving goods in, manufacturing/production, to despatch

- Flexible in approach to work and have an ability to carry out, where necessary, other tasks

- Ability to work on own initiative

Desirable Criteria:

- Ability to liaise in a professional manner with customers

- Computer literate with Microsoft Office applications

- Clean driving license