General Operative

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 10 January 2026
LOCATION
Not specified
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Manufacturing
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SKILLS

Assembly Methods Manual Dexterity Teamwork Health and Safety Reading Drawings Using Hand Tools

FULL DESCRIPTION

General Operative role involving modular construction and preassembly. Key responsibilities include building to drawings, connecting pipework, cable preparation, and using hand tools. Requires teamwork, attention to detail, and adherence to health and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Build to general assembly drawing requirements.
• Connecting/crimping pipework
• Cable preparation
• Making wiring connections
• Cutting and installing conduit and pattresses
• Measuring and cutting various materials
• Using basic hand tools.
• Using power tools
• Ensuring products are to the correct tolerances meeting standards and specifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Experience of working to tight deadlines and changing priorities.
• The ability to understand and interpret technical drawings/SOP’s.
• Experience working collaboratively in a team to achieve common goals.
• The ability to take a methodical and systematic approach to your work.
• Effective communication skills.
• Maintain accurate documentation in relation to the process
• Report/escalate process issues through the appropriate channels
• Report/escalate quality issues through the appropriate channels
• Ensure a high level of housekeeping is maintained at all times
• Maintain polite and good communication with colleagues at all times
• Any other task deemed reasonable by supervision/Management

Performance Measures

• Attendance
• Efficiency in line with KPI’S
• Development of skills and competence in line with the training plan
• Clean, neat and tidy approach to work
• Punctual and adaptable

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a larger team
• Good polite manner
• Motivated to learn and develop new skills
• Attention to detail
• Positive approach to the working environment
• Driven approach to work
• Basic mechanical understanding
• Ability to read and interpret drawings

Skills/Abilities

• Experience of assembly methods
• Knowledge of modern manufacturing methodologies
• Physically capable to handle and move various materials
• Previous experience of manual labour
• Good level of numeracy and literacy
• Working knowledge of health and safety practises

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