Plant Operative

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 20 April 2026
LOCATION
Banbury
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Operations, Quarrying and Production
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Loading Shovel Operation Site Housekeeping Vehicle Movement Control Health and Safety Operational Standards Teamwork Communication Production

FULL DESCRIPTION

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is recruiting a Plant Operative to join the Readymix team at the Chipping Warden site near Banbury/Daventry. The role involves operating a loading shovel, ensuring site safety, and maintaining housekeeping. Full training is provided, and flexibility is key due to the 24/7 operation. The role offers career development opportunities and benefits.

Main Responsibilities

The Plant Operative will be a key member of our team supporting the plant supervisor with the successful running of one of our sites ensuring that health and safety is a priority.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities of the Plant Operative, not exhaustive:

  • Operation of the loading shovel on site
  • Take responsibility for your own safety and that of colleagues and business partners
  • Maintain site housekeeping to a high standard
  • Manage the yard safely controlling vehicle movements

Key Stakeholders you will liaise with in the responsibilities of this role:

  • Health & Safety team - Area Operations teams - local on-site teams - Customers

Due to the nature of the role and our business, full training will be provided. Therefore experience is not essential.

The role is a DAYS role where flexibility is ‘key’ as we also operate nights and weekends to meet our production needs – overtime available

The role is based at our Chipping Warden [Employer hidden] site, which is located close to Banbury/Daventry. The site is easily accessible from Banbury, Bicester, Brackley, Stratford-on-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa, Daventry, Northampton, Towcester, Buckingham, Middleton Cheney and surrounding areas.

Why us

At [Employer hidden], ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer. [Employer hidden] is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long-term future.

Here at [Employer hidden], we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Why us

Along with the role of Plant Operative we additionally offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits:

  • Bonus scheme
  • Enhanced holiday entitlement
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Access to the [Employer hidden] Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
  • Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
  • Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause
  • Training and development opportunities

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