Process Manufacturing Operative

Overview

As a Process Manufacturing Operative, you will support safe, efficient production in a busy plant and uphold quality, output, and housekeeping standards. You’ll work in a collaborative production team, operating equipment and following SOPs while contributing to a strong safety and continuous improvement culture. You will perform basic quality checks, document results, and help with line changeovers and handovers. This role offers hands-on manufacturing experience with development opportunities within a safety‑focused environment.

Pay / Benefits

• permanent role
• full training and development
• supportive team culture focused on safety and quality
• opportunities to broaden process and operational skills
• competitive salaries aligned with local market
• flexible shift opportunities

Responsibilities

• Operate process manufacturing equipment safely and in line with site procedures
• Follow SOPs, work instructions, risk assessments, and quality requirements
• Accurately weigh, load, mix, process, pack, label, or transfer materials per the schedule
• Carry out routine quality checks, visual inspections, and basic testing; record results and escalate issues
• Monitor process conditions and report faults, deviations, safety concerns, or production issues
• Complete production paperwork, logbooks, and electronic records accurately
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping, hygiene, and 5S
• Support line changeovers, cleaning, basic maintenance checks, and shift handovers
• Collaborate with production, quality, maintenance, warehouse, and supervision teams
• Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to improve safety, quality, efficiency and waste reduction

Key requirements

• Previous experience in a manufacturing, production, process, warehouse or industrial environment
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions with high attention to detail
• Good basic numeracy, literacy and record-keeping skills
• Strong commitment to health, safety, quality and environmental standards
• Good communication skills and ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to plan, prioritise workload, and multitask; can work independently
• Flexible approach to work and ability to work shifts
• Comfortable with manual handling and physical production environment

• dependable and practical
• attention to detail
• team collaboration
• operating process plant and production equipment
• GMP/ISO familiarity or regulated manufacturing standards
• lean manufacturing, 5S or continuous improvement basics

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