Night Operative

Acorn by Synergie is excited to be recruiting an experienced Night Operative with a current forklift license to join a local manufacturing site in North Devon.

Scope of the role:

To undertake all production operations from Raw Materials In through to Finished Products Loading, ensuring performance is maximised in the areas of cost, quality, service, Health & safety, people and site compliance.

Main responsibilities include:

Operation of a raw material weighbridge and intake requirements. To ensure raw material figures are correct and shunted when required. Maintain good bay practices to eliminate cross contamination. Raw material monitoring including RM substitutions and run outs - Most cost effective and suitable for the formulation. Produce high quality products at all times whilst optimising, amongst others, power usage, moisture control, raw material usage, finished product quality. QA activities to ensure quality products at all times - Samples taken accurately and entered onto the system. Any issues raised with the team leader. Ensure adequate finished product is loaded efficiently and correctly to fulfil customer orders on time and in full. Escalate any issues to the Site Team Leader. Accurate data entry on systems and on site operational and compliance documentation. Excellent Cleaning and Housekeeping standards - for example bay cleaning, RM shed walls, ledges and floor. To assist Health & Safety in the site safety - Hazards, damages and incidents are reported and recorded. Shunting of 8 wheelers and Arctics around site to load finished product. Use of JCB's and FLT's - including nightly cleaning of JCB.

Essential knowledge/Skills required:

Previous production experience Current forklift licence Must have own transport due to rural location

Benefits:

Competitive Salary 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays. Additional leave purchase scheme. Company Pension

If you are looking for a new opportunity, please send a copy of your CV to or call and ask for Lee.

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