Die Casting Operator/Technician
At Gripple Ltd, an employee-owned and B Corp™-certified company and MX Awards Manufacturer of the Year 2022, we design, manufacture, and sell innovative, patented products for the construction, agriculture, solar and infrastructure markets.
We are now recruiting for a die casting operator/technician to join the team. Are you interested in zinc die casting, operating, setting, maintaining, performing quality checks with a view to improving our processes and ensuring optimum settings are in place? Are you highly motivated, ambitious, and looking for a new challenge? If so, this could be the role for you!
What is the role
Reporting to a die casting team leader at our Hellaby Works site in Rotherham, you will be responsible for operating our manufacturing processes, adhering to our health and safety standards, performing quality checks, maintaining housekeeping standards through our 5S system and ensuring all equipment is ready for use. You will also be involved in a range of improvement activities, supporting the production teams and liaising with other departments.
Additional tasks and responsibilities will include:
- operating die casting machines, ensuring our processes are followed
- performing quality checks on our products
- proactively driving a culture that ensures continuous improvement and ‘best in class’ manufacturing, including SMED
- maintaining a clean and organised area of work in line with company standards and expectations
- compliance with all health and safety standards and proposal and potential implementation of any perceived improvements required
- effectively contributing to the mission, vision and values of Gripple
- positively contributing to the company’s environmental performance
Working hours
The position will entail working a regular three-shift pattern, mornings, afternoons and nights:
Monday-Thursday 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm and 10pm – 6am, Friday 6am-1pm, 1pm-8pm and 8pm – 3am. Weekend work may also be required to meet the demands of the business.
Who you are
To be considered for an interview, you must have:
- experience in a manufacturing environment
- knowledge of automated machinery and/or moulding experience would be beneficial, but a proven ability to learn and enthusiasm for the role would be very much considered
- IT competency advantageous
What we will offer in return
We recognise every individual as a unique person with their own special contribution to make. We work hard to make sure our people are happy and healthy, with a good work/life balance, and generously rewarded for their time, energy, and commitment. We therefore offer:
- competitive salary
- non-contributory 15% pension scheme
- share ownership scheme
- excellent initial and ongoing training and support
- generous holiday entitlement (32 days, increasing with service)
- life assurance
- private individual health care
- permanent health insurance scheme
- Paycare health plan
- enhanced family policy
- gym membership
- free on-site parking
Why choose Gripple?
As an employee-owned company, our people are front and centre. You can therefore expect to see:
- Commitment to core values and behaviours, AKA the ‘Gripple Spirit’
- Work-life balance
- Career development
- Exceptional benefits
- Unique working environment
- Commitment to net zero in 2030
Gripple Careers – Own it. We do!
Deadline for applications: Friday 17th May 2024
Equal employment opportunity
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued with a sense of belonging. If there are any adjustments that would help your experience with Gripple, please let us know when you apply.
Whilst not mandatory, your completion of the applicant ethnic monitoring form will help us monitor and encourage equality and diversity. The information you provide will be anonymous and kept both confidential and separate to your application.
A polite note for recruitment agencies:We do not accept applicants from recruitment agencies. If we do need support, we will be in touch!
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