Production Operative

Dubizzle Limited; Costessey; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturer is seeking a Production Operative to join their team in St Ives. The role involves producing high-quality concrete products using advanced technology while prioritizing health and safety. Candidates should have experience in manufacturing, and forklift operation is a plus. The position offers competitive pay, shift flexibility, and numerous benefits, including paid holidays, a pension scheme, and employee discounts.

Benefits

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Free company uniform

Health care cash plan

5% employer-matched pension scheme

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Preferred experience in a busy Manufacturing environment.
• Forklift truck license is advantageous.
• Flexibility on shift rotation is required.

Responsibilities

• Manufacture high-quality concrete products.
• Operate machinery and mobile plant efficiently.
• Ensure health and safety compliance.

Skills

Experience in a Production/Manufacturing environment

Forklift truck license

Good group working spirit

Flexibility on shift rotation

Basic computer skills

IOSH qualification

Tools

Forklift trucks

Press machinery

Hand-powered tools

Shot blast machinery

Job description

Production Operative

St Ives, Cambridgeshire

Salary: Starting £15.58 per hour increasing annually + Benefits

Shifts: 12 hours Days/Nights rotation (detailed below)

Marshalls plc is the UK's leading hard landscaping manufacturer, we’ve been supplying superior natural stone and modern concrete products to the construction, home improvement, and landscape markets since the 1890s. We’re a Superbrand since 2010 and a successful FTSE 250! Did you know we’ve paved every street on the Monopoly board?

We’re leading the way in our industry by creating the UK’s first dual block plant at our St Ives Manufacturing site in Cambridgeshire! Our state-of-the-art block plant will create an additional 200% manufacturing capacity and boost new product innovation. We’ll have the best range of technology, systems, and processes to make the finest landscaping products in the UK. Have a look at a recent video of the dual block plant coming together or read about it here!

Shift Patterns

Mission

You will work as part of a team to manufacture high-quality concrete products in our dual-block plant using the best technology and techniques whilst ensuring you put health and safety at the heart of everything you do! You’ll mainly work with concrete products, operating press machinery, hand‑powered tools, shot blast machinery, and mobile plant such as forklift trucks to move stock around the site.

Mission-Critical Skills

• Experience working in a busy Production/Manufacturing environment is preferred, but not essential
• Forklift truck licence and experience would be advantageous
• Good group working spirit
• Flexibility on shift rotation or night shift experience will be required
• Computer user – basic knowledge required
• Safe to Supervise or IOSH qualification would be advantageous but not essential

Benefits

• Set shift patterns + overtime available
• 26 days holiday + bank holidays
• Guaranteed Christmas holidays
• Training and development opportunities
• Annual pay reviews as you develop into the role
• 5% employer‑matched pension scheme
• Free company uniform
• Free onsite parking
• Health care cash plan – support with Dental, Optical, Prescription costs and many more!
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay and leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount on Marshalls products
• Retailer discounts
• Marshalls Wellbeing Centre
• Share purchase scheme
• Life assurance

Equal Opportunities

Whoever you are and whatever your background, at Marshalls you’ll find a fair and supportive workplace. You are unique and we want you to bring every part of who you are to work, every day.

We’re committed to ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. To us, this is more than a legal, moral, or ethical necessity – it’s the right thing to do! We call this doing business The Marshalls Way.

We want our team to reflect the diverse nature of society and the communities we serve. Marshalls is a workplace where you are valued for the contribution you make, and where you can grow and develop by being entirely yourself!