Factory Operative - Grade C1

Job Title: Factory Operative - Grade C1

Reporting to: Shift Managers

Department: Production Team

D2 Starting Salary: £12.21 per hour (equivalent to basic £23809.50 pa)

D1 Fully Operational Salary: £12.56 per hour (equivalent to basic £24,483.62 pa)

C2 Development Salary: £13.15 per hour (equivalent to basic £25,648.55 pa)

C1 Fully Operational Salary: £13.74 per hour (equivalent to basic £26,793.39 pa)

*Opportunity to progress to a fully operational grade B1 Team Leader role dependent upon training & development requirements being met.

About The Role

We are seeking a highly motivated, organised and detail-oriented individual to join our growing team. You will perform a range of Operational activities on a three-week shift rotation (05:45-13:34, 21:45-05:45, 13:45-21:45) covering 24 hours per day, 5 days per week (core hours 37.5 hours per week). You will have comprehensive knowledge of Extruded or Crystal Soap manufacturing/packing technologies and fault-finding abilities to support continuous production performance carried out in a safe, controlled, and efficient manner. The key deliverable of the role is to ensure delivery of the Weekly Production Plan across the Factory.

We are a performance driven & values led culture, and Our Values are as unique as us!

GET SH*T DONE

• Get Sh*t Done! Do what you say you’re gonna do, commit & meet those deadlines… but keep the communication lines open if the timeline moves!
• Demonstrate focus, pace and accountability when exploring solutions to a wide range of scenarios, whilst considering the viewpoints of others.
• Be flexible and reactive to ensure our customer obsessed approach is at the forefront of everything we do.
• Responsible for the safe and efficient running of production/packing activities in your area and when required coordinating the activities of the team in your area.
• To manage the efficient operation of your area aligned with priorities agreed with Shift Managers, Plant Controllers, and Area Leader, also working with Engineers to deal with any issues as appropriate.
• Have a full understanding of Process Safety Systems and Auto Batch/HMI requirements in your area as appropriate.
• To report any issues with equipment in your area to Shift Managers and Engineers to ensure action can be taken at the earliest opportunity to repair.
• To achieve delivery of the weekly production plan flagging all urgent issues to the Shift Managers, Plant Controllers, and Area Leader.
• To ensure all required PPE requirements for your area are being adhered to by you and your team and to report any unsafe acts or conditions in EHS and ensure Shift Manager/ HSE & Sustainability Leader are aware of the issue.
• Ensure full compliance with all Quality specification requirements outlined in the product Batch Sheets and report/record any non-conformances.
• Full completion of all Batch Sheets as required.
• Responsible for reporting all Safety issues to the Shift Managers and HSE & Sustainability Leader so timely Corrective or Preventative Action can be taken.
• Ensure all products meet quality specification requirements outlined in the relevant Batch Sheets.
• Demonstrate urgency and move quickly to implement decisions once they have been made.
• Ensure work area is organised and ready for the oncoming shift and carry out handovers ‘on the job.’
• To carry out area readiness checks to ensure all parts of the operation are prepared for shift and machine start up.
• To ensure all necessary paperwork is completed in full according to the role SOP.

CHALLENGE EVERYTHING

• Challenge Everything positively and be open to change!
• Offer honest and constructive feedback to others, helping them in their development and be open to this yourself.
• Be a part of driving continuous improvement to enhance work simplification, and the elimination of non-value-added activities by identifying opportunities and carrying out Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt projects.
• Understand, demonstrate and enforce through actions the importance of Behavioural Safety, complying to relevant Site Safety Policies & Rules in your area and across site.
• Actively learn the essentials about everything Stephenson! Everything from it’s products, to the Stephenson way of working, to the personal care industry! Expand your skillset to incorporate knowledge that allows you to assist with questions and challenges quickly and efficiently.
• Identify improvements opportunities that benefit the internal or external customer and be active in investigations and corrective actions identification and implementation.
• Responsible for completing Near Miss reports, Incident Events and, Workplace Observations as required through EHS.
• Support accident and environmental non-conformance investigations in your area.
• Understand environmental impacts and the importance of control measures, ensuring that both yourself and your team adhere to them.
• Understand and comply with site waste management procedures
• Support energy and waste reduction activities.
• Support the Quality Team in delivering technical and product quality improvements.
• Contribute to developing training material for production areas as appropriate.
• Actively support team decisions and challenge team members who do not; set aside own ideas or preference once choices have been made.

GIVE 'N' TAKE

• It’s all about Give ‘N’ Take! We’re a family, we support each other! Dig deep when the “chips are down”!
• Be a key team member, supporting others where needed, all working towards shared business goals.
• Provide alignment and help team to understand where their role helps to achieve teams’ goal.
• Deliver proactive support and ideas to teams to help resolve issues, offering constructive solutions to ensure delivery of objectives.
• Flexibility is key!
• Be a collaboration champion, liaising with other departments to ensure that there is a seamless flow of information to meet internal and external expectations.

BRING THE GOOD VIBES

• Bring The Good Vibes! Let’s continue to make Stephenson a great place to work!
• Be a motivated, self-starter with an abundance of energy and enthusiasm bringing fresh ideas.
• Work effectively and collaboratively both cross functionally and within your team.
• Develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders.
• Work supportively with people even when under pressure.
• Enhance team morale and celebrate each other’s successes!
• Be a dedicated, passionate team player who makes a difference!
• Deliver necessary support to your team to help resolve issues and offer constructive solutions to ensure delivery of objectives i.e. completion of the weekly production plan.
• Offer honest and constructive feedback to others, and invest time to help team members achieve their development needs!
• Responsible for regulating breaks and mealtimes on shift to ensure teams ability to deliver production plan.

BE AMBITIOUS

• Be Ambitious! Strive to be the best version of yourself, support and encourage the same in others!
• Take responsibility for identifying your own training needs and liaise with your line manager to close any gaps.
• Be familiar with and understand the business strategy and targets, and how that links with your day-to-day responsibilities within your role.
• Be customer obsessed! Be part of a team that always holds this at the heart of everything we do!
• Supporting and delivering feedback during the Daily Boardwalk presentations.
• Support for RCA (Root Cause Analysis) and improvement activities: support technical countermeasures to prevent recurrence of Quality Events - this should also extend to maintenance activities.
• Continually achieve a gold standard of GMP - Be actively responsible and involved by giving support to GMP improvement activities and ensuring all Weekly Clean Down, start up and Maintenance activities are done, and relevant documentation logged and signed off by the relevant parties!
• Be an SOP champion by keeping your own and your team’s training in line with the skills matrix – Ensure you and your team attend all planned training sessions to keep personal training records up to date!
• Keep yourself and your team up to date with any revised or newly created OPL’s/SOP’s/MHE training programmes, working with your Area Leader to co-ordinate training to close any gaps. Log training completion with the Safety & Training Coordinator.
• Support the creation, modification of Toolbox Talks (TBT’s) and SOP’s to pass on your knowledge to colleagues and log training completion with the Safety & Training Coordinator.
• Complete training programs on new equipment installations and deliver training to rest of team.
• Be actively involved in the completion of GMP audits and use results to focus improvements on Workplace Organisation.
• Understand Shift and Weekly Production requirements and organise team to deliver.

About You

Are you a Factory Operative looking for a challenge and an opportunity to advance your skills and your career in a great working environment? We are looking for someone passionate to join our manufacturing business, to help us keep making a difference. The role is within the Operations Team, and the successful candidate will relish the diversity of collaborating with multiple internal teams!

You are flexible with the desire and ability to identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities, an analytical thinker with people skills! You are an effective, collaborative team player with a strong appetite to add and blend to the Stephenson ethos, along with a "can do" attitude that will proactively support where required within the business. You have an enthusiastic and positive learning attitude, striving for constant development and the desire to be the expert around the company products and solutions by keeping up to date with all things Stephenson!

But the most important part is culture fit. We are looking for someone with passion and drive, a self- starter that is excited by the prospect of joining a growing business with big ambitions!

Skills & Competencies

• You will have a minimum of 1 years manufacturing experience.
• A Counterbalance Fork Lift Licence is desirable.
• You will have the ability to identify and actively be involved in continuous improvement opportunities!
• You have the desire and passion for finding creative solutions and long term solutions and partnerships between Stephenson and our customers.
• You are driven and motivated! You have the ambition to develop within the company to become a future leader!
• Full UK Driving Licence and access to a car as public transport doesn't run locally for early shift start times.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £12.21-£13.74 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Canteen
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Financial planning services
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discount

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• No weekends
• Overtime

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Leeds: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Factory or manufacturing: 1 year (required)

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)
• Counterbalance Forklift Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 23/06/2025
Reference ID: Factory Operative - Grade C1
Expected start date: 30/06/2025