Press Operator

Company Description

ITW Construction Products UK/Nordics is a division of ITW, innovating, designing and manufacturing advanced industrial technology. We are industry influencers and market leaders in our fields with five high quality brands at the front of technology and enterprise. At all levels in our organisation, we are encouraged to embrace our inner entrepreneur to drive actions, focus on what matters and share ideas so that every individual can have an impact on the business. In return we are rewarded, supported in our development and given the opportunities to grow within a large multinational organisation.

Job Description

Role

Working as part of the operations and production team at Glenrothes, the Press Operator is responsible for the safe operation of power presses and/or press brakes & projection welder. They must follow all internal safety and quality procedures. They must have the ability to read engineered drawings and use all measuring equipment.

Salary
£26,930.22 gross per annum. 

Shift pattern
Dayshift: 06:00am to 14:00pm Monday- Friday
Backshift: 14:00pm to 23:30pm Monday- Thursday

Responsibilities

• Operate power presses, press brake machines, projection welding machines
• Spray Painting activities
• Material handling- loading and unloading.
• Inspection and Quality control of manufactured components.
• Assembling/packing parts ready for dispatch.
• Manufacturing high volume parts working to tight deadlines.
• Booking production data onto progress cards and OEE
• Any other reasonable and relevant duties as and when required
• In addition to the initial production operator role there will be an accelerated training plan in place to become a production tool setter where additional duties include the setting of power and brake presses, material handling, TPM support for maintenance teams and use of pedestrian and counterbalance forklift trucks (all training provided).

Health & Safety

• Ensure a high standard of housekeeping is maintained in your working area (5s)
• Ensure all guarding and safety equipment is in place and used when needed
• Personal protective equipment to be worn when required including safety glasses, steel toe cap boots etc.
• Report all health and safety or maintenance issues
• Ensure health and safety requirements are met and understand all relevant safety regulations.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

Experience/Skills/Attributes:

• The ability to work well under pressure
• Effective communication skills
• Motivated individual who is flexible and willing to learn continuous best practice
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and positive attitude.
• Excellent organizational, time management and attention to detail skills
• Comfortable in being able work alone and/or within a team environment, contributing and sharing best practices, resources and ideas in order to continually improve
• The ability to work to set standards and procedures.

Additional Information

Employee Benefits

• Employee discounts and vouchers
• Pension contribution matching up to 11%
• Mental health and wellbeing support
• Holiday allowance of 25 annual days plus Bank Holidays per year
• Professional development

Here at ITW we are committed to ensuring we recruit the best people for our roles and welcome all candidates, wholly accepting of and celebrating diversity. As an employee for ITW you will work for a business that puts service delivery, inclusion and safety at its core and we have a number of employee resource groups in place to support this including Health & Safety forums, a Diversity & Inclusion Committee, ITW Women's Network, Young Professionals Network & Pride @ ITW