Production Operative

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.
Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Supply​

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.

If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.

Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

Role Location: Hull, HU8 7DS

Our Production Operative opportunity is an operationally focussed role. When the production line is running efficiently their time will be spent on both operational and maintenance tasks. They will operate lines to manufacture Reckitt products in line with the production plan, whilst providing support to our Technicians to ensure operational effectiveness. There will be a focus on promoting our Quality and Health and Safety cultures ensuring that targets are consistently achieved, and we will towards performance targets in areas such as waste, customer service, and equipment operational effectiveness.

** NOTE: this role is a rotational shift based role **

Your responsibilities

• Operate lines at maximum efficiency to ensure all production plans are achieved on time and to quality standards.
• Support the hourly/daily/weekly performance reviews on the line ensuring correct downtime analysis is highlighted to Man Tech and action is taken in a timely manner.
• Ensure all KPIs are achieved.
• Ensure have the necessary skills to operate own area to the required standards.
• Effectively complete the maintenance tasks in respect of autonomous maintenance.  
• Ensure legal and regulatory compliance in respect of safety and quality systems.
• Take ownership for own training plan with support from the Technician.
• Ensure right first time completion of all line documentation.

The experience we're looking for

• Production line experience on high speed packaging equipment in FMCG, food, chemical, or pharmaceutical environment  
• Ability to work to stretching targets  
• Ability to undertake NVQ based qualifications  
• Awareness of quality/Good Manufacturing Practice and experience of a KPI focussed environment (Desirable)
• Trained to a Mechanical and\or Electrical craft level, NVQ level 3 or above or equivalent International qualification (Desirable) 

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.