Kiln Operative Stoke-on-Trent, England
Job description
Your opportunity to join a team in a successful, growing company providing tableware to the world's best restaurants, hotels, cruise and holiday destinations. Steelite International is offering long term career opportunities at its factory and logistics hubs in North Staffordshire. We're not offering short-term seasonal contracts. Our team enjoys working in a safe, professional, enjoyable and caring environment. We're one of the biggest names in the global ceramics and tabletop industry, and offer attractive pay and benefits, opportunities to develop and progress your career and much more. Please get in touch and come to see us.
If you were successful, you would join the Company as a valued colleague, and we would offer a variety of attractive employee benefits that you would be able to take advantage of, including generous holiday entitlements which increases with service, an Employee Assistance Programme to help you deal with life’s challenges, our Paycare Cash Plan which includes discounts at high street stores, a pension scheme (including free pension advice) and much more.
Find out more about us and the vacancies we have on offer by visiting our website at www.steelite.com/vacancies
Principal Accountabilities
· To ensure best clay ware is placed carefully onto the kiln car in accordance with the current placing technique
· To ensure bullers rings are placed in the correct position prior to firing
· To move kiln car to the required location for firing/emptying
· Removal of fired biscuit ware from cars and place in correct storage containers
· Accurately read bullers rings values and record on appropriate QA document
· Record kiln temperatures - if required
· Initiate firing sequences as required
· To record kiln readings in required log books.
· To comply with all Health and Safety Regulations and Company policies and to ensure at all times that the work area is clean, tidy and safe.
Shift work
Rotating days, noons, nights ( 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, 10pm-6am on a weekly rotating basis, Monday - Friday)
Pay
The pay is a baserate is £10.86, with a shift allowance applicable. The shift allowance enhances pay to: Days - £11.94, Noons - £12.65, Nights - £13.33
We offer 33 days holiday, as well as overtime and a shift allowance which will enhance your pay per hour.
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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £11.94-£13.33 per hour
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
Supplemental pay types:
- Loyalty bonus
Experience:
- Manufacturing: 1 year (required)
- Kiln: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
