Production Operative

About the role  

We are looking for a Production Operative to join the team and play a vital role in achieving the business goals of our Packaging division, which produces corrugated packaging solutions for a range of customers in the FMCG, Pharmaceutical, Electronics and Industrial sectors.

Health & Safety is our number one priority and therefore you will be accountable for your own health and the health and safety of others, operating in line with safe systems of work (SSOW) and company procedures, immediately raising any unsafe acts with those concerned and reporting health and safety incidents to management, to ultimately help create a safe working environment for all.

You will be responsible for the safe operation of machinery, ensuring efficiencies are maximised and downtime is minimised. You will have set productivity and performance targets to achieve, ensuring that consistent quality standards are met, and you will need to ensure that maintenance and cleaning tasks are carried out correctly, in line with the planned maintenance schedule. We’d also like for you to support and assist with improvement initiatives, as and when they arise.

About you   
Minimum requirements:

• Puts safety first
• Self-motivated, positive, enthusiastic
•  Good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Good Team Player
• Quality conscious
• Positive approach to multi-skilled working
• To be open minded, flexible to challenge and the ability to challenge and be challenged.

Preferred requirements:

• Background in corrugated board manufacturing would be ideal but not essential
• Experience working in a production/machine operating environment

Benefits 

• Competitive salary 
• DS Smith pension scheme
• Death in service life assurance
• Company sick pay scheme
• Income protection
•  Employee assistance programme
• Occupational Health including physiotherapy, and virtual GP service
•  Cycle to work scheme via salary sacrifice
•  Shopping discounts
• Electric car via salary sacrifice
• Free eye test and flu vaccines
• Employee share save scheme
• Employee recognition scheme
• Opportunities to progress within the business
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays 
• Discretionary bonus
• Free on-site car park parking

Location:   Redditch

Working hours: 40 Hours – 06:00 – 14:00pm / 14:00 – 22:00pm

About us

We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us! 

Fair recruitment at DS Smith 

To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. 

Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria