Yarn Manufacturing Operative

Posted Tuesday 9 June 2026 at 00:00 | Expires Friday 19 June 2026 at 23:59

Yarn Manufacturing Operative

We are currently recruiting for a Yarn Manufacturing Operative to join our busy team.

This is a full time, permanent post working an average of 38 hours a week over a three-shift rotation (early, back and night shifts).

Rate of pay for this role is £13.45 per hour, plus shift pay allowance.

No previous experience is required as full training will be provided.

As a Yarn Manufacturing Operative, you will play an important role in the production of high-quality yarns used in our weaving and knitting processes. This is an excellent opportunity to join our production team, working across various stages of the yarn manufacturing process, including carding or spinning operations. You will be operating machinery, monitoring production, and ensuring quality standards are maintained throughout the manufacturing process.

This is what we’re looking for in our ideal candidate:

• Have the ability to carefully and accurately follow verbal and detailed written instructions
• Take pride in doing a job well, and never compromise on high standards
• Be a team player with good communication skills
• Have good colour vision
• Have previous experience working in a factory environment or operating machinery
• Organised and reliable
• Be able to work to deadlines

Founded in 1797, Johnstons of Elgin is an innovative, luxury clothing brand celebrating 225 years of experience in working with the world’s finest fibres. Across three centuries, our family‑owned company has carefully sourced cashmere and fine woollen fibres from around the world, applying the latest technology and highest quality craft expertise in our very own vertical Scottish mills. Employing over 1,000 staff, our valued employees and communities are at the heart of everything we do, producing unique, high‑quality designs that are made to last.

Our brand is focused on sustainability, working with natural, renewable and biodegradable fibres and we are committed to maintaining a minimal environmental footprint.

Johnstons of Elgin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer wholeheartedly supporting the principles of equality and diversity to build an inclusive workforce. Our aim is to embed diversity and inclusion in everything we do to create an environment where our employees feel safe to be their whole authentic self without having to downplay or change parts of their identity.

We celebrate diversity in all its forms, which goes beyond those characteristics protected by law to include everything that makes us unique, from our backgrounds and experiences to our personalities and ways of thinking.

We endeavour to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and encourage any candidate who requires assistance to contact us

Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement or qualification. At Johnstons of Elgin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but think your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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