Workshop Operative

For more than half a century, Camfil has been helping people breathe cleaner air. As a leading manufacturer of premium clean air solutions, we provide commercial and industrial systems for air filtration and air pollution control that improve worker and equipment productivity, minimise energy use and benefit human health and the environment.

Camfil UK has two production sites based in Haslingden, Lancashire and Gillingham, Kent. Globally, the Camfil group employs over 6000 people and has headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.

We have a requirement for a:

Workshop Operative working in our Fabrication Department at the Gillingham site (39 hours per week - Monday to Thursday 8am to 430pm/Friday 8am to 330pm)

• Assist the Workshop Section Leader in the day-to-day tasks of the fabrication department, ensuring production schedules are achieved safely, efficiently and to the required quality standards.
• Operate a range of fabrication equipment and machinery, including press brakes, guillotines, rollers and other workshop machinery (where trained and authorised).
• Prepare, cut, form and assemble metal components in accordance with engineering drawings and production specifications.
• Carry out general workshop duties including drilling, deburring, grinding and finishing fabricated parts.
• Support the loading, unloading and movement of materials and finished products within the workshop using appropriate manual handling techniques and lifting equipment.
• Ensure all products are manufactured to the required quality standards and report any defects or non- conformances promptly.
• Perform routine equipment checks and maintain a clean, organised and safe working environment.
• Comply with all Health & Safety policies, procedures and safe systems of work, ensuring the correct use of PPE at all times.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across production and warehouse functions to meet customer delivery deadlines.
• Be flexible in supporting other areas of the manufacturing operation as business needs dictate.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, quality and safety.

• Experience of working in a metal workshop environment
• And ideally experience of operating machine tools - press brake, guillotine and rollers etc