RSBI Employee - GLA15800

Company: GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL AND ARMS LENGTH ORGANISATION

City Building provides a range of repairs and maintenance, manufacturing, construction and refurbishment activities for Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Housing Group's citizens and customers as well as other public, private and third sector organisations.

City Building operates both the largest construction craft apprenticeship programme in Scotland, and Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi), one of the largest supported manufacturing businesses in Europe, around 200 people, more than 50% of whom have a disability.

Our accreditations include, ISO
45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001:2015. We currently hold Investors in Young People Platinum award, an award we are immensely proud of as it recognises our focus on investing in and growing a skilled staff base.

As a City Building employee, you'll enjoy a competitive salary, excellent annual leave, and access to the Strathclyde Pension Fund. You will also benefit from wellbeing initiatives and discounted gym membership, supporting a positive and healthy work life balance.

The RSBi employee is a valued member of City Building. This role involves the physical handling and movement of raw materials used in various assembly processes such as kitchen, furniture, PVC window assembly, and the processing of materials through our machine shop.

Responsibilities include loading and unloading machinery, picking, and using the appropriate materials specified for production. This also includes the assembly of various elements of furniture and kitchen units.

The successful candidate should be able to accurately follow written work instructions and be experienced in the use of appropriate power tools.

You must ensure that manual handling tasks are carried out in line with Health and Safety regulations.

You are expected to work effectively both independently and as an integral part of a team to maintain an efficient workflow and the consistent delivery of high-quality service.

As an RSBi employee you will take a proactive, customer-focused approach, delivering outstanding service and supporting the smooth delivery of our operations.

You will also demonstrate a strong commitment to health and safety within a manufacturing environment, promoting safe working practices and ensure the safety of colleagues and the wider workplace.

You should be an effective communicator, ensuring clients are kept informed while building positive working relationships with your team to enhance customer satisfaction.

Experience working in furniture assembly or in a manufacturing environment is desirable.