Yard Operative

WE ARE 200 years of history and over 2,300 employees strong. WE ARE a business loaded with opportunity and career progression. WE ARE innovators, designers, makers and engineers who manufacture and provide smart, efficient, and effective building products and solutions.

Through our customer relationships, diverse building product range and solutions, we enable the creation of inspirational homes, places and spaces for us all to live and work better. With eight core product categories, underpinned by expert design and technical services, we work with architects, builders, merchants and the wider construction supply chain to build the face of Britain.

We are fully committed to a net zero future and continue to invest in expertise and product development to manufacture more efficiently and sustainably. We pride ourselves on leading for new, innovative and sustainable products and solutions, both for today and for a new era of building.

**To support our progress, we are currently recruiting for a Yard Operative to come and join our team at our Chailey factory in Lewes, East Sussex, **BN8 4BA.**

**Key Responsibilities Include**:
Constructing brick firing ‘clamps’ (a very large and carefully selected stack of bricks)

Manually creating the base layers of bricks, prior to being finished using specialist equipment

Hand sorting fired bricks into packs

Adhering to health & safety, quality and environmental systems

Creating and maintaining the highest standards of 5S’s housekeeping and environmental management

**Essential Qualifications & Experience**:
Excellent timekeeping, attendance and flexibility

Self-motivated

Numerate & literate.

Team working attitude.

Ability to also work alone.

Excellent communication skills.

High degree of Health & Safety awareness.

Ability to work as part of a team or on your own.

Ability to learn to operate key manufacturing and mobile plant.

Willingness to undergo further training and development.

Previous labour intensive role

Driving License

**Desirable qualifications & experience**:
Experience of working in a continuous improvement environment.

A certified counterbalance FLT driver is advantageous.

A recognised up-skill.

Please note: it is our policy to verify all relevant qualifications. You will be required to provide substantive proof of your qualifications, so that we can verify them with the awarding body..

**Think you can make a difference? WE ARE your future.**

More details:

- Full time, permanent role
- Competitive salary
- Bonus scheme
- Shift allowance
- 10% matched pension, administered by Legal and General
- 3x life insurance
- Share Save scheme eligibility
- Full access to Employee Assistance programme for self and family members
- Access to high street retail discounts platform - with access to discounts at Tesco, Asda.
- Personal development and career progression opportunities

**Our commitment to diversity and inclusion?**

Ibstock Plc are committed and passionate about building a diverse environment. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.