Dyehouse Operative

**Job Title**:Dyehouse Operative

**Job Purpose**:To ensure the efficient running of all the machines to produce quality dyed yarn/fibre

**Responsibilities**
- To carry out the below following the current Standard Operating and Health & Safety procedures
- The safe unloading of bales from transport or the warehouse, checking the documentation to ensure that the correct bales are selected
- The loading of the dyeing machines to ensure level dyeing and good reproducibility
- The scouring, double scouring and chem.set of both hank yarn and scouring of loose stock fibre
- Manually weighing out of dyestuff’s or chemicals and mixing as is required ensuring that the correct PPE is worn at all times
- The Load and Unload Chemicals from dispensers ensuring that the correct PPE is worn at all times
- The load and unloading of Dyestuff from dispensers ensuring that the correct PPE is worn at all times
- Take samples as required and make additions
- The safe unloading of yarn in hank form and loose stock fibre so that it can be presented to the hydro unit to give the most uniformly drying
- The running of the dryer to achieve the required moisture content for that particular quality hank or loose stock fibre
- Present fibre to and operate the bale digester in a safe manner
- Bale up both the yarn hanks and loose stock fibre to produce bales of the correct weight, dimension so that they can be moved, stacked and transported safely
- The despatching of bales ensuring all the correct documentation has been processed
- To operate a fork lift truck, complying with all aspects of safety as per the training
- Provide cover for the boiler and testing as required

**Additional Responsibilities for all employees**
- Ensure implementation and adherence to Company Policy at all times
- Ensure procedures are adhered to and a high level of customer service is maintained
- Provide operational flexibility across the department to remove bottlenecks
- Any other reasonable duties/tasks deemed necessary

**Requirements**:

- Ability to communicate with members of the team
- Attention to detail

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temp to perm

**Salary**: £12.58 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Dewsbury: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)