Sliphouse Operative

At Emma Bridgewater, we make lovely things that help capture moments of joy. We believe everyday items from a simple mug, plate or bowl have the power to tell the stories of our lives. Original, thoughtful design inspired by all we love in life really matters to us and all our talented people play an important role in making us a leading creative brand for living.

Our people are the reason for our success, and we believe in helping everyone working at Emma Bridgewater achieve their potential and feel right at home in our business. We’re committed to recruiting people from all walks of life and backgrounds to reflect our customers and our community and to help make our business stronger. To support our people we offer family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and an employee support programme open to everyone. Our friendly team of 350 people work in a wide variety of roles in our Stoke-on-Trent factory and distribution centre, London commercial office and retail shops in Stoke and Bicester.

If you are inspired by the beautiful and useful things we create and committed to helping us grow responsibly and provide our customers with the quality experience we are proud of, you could be part of the next phase of our exciting programme to develop our people and our business.

We are currently recruiting for...

**A Sliphouse Operative**

**Hours of work - 6.00am - 2.00pm Monday - Thursday, 6.00am - 1.00pm Friday.**

**Job Summary**

Safe operation and control of the slip house. Charging blungers and setting up slip for the bench casting process.

**Key duties and responsibilities**:
As Slip House Operative below:

- Following safe start-up and shut down procedures.
- Charging Blungers - Some heavy manual tasks involved.
- Blending & setting up of casting slip to required parameters
- Maintaining a high standard of housekeeping
- Offloading clay and other material deliveries (Forklift Licence required)

In addition, responsibilities as Sliphouse Operative (Grade 1) include:

- Completing the required safety checks & records on machinery and equipment to the required standard and frequency.
- Completing / organising process maintenance as required:

- Stripping down & checking / replacing damaged sieves.
- Control of material storage and housekeeping
- Maintenance of magnets and holders
- And other items as required.
- Maintaining the viscometers to an excellent standard and ensuring calibration is complete daily.
- Promoting the use of the new cellar blunger to recycle material as a priority.
- Taking the lead in the area and managing the supply and control of slip to the casters.
- Organising the workload and offering direction to the Slip House Operative (Grade 2a)

**Other duties and responsibilities**:

- Completion of required process checks and records to a good standard.
- Report issues and any accidents, incidents, and dangerous occurrences to the line manager
- Displaying behaviour consistent with the personality of the business
- Conducting any other reasonable tasks as required by the business
- Undertaking training and development relevant to the role
- Working in a safe manner taking care for your own health and safety
- Ensuring your work environment is safe, clean and tidy

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £12.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Sliphouse: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person