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Fortune Brands Innovations are a US based company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, that owns and develops a dynamic portfolio of brands for homes worldwide.

Our specialist kitchen and bathroom division, Fortune Brands Water Innovations, is made up of a collection of leading luxury UK brands: Shaws of Darwen, Perrin & Rowe, and Victoria & Albert Baths, which we market under the umbrella brand, House of Rohl.

In addition, Aqualisa completes our portfolio with its market leading digital showering technology.

All of our brands are united by a belief in design, innovation and craftmanship, leading to beautiful and high-quality products.

With manufacturing sites throughout the UK, and a House of Rohl showroom at the Design Centre in London, we currently employ over 600 people who are dedicated to delivering excellent products and service throughout our supply chain. A new multi-million pound state-of-the-art facility at the i54 Business Park in Wolverhampton will be completed later this year, generating exciting new opportunities across the business as we continue to grow.

Our people are what make our business, and we truly care about creating a ‘Home for All’ where employees are empowered to make a difference, and able to bring their authentic selves to work. We are passionate about rewarding excellence and helping people to grow, both personally and professionally, during their time with us.

If you are looking for opportunities within a progressive, innovative, and nurturing organisation; and have the energy, passion, and commitment to deliver excellence, we would love to hear from you.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join us as a Casting Operative within our growing Casting Team.

**In a nutshell you will be responsible for**:
Your role is to start the process of making a luxury Sink following the Shaws of Darwen S.O.P’s. Taking pride in your work you will use a clay mixture to pour into a mould ready to be dried and then de-moulded. These beautiful pieces are then sent to the finishing department.
- Raise 1 near miss per month.
- Notify team leader of 1 recurring issue that you face in your area that needs a quality alert raised.
- Supporting the team leader to achieve the plan vs actual targets in your department.
- Demonstrate to your team leader improved performance on an agreed metric.
- Raise 2 high 5s in the year on fellow employees that you see go above a beyond to help and support the site.

**What you are already great at**:

- Daily powdering of case and drum.
- Take care and pride in the de-moulding process.
- To help control RCS dust in your area with good housekeeping.
- Push down clay to be in specification to help the moulding process.
- Adhering to health and safety policies, procedures, and guidelines always.
- Ensuring correct PPE is always worn.
- Always follow SOP standards as trained.
- Striving to do your best to achieve targets set for your area.
- Ensuring that housekeeping standards are always met through regular cleaning of the area.
- Communicating any material defects, unsafe practices, or equipment to the Departmental team Leader.
- Understanding the process, they are responsible for, and the impact of its failures.
- Being willing to undertake training to develop in role and improve performance across other departments.

**For this role we would need you to demonstrate**:

- Previous experience in a similar role and happiest in a fast-paced environment
- Proven experience in delivering data driven solutions
- Excellent at multi-tasking and working with competing priorities
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work in a cross-functional and collaborative team environment
- Demonstrated project management skills, adherence to timelines, stakeholder communication
- Knowledge of Windows based systems and MS Office Suite
- Be a confident and credible operator

**What your colleagues say about you**:
An ideas and solutions focused person

Very organised and methodical

Able to communicate ideas both verbally and in writing

Very high level of attention to detail

**Our Values**:
Cultivates Innovation - Always remain curious.

Active Learner - Take every opportunity to grow your own capability.

Collaborates - Use your network, sharing knowledge and skills.

Plans and Aligns - Make it relevant, make it purposeful

**Why work for us**:
We reward our employees not just for the big headline results we reward our teams for how you have positively contributed to the business and that isn’t always defined by hitting a financial target.

We have a pay for performance culture and reward annually on results. In an ever changing environment its key that you are a curious and nimble learner. We succeed as a team so the ability to collaborate is essential. And to continue to grow and continually challenge you need to ensure you are able to both plan and align so we are all pulling in the same direction.

**The benefits bit**:
33 days holi